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Letter from Afghani Atheists
Hi dear readers, I am Kaihan (I am using an alias name for security reasons), and I am currently living in the shadows in Afghanistan. I am a founding member of an atheist non-registered organization that has been active but under the radar for the past 3 years in Afghanistan. Around 3-years back, 5 of my friends and I got together and formed a group including both males and females. In that group...
3 October: International Soheil Day
AAI kindly asks our followers to add your name to a petition calling for Iran to release Iranian atheist, Soheil Arabi, sentenced to death for insulting the prophet on Facebook. Our contributor, Sina Nasiri, recently submitted a blog with Soheil’s story. The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain have declared October 3rd to be International Soheil Day and are asking people to raise global awareness abo...
Census 21 in Australia: Mark ‘no religion’.
AAI supports the Census21: Not Religious? Mark ‘No Religion’ campaign in Australia. The Australian Census is coming up on Tuesday 10 August 2021, and it’s vitally important for atheists and all freethinkers. The current census data significantly overestimates Australia’s true religiosity. Why? Because the Religion Question in the census asks, “What is the person’s religion?”...
Secular World – June 2021
In this issue: Editorial President’s Letter The Freedom to be Mistaken Calling Israel to Account for its Human Rights Abuses Free Mubarak Bala What Freedom Would be and What it Would not be The Only Freedom That Matters Book Review: The man who figured out God? AAI’s Freethinking Hero: Ayaan Hirsi Ali VIEW / DOWNLOAD
Book Review: The World’s Biggest Lie
Recently an AAI follower, Andrew McQuinn, contacted the blog to ask if AAI would review his new book The World’s Biggest Lie: A Trial for Truth. While McQuinn is not a historian or religious scholar—this is not that unusual as neither Hitchens nor Schweitzer were—he does a good job of summarizing the origins of many of the major faiths in the world. While there were some points I would disagree wi...
Christians Privileged by Australian Education Policy
Affiliate member, Rationalist Society of Australia (RSA), issued a press release regarding the Australian government’s multi-million-dollar funding of a chaplaincy program (National School Chaplaincy Program, or NSCP) for public schools which exclusively hires Christians. The RSA is requesting a parliamentary review, as society president Meredith Doig states the ‘program is failing to meet the wel...
Burmese Monk Against Human Rights
In a shocking video sent to AAI by affiliate Burmese Atheists, a senior monk derides the protestors and their demands for human rights, particularly over gay marriage which he prays never happens in Myanmar. AAI previously documented anti-humanist statements by Sitagu and the military-religion collusion.
Asylum for Atheists & The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Many Atheist Support Network volunteers are in regular communication with ex-Muslims seeking freedom of conscience in secular societies. ASN volunteers, in addition to providing emotional support and a sense of extended community to freethinkers trapped in oppressive theocratic societies or countries, also provide letters in support of refugees making asylum claims to the UNHCR on the basis of per...
Council of Ex-Muslims of Sri Lanka: Pakistan Has Failed to Protect Its Minorities
On the 23rd of March, 2021, Pakistani prime minister Mr. Imran Khan arrives on an official visit to Sri Lanka. Our affiliate, the Council of Ex-Muslims of Sri Lanka issued the following statement: CEMSL press release in Sinhala CEMSL press release in Tamil
Albanian Comedian Stirs Islamist Outrage
A comedy club in the night-life district of Tiranë, Albania became a centre of contention and threats by Islamist religious conservatives after a stand-up act by a comedian referred to the Islamic Called to prayer, the Adhan. In the act, the Adhan was referred to as a “music piece not fit to be music for Top Fest (a music competition)” this part became the centre of attention after the Comedy Club...