Read More Secular Coalition for America The website said, “Sharity Ministries is built on the centuries-old Christian tradition of caring for one another, including health care needs. Our members hold a common set of religious beliefs, such as ‘bear one another’s burdens’ (Galatians 6:2) and ‘share with the Lord’s people who are in need’ (Romans […]
Read More Atheist Republic In New South Wales, Australia, forty-eight-year-old defendant Hamdi Al-Qudsi appeared before the Supreme Court for his trial on July 18th. Al-Qudsi pleaded “not guilty” to charges that he intentionally directed a terrorist organization as he prepared toexecute attacks. The Supreme Court’s Crown prosecutor, Patricia McDonald, advised the court that Al-Qudsi allegedly
Read More Atheist Republic Milad Hatemi, a famous Instagram influencer from Iran, has been indicted for “corruption of earth.” Such a charge carries the death penalty in the country. He was allegedly running an online gambling operation. Among dozens of other similar influencers, Hatemi is known for posting on his Instagram profile about his glamorous
Read More Atheist Republic In Karnataka, India, a Hindu youth pretending to be Muslim posted a series of obscene posts on a fake social media profile insulting the Goddess Cauvery and the women of Kodagu. The police officials have arrested the suspect. The arrested youth has been identified as Divin Devaiah, a resident of Kedamulluru
Read More Atheist Republic Lieutenant Governor candidate Aruna Miller, who served in Maryland’s House of Delegates from 2010 to 2019, is facing backlash from Maryland voters due to her history of accepting donations from Hindutva-affiliated donors while pursuing the state’s second highest executive office. The influence of Hindutva in US politics received attention in 2019
Read More Atheist Republic Amid an intense campaign of the Iranian government on the proper and strict wearing of the hijab, arrests of protesters, mainly women activists, have also started to increase. Under Iran’s 1980 Islamic Sharia law, women are obliged to cover or disguise their figures by wearing long, loose-fitting clothes, ensuring that this
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Read More Atheist Republic Ungodly and not in line with Lebanese customs – these are some of the reasons why security forces have cracked down on various LGBTQ community groups and the events they hold. LGBTQ-friendly events, according to the Interior Ministry in its statement on June 24, “violate our society’s customs and traditions, and
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Read More Atheist Republic Many smartphone stores in Israel have been attacked. With store property damaged and customers assaulted, riots broke out in the country. The religious leaders of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, the “Haredi,” are agitated as non- “Kosher” smartphones are now readily available in the country. In Bnei Brak, a suburb just
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Read More Atheist Republic President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, visited the northwestern region of Xinjiang this week. Xi Jinping and the Chinese government are globally accused of oppressing the Muslim ethnic minorities of Uyghur, Kazakh, and others in the region. The anti-minority policies have received harsh criticism from the United States
Read More Secular Coalition for America This week, we wrote a letter to Senator Mitch McConnell. He had seen fit, on the Senate floor, to claim to know what nonreligious Americans feel about the current slate of Supreme Court justices and their disturbingly harmful decisions in many cases that favor faith over secularism. Cases like
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