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Read More Atheist Republic On January 29, an umbrella body of several Hindu organizations held a protest rally against “Love Jihad” and religious conversions in Mumbai. Many Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders attended the rally, including the Mumbai unit president Ashish Shelar, MP Manoj Kotak, MP Gopal Shetty, and the former MP Kirit Somaiya. Chief […]

Read More Atheist Republic After Pakistan blocked Wikipedia for three days over accusations of not removing allegedly blasphemous content, the online encyclopedia is up and running again. On February 3, the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that manages the popular crowd-sourced online directory, announced via Twitter that Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority blocked Wikipedia and its other projects.

Read More Atheist Republic Security researchers at Microsoft revealed on February 3 that a hacking team backed by the Iranian regime allegedly stole and leaked private customer data from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Iran behind hack of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, Microsoft says https://t.co/K9LJQpBvOz pic.twitter.com/uNGLPHFJX2 — Reuters (@Reuters) February 3, 2023 After it

Read More Atheist Republic In light of the recent events involving the burning of the Quran by far-right activist Rasmus Paludan, a senior Malaysian official suggested criminalizing Islamophobia and demanded a “firmer” response from Muslim countries towards such incidents. Islamophobia should be a criminal offense https://t.co/4s6cc83T2Q — Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) February 3, 2023 In

Read More Atheist Republic After a crackdown in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam that saw more than 2,400 people arrested since February 3rd, hundreds of women have protested against the measure initiated by the Assam state government. Women protest against Assam govt’s crackdown on child marriagesRead @ANI Story | https://t.co/yo6bVZOnzo#Assam #childmarriage #Protest pic.twitter.com/sexag5m1EJ —

Read More Atheist Republic A young Iraqi YouTube star was murdered by her father on January 31st, sparking outrage in a country where women are often targeted by their male relatives in family disputes. Iraq’s interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan announced the news of the killing on Twitter. The woman, identified as 22-year-old Tiba al-Ali,

Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to be listed as an official supporting organization in the reintroduction yesterday of an important Supreme Court reform bill. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., introduced the Supreme Court Ethics and Refusal Act in the

Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Immediately cease coercive and discriminatory school board prayers, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Ohio-based East Knox Local School District.  FFRF has been informed by a concerned member of the district that board member and Pastor Matt Schwartz

Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Watch the teaser hereWatch the teaser here. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show has as its guest a city councilor who has received death threats after asking her board to drop opening prayer. Emily Olson is a

Read More News Release Archives – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The findings of the just-released PRRI/Brookings Christian Nationalism Survey are generally reassuring news for secularism. Thankfully, half or even up to two-thirds of Americans reject Christian nationalist precepts. “More than one-third of Americans (35 percent) say they have not heard