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The Sad Departure of the Amazing Randi
The world lost The Amazing James Randi on October 20, 2020, aged 92. It may seem odd to eulogize a professional deceiver, but magicians deceive overtly: we know they are performing tricks for entertai...
Mubarak Bala: Best News for 24 Weeks
Mubarak Bala’s fundamental human rights enforcement case was finally heard in a high court in Abuja today—almost 24 weeks after it was first filed and 25 weeks after Mubarak was incarcerated. Mu...
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.
Is the Universe Indifferent?
In a discussion with a theist, I stated that one of the most basic observations we can make about the world, when looking at it objectively, is that there is no god protecting anyone. As far as we can...