October 2024

Muslim Leader: If Americans Convert, "The Issue of Palestine is Solved" P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic An American imam who also serves as the executive director of a state branch of a well-known American Muslim rights and advocacy group claimed during a sermon that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be solved if “enough” Americans become Muslim, adding that certain types and groups of people should be dealt with […]

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The Dark World of Pakistan's Blasphemy Hunters P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic Pakistan is seeing a rise in online blasphemy cases, where hundreds of young men are standing trial in court for allegedly making blasphemous statements or sharing blasphemous content online or on WhatsApp.  Pakistan: ‘Vigilantes’ behind rise in online blasphemy cases – https://t.co/2IqfnA8svA pic.twitter.com/5awoSPQTzu — Robert Spencer (@jihadwatchRS) October 15, 2024 According

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Afghan Taliban Bans Images of All Living Things! P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic The Taliban announced on October 14th that they would implement a new law that would ban news media and journalists in Afghanistan from taking and publishing any image of all living beings. Afghanistan: Taliban ban media from showing images of living beings https://t.co/ZOIjuRm6YC — VOZ (@Voz_US) October 15, 2024 The new

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Bombshell UK FGM Conspiracy Conviction: Man Jailed for Sending Girl to Iraq P-admin Atheist Republic

Read More Atheist Republic For the first time in British legal history, a man was given a “deterrent sentence” of four and a half years in prison for conspiring to commit female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage after he was accused of arranging to send a young girl to Iraq. Third prosecution in England

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AAI Board Member Charged with Blasphemy AAI Atheist Alliance International

Read More Atheist Alliance International Atheist Alliance International (AAI) is gravely concerned about the ongoing harassment and persecution of Arif Hussain Theruvath, Asia Regional Director of AAI and a prominent secular voice in Kerala, India, who has been accused of blasphemy. We strongly condemn the use of blasphemy charges as a means to intimidate individuals

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Elon Musk beats Dragon’s Den star Steven Bartlett to Rusty Razor pseudoscience award Michael Marshall The Skeptic

Twitter owner Elon Musk has today been named the 2024 recipient of the “Rusty Razor” award, the prize given by The Skeptic to the year’s worst promoters of pseudoscience Credit: Prime Minister’s Office (GODL-India), GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons After his takeover of the platform in 2022, Musk was responsible for firing half of the company’s

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Dr Flint Dibble wins 2024 Skeptical Activism Ockham award Michael Marshall The Skeptic

Dr Flint Dibble, an archaeologist who earned international plaudits when he appeared on Joe Rogan’s show to debate and comprehensively debunk lost city of Atlantis claims, has today been named the 2024 recipient of the Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism. After the airing of the Netflix show Ancient Apocalypse, there was a boom in myths

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Neal Stephenson on Predicting the Metaverse, Crypto, and AI Decades Ahead Skeptic Skeptic

Read More Skeptic Shermer and Stephenson discuss various topics including professional and science fiction writing, the interplay of genetics, environment, and luck in shaping lives, historical contingencies, the development and ethics of the atomic bomb, geopolitical concepts like the Hobbesian Trap and Mutual Assured Destruction, cryptocurrency, AI and the Singularity, mind uploading, human evolution, future

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A North Carolina school district says no to the 10 Commandments Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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FFRF TV show dives into the Scopes Trial — and its significance Rowan Hahn Freedom From Religion Foundation

Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation Watch the teaser here. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s TV show this week spotlights one of the most consequential courtroom battles between religion and science in U.S. history. Guest Brenda Wineapple … More » from FFRF TV show dives into the Scopes Trial — and its significance The post FFRF

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