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Read More Atheist Republic The chief of the Atheist Society of India was detained after making blasphemous comments about Hindu deities in Kondangal. On December 31st, Dalit activist and Telangana president of Bharata Nasthika Samajam (Atheist Society of India) Bhairi Naresh was detained for making sacrilegious comments on Swamy Ayyappa and other Hindu gods. T’gana […]

Read More Atheist Republic The National Assembly of Pakistan has increased the punishment for disrespecting “sacred personalities.” On January 17th, The National Assembly unanimously passed the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill to increase punishment for the disrespect of Ahl-e-Bait, Khulfa-e-Rashideen, Sahaba-e-Kiram, and Ummahatul Momineen. The National Assembly passes The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Bill,

Read More Atheist Republic Cows give birth to religion, and stopping cow slaughter will solve all the problems in the world, said a district court in India. “Earth’s Problems Will Be Solved If Cow Slaughter Stopped”: Gujarat Court https://t.co/t1dbSMhUbb pic.twitter.com/alioeAgwTO — NDTV News feed (@ndtvfeed) January 22, 2023 A court in the Tapi district of

Read More Atheist Republic Thirty-four women were appointed to leadership positions by Saudi Arabia in the mosques of Mecca and Medina, widely considered to be the two holiest mosques in Saudi Arabia and in Islam as a whole. #SaudiArabia: 34 women appointed in leadership positions in #Mecca and Medina mosquesAim to empower qualified women who

Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation today won its case before an appeals court against the Texas governor’s censorship of its Capitol display. After Gov. Greg Abbott and the State Preservation Board blatantly and illegally censored FFRF’s display in the Texas

Read More Atheist Republic American Atheists, an organization promoting religious equality and a member of Humanist International, warned about the likely strategy of white Christian nationalists in 2023 after the midterm elections. Their warning is based on the organization’s 2022 State of the Secular States report, which comprehensively and thoroughly analyzes secularism and religious equality

Read More Atheist Republic Iranian authorities have handed a death sentence to a 35-year-old mentally ill man for allegedly committing apostasy and “insulting holy things” amidst the early stages of protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody. Javad Rouhi and two teenagers, 19-year-old Mahdi Mohammadifad and 18-year-old Arshia Takdastan, were accused

Read More Atheist Republic A group of 13 religious leaders from various denominations filed a lawsuit on January 19 in St.Louis, Missouri, challenging the state’s ban on abortion, arguing that lawmakers used their religious beliefs to pass the law and imposed those beliefs on others. Religious leaders sue to block Missouri’s abortion banhttps://t.co/4rhbvlV4df — CP24

Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The tragic recent case involving the arrest of a 76-year-old woman in Florida for fatally shooting her terminally ill 77-year-old husband at his request would not have happened if Florida had rational medical-aid-in-dying laws, the Freedom From Religion Foundation asserts. 

Read More Atheist Republic Several Muslim countries have condemned Sweden over an incident where a far-right Danish-Swedish politician and activist held an anti-Islam demonstration and burned the Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in the capital Stockholm. 41-year-old Rasmus Paludan, also the head of the far-right Danish party Stram Kurs, was permitted by Swedish