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An Investigation into 969 nationalist Buddhist movement in Burma

Burma (Myanmar) has been under the military dictatorship since 1962, the first one being a one party authoritarian socialist regime, followed by non-ideological military juntas until 2010. The militar...

Not even their voices!

Climate change and the accompanying prolonged summer laziness prevent us from realizing that in other parts of our planet there is a harsh winter – and I am not referring to the … weather ...

Why did god save Donald Trump?

I’m ashamed to say it, and even more ashamed to have thought about it, but if I wanted to be completely honest with you, my text today should have the unflattering but accurate title: “Why...

Nika Shakarami: The Unveiling of a Tragedy

In September 2022, a young voice spoke out against Iran’s rulers. Nika Shakarami, just 16, walked the streets dreaming of freedom. Her story, filled with defiance and suffering, inspires a natio...

Homage to Daniel Dennett: Champion of Reason and Enlightenment

In the annals of human thought, certain individuals stand out as beacons of reason and enlightenment, guiding humanity toward a deeper understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. Among the...

The Ongoing Battle for Women’s Rights: A Chronicle of Resistance Against Mandatory Hijab in Iran

Since March 8, 1979, Iran has been a battleground against the enforced wearing of the hijab. However, the recent uprising sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in opposition to mandatory hijab laws sign...

Atheist Day 2024 webinar

Join our Atheist Day webinar on March 23, 2024 as we commemorate three decades of progress while addressing future challenges. For centuries, generations of atheists and secularists have advocated for...

Divine Tragedy

In an age of times unrecorded, unthinkably remote and arcane, A conclave of gods indescribable, adrift in a cosmic domain. Non-physical, non-temporal, in eternal ennui they mire, Godlike yet flawed, a...

The Significance of Articles 18 and 19 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

10 December 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world’s most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document enshrines the inali...

2023-24 AAI Board Directors

AAI Board Elections 2023 Ten directors have been elected to the Atheist Alliance International Board by AAI affiliate Members. Mr. Amardeo Sharma, former president of the European Council of Skeptical...

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 Affa...

August Berkshire in Response to Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ‘Conversion’

As you have probably heard by now, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Muslim, former atheist, is now calling herself a Christian. Her critique of radical Islam is accurate. She was brutalized when she was young ...