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Mubarak is Alive!

After the heartbreaking possibility that Mubarak Bala had been killed in prison, I am delighted to say, the email claiming his death was fake. He is alive and well and has been allowed to make some &#...

The Erosion of Secular Democratic Values

There is a worrying trend: the erosion of democratic values in a number of supposedly secular countries around the world. In the United States, Christian Nationalists are in the throes of ecstatic rap...

Has Mubarak Bala Been Killed?

Hass Mubarak Bala been killed? A source claims a fake autopsy is being carried out on him.

Secular Principles of the American Founding Fathers

America’s liberties are under threat. American Christian nationalists want to establish a theocracy, one dogmatically guided just as those Islamic countries under sharia law. One of their central talk...

AAI Internet Café—Democratic Republic of the Congo

AAI helps humanists in the DRC set up an Internet Café to raise funds and help local people.

Two Nigerian Blasphemy Cases Appealed

We appeal two young Nigerians convicted of blasphemy. Latest news here.

The Story of a Bangladeshi ex-Muslim Writer

Ashanour Rahman Khan is an ex-Muslim from Bangladesh seeking asylum in Sweden. He'll be appearing in an exclusive interview with AAI's John Richards today.

A Sunday School Story Not Fit For Children

This is going to be a break from the usual type of blog I write. Why? Well, the psychological effects religious indoctrination has on a child’s mind is something I take seriously. This is a pers...

Mubarak’s Wife Appeals to Nigerian Senate

Today marks a grim milestone. Mubarak Bala has been held by police in Kano State, Nigeria for 100 days without access to his lawyers or his family and without appearing in court. His whereabouts remai...

What Would a Secular World Look Like?

A secular world doesn’t guarantee a better one. However, I won’t refrain from addressing the largest impediment to achieving one, religion, just because there are others. The type of secul...