Author: AAI World News
Atheists disturbed over religious discrimination by NSW Government (Australia)
A Press Release by our affiliate, the Atheist Foundation of Australia: The NSW government has rejected the nomination of Sydney Atheists President, Steve Marton, to sit on its newly devised Faith Affairs Council. According to the most recent Census, one third of the NSW population is non-religious. But the views of this large contingent will not be sought on future policy development for issues ...
AAI Sri Lankan Affiliate Spokesman Receives Serious Death Threat
AAI NEWS: AAI Sri Lankan Affiliate Spokesman Receives Serious Death Threat from Islamist On the 26th of October at around midnight, Rishvin Ismath, spokesman, co-founder and former president of AAI’s Sri Lankan affiliate, Council of Ex-Muslims of Sri Lanka, was called to testify at a Presidential Commission into the Easter Sunday Attacks carried out in 2019 by Islamic extremists. The session finis...
Ignoble Treatment of Atheists in Colombia
Atheists in Colombia, known for its cultural diversity, are living as inferior citizens. They are discriminated against in families, in schools and in the workplace. A report by Sven Hanfstaengl. Religious sentiments are very strong in Colombia. The country is predominantly Catholic, and there is a small population spread across Islam, Judaism, Bahá’í and indigenous religions. The country is...
Tyranny over atheists, LGBT under new Brazil gov’t
President Bolsonaro heralds the end of freedom The new regime of right-wing leader Jair Messias Bolsonaro in Christian-dominated Brazil will intensify the suppression of atheists, LGBT and religious minorities. With the motto “Brazil above everything, God above all,” Jair Messias Bolsonaro was elected president of the country in early 2019. Bolsonaro, a former army captain, gained notoriety as a d...