Dan and I have been privileged to meet a number of courageous ex-Muslim freethinkers from around the world at Maryam Namazie’s “Celebrate Dissent” conferences. A
Rowan Hahn Digital Communications Manager It’s International Blasphemy Day! Why do we need such a day? The Center for Inquiry (love your work!) chose Sept.
My grandson named his dog Anubis after the ancient Egyptian canine deity that is either a jackal or a dog. Those long-ago Egyptians worshiped about
A brilliant Persian scientist said to have been born in mid-May almost a millennium ago remarkably dared to voice his agnosticism in perhaps the most
Blasphemy laws are a global scourge even in our era, as a recent report demonstrates. And they have an unfortunately long history. As prehistoric tribes
Ending loudspeaker prayers, rebuking a champion coach, offering oral arguments in an ongoing Texas praying judge case and mobilizing U.S. protest over an imprisoned Nigerian
If you happen to win a “clean” five dollar bill at FFRF’s next convention, let me explain where it came from. Anne Gaylor, FFRF’s principal
Some people think the Crusades were romantic quests by shining knights wearing crimson crosses — but they actually were a nightmare of slaughter, rape and
Skeptics face a quandary: When we declare that supernatural dogmas are false fairy tales, believers who devote their lives to those dogmas may feel bitterly
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