October 2022

Indian Man Arrested for "Insulting the Prophet Muhammad" P-admin Atheist Republic

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Read More Atheist Republic On October 12, a man identified as Jay Prakash Mohanty was arrested in Uttarakhand, India, for social media posts insulting the Prophet Mohammad. Thirty-year-old Mohanty, a contract worker, was arrested by Naugaun Police after receiving a written complaint about his Facebook posts. Demonstrations were also held outside police headquarters, demanding action. […]

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Indian Police Flog Muslims in Public, Condemned by Amnesty International P-admin Atheist Republic

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Read More Atheist Republic On October 4, plainclothes police officers in Gujarat, India, publicly flogged nine Muslim men in front of a cheering crowd. Video of the flogging went viral catching the attention of human rights groups. This video is said to show several Muslim men being flogged by police after they were accused of

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Journeys to Humanism: Shaping My Own Guiding Philosophy Peter Bjork TheHumanist.com

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Journeys to Humanism, theHumanist.com’s regular series, features real stories from humanists in our community. From heartwarming narratives of growth, to more difficult journeys, our readers open up about their experiences coming to humanism. Rich NelsonMuskegon, Michigan My journey to humanism began within the confines of my childhood church. From there, it became a path forward

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MRFF’s Exposure of USAFA’s “Flagrant Religious Prejudice”, Leading to Serious Concerns by Three U.S. Senators’, Covered in Washington Times: Three senators ask Air Force secretary to explain Yom Kippur scheduling snafu at service academy MRFF Admin Military Religious Freedom Foundation

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Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation Three senators have asked Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to explain why the U.S. Air Force Academy scheduled a key training exercise for Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of observance in Judaism. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chis Van Hollen, both of Maryland, and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut expressed

MRFF’s Exposure of USAFA’s “Flagrant Religious Prejudice”, Leading to Serious Concerns by Three U.S. Senators’, Covered in Washington Times: Three senators ask Air Force secretary to explain Yom Kippur scheduling snafu at service academy MRFF Admin Military Religious Freedom Foundation Read More »

Creationism debunker interviewed on FFRF TV show Sunday  apal@ffrf.org (Amit Pal) News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show guest the coming Sunday has made it his passion to take on and debunk creationism. Aron Ra, a former Mormon now an atheist, activist and science educator, is the author of

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Sign on for Secular Day of the Dead festivities Nov. 2 apal@ffrf.org (Amit Pal) News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Join the freethinking community for a prominent Mexican celebration — being observed in a secular spirit — next week. The 2022 Secular Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos Secular festivities begin at 6:45 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Nov. 2,

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Humanists Barbados highlights slow progress on human rights commitments in UN report Lillie Ashworth Humanists International

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Read More Humanists International The report addresses issues including the abolition of the death penalty, LGBTI+ rights, gender equality, and the right of freedom of religion or belief. The post Humanists Barbados highlights slow progress on human rights commitments in UN report appeared first on Humanists International.

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Is a Grey heavier than a Green? Memory, suggestibility, and abductee interviews Stephen Moston The Skeptic

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This article originally appeared in The Skeptic, Volume 19, Issue 3, from 2008. Each of the Davis family members’ recollections seemed to spark still more accounts of other apparently unconnected and as yet unreported incidents. It was as if each person had for years harbored an odd memory or two, and until I began asking

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