Archive for the ‘Freedom From Religion’ Category

Alex Aan’s trial begins Thursday Via:- Maryam Namazie Alex Aan‘s trial begins tomorrow, Thursday, with the first prosecution witnesses being called, according to Rafiq Mahmood. Alex is the 30 year old Indonesian civil servant who has been charged with ‘insulting’ Islam in an atheist group in Facebook. Rafiq says: This isn’t just for Alex but [...]

Film banned for blasphemy to be released after two decades The only film ever banned in Britain for being blasphemous is to be released   in its original, uncut form after more than two decades. In, 1996, Nigel Wingrove, the director, took the case to the European Court of Human Rights arguing that the ban violated [...]

  Is There A War On Religion? No…. But There Is A Religious Right/Catholic Hierarchy Attack On Individual Freedom   Featured By Rob Boston From a posh residence in the heart of New York City that has been described as a “mini-mansion,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan is perhaps the most visible representative of an American church empire of [...]

The False Equation: Religion Equals Morality by Gwynne Dyer In the United States, where it is almost impossible to get elected unless you profess a strong religious faith, it would have passed completely unnoticed. Not one of the hundred US senators ticks the “No Religion/Atheist/Agnostic” box, for example, although 16 percent of the American population [...]

Signs That America Is Moving Away from Religion If you look closely there are promising signs that American attitudes are changing in a way that may blunt the impact of religion on politics and culture. September 28, 2011 In between bragging about the number of people they’ve killed and vilifying gay soldiers, the GOP presidential [...]

Iran: Female Blogger Receives 50 Lashes Posted 15 September 2011 23:41 GMT Written byFred Petrossian These are the words Iranian blogger Somayeh Tohidloo wrote [fa] in her blog after receiving 50 whip lashes in Evin Prison on September 14, 2011: Be happy, for if you wanted to humiliate me, I confess that I feel my [...]

Baptising Beck ‎Wednesday, ‎14 ‎September ‎2011, ‏‎5:11:40 PM | Richard Bartholomew Warren Throckmorton has the latest on David Barton and Glenn Beck: David Barton is feeling the criticism from Worldview Weekend founder Brannon Howse. Today, Barton responded to some of those criticisms as he framed them. Howse is particularly concerned that David Barton’s partnership with [...]

Air Force Chief of Staff Releases Policy Guidelines Requiring All Steps be Taken to Ensure Religious Freedom – September 14, 2011 In Aftermath of “Jesus Loves Nukes” Scandal, Top Air Force Official Issues Religious Neutrality Policy Click Here to Read This Comprehensive Article by Jason Leopold on Truth-out.org Click here to see the original memo [...]