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January 2018

January 25, 2018

Study: gay pride and atheism is on the rise among the young

Encouraging news: Generation Z teens – the 70 million kids born between 1999 and 2015...

January 15, 2018

There is a tsunami of atheism in the 'Muslim world'

I was recently interviewed by Thomas Mahler for the French Le Point. The Freethinker is...

January 03, 2018

Human rights activist faces death threats in the Maldives

Shahindha Ismail, Executive Director of the Maldives Democracy Network (MDN) is reportedly being investigated by...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Survey shows many Brits want religion kept out of politics

A new YouGov poll for the Times has found that a majority of people in...

December 09, 2017

Archbishop's 'shameful' attack on non-religious schools

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has been strongly rebuked by Humanists UK for saying...

November 2017

November 21, 2017

Christian moron: put crocodile problem ahead of gay marriage

Back in 2011, an Australian independent MP, Bob Katter above, was slammed by his gay...

November 14, 2017

US bus company's rejection of an atheist ad sparks a lawsuit

Residents of Scranton, Pennsylvania, are a godly bunch. So devout, in fact, that a local...

November 09, 2017

New social housing: orthodox Jews to get special treatment

Because orthodox Jews tend to have much larger than average families, a new housing development...

November 06, 2017

New book on secularism, politics, religion and freedom

DO religion and its institutions subvert reason and progress in modern life? In his introduction...

November 01, 2017

BBC's Godslot: 'Deeply boring' but popular with listeners

A poll being run by the BBC that asks 'Does Thought for The Day still...

October 2017

October 20, 2017

World Meeting of Families slammed for welcoming gays

Ireland is to host the Catholic Church's 2018 World Meeting of Families next August –...

September 2017

September 22, 2017

Religion impacts negatively on the kindness of youngsters

A new study that shows that children from religious families are less kind and more...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

Floundering Ark Encounter seeks to avoid new safety tax

Ken Ham's $100-million white dinosaur, the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, says it has been...

June 24, 2017

Evolution is 'too complicated' for young minds in Turkey

The chair of Turkey's Board of Education, Alpaslan Durmus, above, announced this week that evolution...

May 2017

May 17, 2017

Australian Christians told to butt out of matters of state

Australia can't bring itself to legalise same-sex marriage because of interference from Christian prodnoses. That's...

May 12, 2017

Why is Facebook silencing atheist and ex-Muslim voices?

The answer, according to Muhammad Syed, above, President of the Ex-Muslims of North America, is that...

May 08, 2017

NSS President attacks Church of England's pastoral letter

Addressing voters in a pre-General Election pastoral letter, C of E Archbishops said faith has...

May 04, 2017

Lay preacher: 'NZ schools must stop favouring Christianity'

New Zealand's Secular Education Network has filed a case with the Human Rights Review Tribunal...

April 2017

April 08, 2017

Ireland's latest census shows a steady decline in godliness

Reacting to Irish census figures that show a drop of just 3.4 percent of people...

April 04, 2017

International Atheist of the Year ceremony held in Poland

At the weekend, the International Atheist Award was jointly handed in Warsaw to Michael Nugent,...

April 02, 2017

Rabbi allegedly stole funds from special needs school

Rabbi Osher Eisemann, 60, above, of Lakewood in New Jersey, has been indicted for stealing...

March 2017

March 19, 2017

NSS awards Secularist of the Year prize to Yasmin Rehman

The Irwin Prize of £5000 for Secularist of the Year 2017 was awarded in London...

March 14, 2017

US study shows that children fare better in secular families

For almost 40 years, Vern L Bengtson, above, a USC professor of gerontology and sociology,...

February 2017

February 08, 2017

Back in the fold: Toronto AA chapters that expunged God

Two secular AA chapters – delisted by the Alcoholics Anonymous Greater Toronto Area Intergroup –...

February 01, 2017

A Clash of the Uncivilised

Trump, Muslim Profiling and the Far-Right's Assault Donald Trump's suspension of new refugee admissions for...

December 2016

December 26, 2016

NSS says religion's role in the UK needs 'significant reform'

As churchgoing and belief in God continues to decline, the public role of religion in...

December 17, 2016

Law that protects non-believers signed by Barack Obama

President Obama has been warmly commended by the American Humanist Association for signing the Frank...

December 16, 2016

Western countries are beacons of morality, says Saudi writer

Saudi writer Abdullah Alalweet, above, is a very brave man. Speaking on Rotana Khalijiyya TV...

December 03, 2016

Sabbatarians scupper Sunday swimming on Isle of Lewis

The National Secular Society is urging people to support a fundraising effort to open a...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

BBC considers expanding its religious broadcasting output

Religious leaders in the UK have been invited by the BBC's Director-General Lord Hall, above,...