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Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation A new Florida law gives easily offended parents a way to ban books from their childrens’ public school libraries. There have been more than 200 book bans across Florida in the past year, according to a report by the advocacy group […]

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation As we await the final nail in the coffin of what’s left of Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion state legislators are gleefully passing draconian abortion bans. The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns Oklahoma’s action yesterday to pass a near-complete ban on abortion—

Read More Atheist Republic After a two-and-a-half-hour debate, a French city has allowed the wearing of “burkinis,” followed by a divisive vote. Grenoble, a city in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France, has approved the controversial swim attire, with a slim margin of 29 versus 27, with two abstentions. Swimwear policies are strictly enforced in

Read More Atheist Republic Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese have been photographed wearing saffron scarves bearing a symbol used by right-wing Hindu nationalist groups from India during an event hosted by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Australia. A warm reception in Parramatta tonight with leaders from the Hindu faith and

Read More Atheist Republic In Pune, India, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Vichar Manch (The Opinion Forum of Martyr Bhagat Singh), an atheist organization, had members receiving threats on Twitter from Hindu nationalists in objection to their seventh annual conference in April during Ramnavami, the birth anniversary of the Hindu god Ram, which fell on the same

Read More Atheist Republic The Associated Press (AP) acquired more than 10,000 names of Muslim minority Uyghurs from Konasheher County who were imprisoned due to China’s “war on terror.” The leaked data reveals that nearly one in 25 Uyghurs in that county received prison sentences based on trumped-up terrorism-related charges, achieving the highest incarceration rate

Read More Atheist Republic On May 17, also known as International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), Western University in Canada faced outrage from its local Muslim community when it posted a graphic featuring two women in hijab in the pretext of an intimate relationship. Many said the post was “inappropriate” and “disrespectful” because

Read More Atheist Republic Students in a Christian middle school in Kentucky, USA, were assigned a writing project where they contacted a hypothetical gay friend and tried to persuade them to stop being gay. Modern day education assignment at Christian Academy of Louisville. Middle school. Write a letter to your homosexual friend explaining why it’s

Read More Atheist Republic Back in April, Humanists International wrote an online open letter to Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje regarding the unjust conviction and sentencing of Atheist activist Mubarak Bala. The open letter still welcomes signatures to show support and gather more attention. Day of shame for #Nigerian authorities!Mubarak Bala is sentenced to

Read More Atheist Republic On May 16, a mosque in Madhya Pradesh, India, was set on fire by a violent mob. #Just_InCurfew imposed in MP’s Neemuch city after mob set a religious place on fire in Court Mohalla hours after installing an idol on Dargah’s wall. Dargah & Mosque are 700-meter apart.A few rioters were