A medieval freethinker in a Muslim land

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 famous poem ever to come from a Muslim land. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam scoffs at theologians, laments the unknowability of the hereafter and hails worldly pleasure as the only […]
United States, the Middle East, South Asia & Africa: It’s a small world!

For us at the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the past week was global.
Extremism: The Common Denominator

GUEST COLUMNIST SARAH MILLS: “When I left the Jehovah’s Witnesses, I realized it was not unique at all.”
We oppose bad ideas

We here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation had our hands full this week opposing bad ideas.
We tackle so many different things

We tackle so many different things here every week at the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
Ask not what all we do

Ask not what all we do during the course of a regular week at the FFRF to make the world a more secular and rational place.
Gideons, prayers and tweets — oh my!

This week at the FFRF, our time was taken up with legal battles and religious denominations, among several things. So what’s new, right?
Blasphemy: A victimless crime that creates real victims

An accusation of blasphemy in Pakistan apparently is the equivalent of being labeled a witch during the Salem witch trials. There’s no way to defend against it.
Fiorina smears nonbelievers at forum celebrating pandering

FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor comments about the Presidential Family Forum in Des Moines, Iowa.