“Hate Quebec, Hate Secularism”
Full disclosure: As David Rand says, I am David’s “friend and colleague” and a member of Atheist Freethinkers. However, if I thought David’s points about the way Canadian Atheist and the rest of Canada...
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Everyone who agrees that publicly funding Catholic separate schools in Ontario is discriminatory and fiscally irresponsible will tell you that this Globe and Mail headline is good news: “Student Files...
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Richard Dawkins has had a stroke on the eve of his tour of Australia and New Zealand. …Richard suffered a minor stroke, however he is expected in time to make a full or near full recovery,” the...
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Stand with Salman Rushdie
It will come as no surprise that the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and its supporters are outraged to learn that forty state-run media outlets in Iran have raised $600,000 (£420,000) to add as...
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“Ottawa Hijab Solidarity Day”
The article I wrote for Atheist Freethinkers, “Ottawa Hijab Solidarity Day,” is available on the AFT blog.
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Guest post by Raihan Abir A few days ago, the Daily Mail (UK) published a news item entitled “Bangladesh Considering Abandoning Islam as Its Official Religion Following Wake of Extremist Attacks.”...
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It seems there is some controversy about the hashtag #StopIslam. According to The Washington Post, In the aftermath of Tuesday morning’s attacks in Belgium, Twitter lit up with a hashtag that deviated...
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With widespread burqini bans, French laïcité may have finally jumped the shark
Quick question, Canadian islamophobes: If I told you that a government was enforcing a dress code for women (and women only) for the sake of “respecting good morals”, because if women wear what they...
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Top French Court suspends burqini ban; bigots unaffected
There’s a new twist in the burqini drama in France, as the highest court in the land, the Council of State, rules against the ban. The court’s ruling explains plainly that you can’t take away people’s...
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Using the Freedom of Thought Report
I have been covering the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s Freedom of Thought Report since its first edition in 2012, and every year, without fail, someone complains about its focus. In the...
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