April 7, 2022

Direct Outreach to 1.4 Million Students Kevin Bolling Secular Student Alliance

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Read More Secular Student Alliance Over the past 20 months with campus closures due to the COVID 19 pandemic, many nonreligious students were forced to be at home with unsupportive religious families and communities and cut off from their other nonreligious friends. Coming out of the pandemic, the Secular Student Alliance launched a nationwide organizing […]

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Ex-Muslims of North America Condemns Sentencing of Mubarak Bala, Calls for Immediate Reversal and Release editor Ex-Muslims of North America

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Read More Ex-Muslims of North America CONTACT:  Muhammad Syed muhammad@exmuslims.org Washington, DC — 04/07/2022 Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) strongly condemns the recent sentencing of Mubarak Bala, who was given 24 years in prison by Nigeria’s Kano State High Court for posting “blasphemous” content to Facebook. Bala, president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, had

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FFRF applauds Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation lauryn@ffrf.org (Lauryn Seering) News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation hails the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the newest Supreme Court justice. Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to serve on the court, chipping away at the massive divide between the court’s

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W.Va. student activist/plaintiff appears on FFRF TV show Sunday lauryn@ffrf.org (Lauryn Seering) News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Click here to watch the teaser. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show this Sunday features the intrepid young student who initiated a West Virginia school walkout that’s led to an FFRF lawsuit. Max Nibert, who is the principal

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Exploring the ongoing popularity of Feng Shui in Singaporean society,Darnelle Tay Mei Ying,The Skeptic

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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Singapore, like many other countries, entered into a period of fervent mask-wearing, home lockdown, and very limited social interaction. The concept of travel soon became a distant memory. Working and studying from home, once an alien concept, soon became a norm, and life adjusted accordingly to these new demands. I

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Apples and Oranges, Ants and Humans The Misunderstood Art of Making Comparisons Mark W. Moffett Skeptic

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Read More Skeptic Mark W. Moffett describes how comparing identical things is extremely boring; breakthroughs in science often come about by exploring points of similarity between things that are normally seen as very different—in his own research, and that of his mentor, Edward O. Wilson, ants and humans.

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Pope Finally Gives Apology for Canadian Indigenous Residential Schools P-admin Atheist Republic

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Read More Atheist Republic “I feel shame — sorrow and shame,” said Pope Francis on Friday, April 1st. The Catholic Church finally issued an official apology after years of muted response to calls from Canadian indigenous leaders. “I feel shame — sorrow and shame — for the role that a number of Catholics, particularly those

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Four Sentenced to Death for Murder of Bangladeshi Secularist Blogger P-admin Atheist Republic

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Read More Atheist Republic On March 30, a Bangladesh court sentenced four men to death for the brutal killing of a secular blogger in 2015. Judge Nurul Amin Biplob of the Sylhet Anti-Terrorism Tribunal gave the death penalty to four out of the five suspects in the murder of Ananta Bijoy Das. Das, who was

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Female Students Kill Teacher Over Blasphemy in Pakistan P-admin Atheist Republic

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Read More Atheist Republic Another victim of Pakistan’s dangerous blasphemy allegations has died. A teacher at a religious seminary school in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was stabbed to death. Safoora Bibi was killed on Tuesday, March 29, by two students and one of her colleagues. They claimed that a

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