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Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The usual tenets of ultraconservatives are being jettisoned in order to promote a Christian nationalist agenda, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ revenge against pro-LGBTQ Disney reveals. When extremist politicians who run on campaigns promoting “big business” start going after big business […]

Read More Atheist Republic Riots Erupt in Sweden Over Plans to Burn Quran at Far-Right Rally https://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/riots-erupt-sweden-over-plans-burn-quran-far-right-rally Location: Sweden Recently, Stram Kurs (Hard Line), an anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim political party, organized rallies in Sweden, leading to violent riots injuring more than 40 people. Rasmus Paludan, the group’s leader, a Danish-Swedish politician, said they have burned

Read More Atheist Republic On April 14, the high court of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, India, rejected the plea of a same-sex couple to have their marriage recognized. The court ruled that the couple’s marriage violates the Hindu Marriage Act of 1995. The plea was submitted to Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav on April 7. According

Read More Atheist Republic A Polish conservative party proposed a three-year jail sentence for anyone who insults the church or religious sentiments. The proposed law will strengthen Poland’s current blasphemy laws, increasing its scope to anyone who “publicly insults the church or interrupts mass.” Marcin Warchoł, the deputy justice minister from the ultra-conservative Solidarna Polska

Read More Atheist Republic On Monday, April 18, Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court in Lahore sentenced six men to death, while nine people were handed life imprisonment sentences. The court also gave a 5-year imprisonment sentence to one individual, while 72 individuals were given a 2-year jail sentence. The ruling was for the brutal mob lynching that

Read More Atheist Republic Hindu Priest Calls For Sexual Violence Against Muslim Women in India https://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/hindu-priest-calls-sexual-violence-against-muslim-women-india Location: India On April 2nd, a local Hindu priest in Uttar Pradesh, India, announced via loudspeaker in front of a mosque that if Muslim men harassed Hindu girls, he would kidnap Muslim women and rape them openly. This atrocious

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation   A prominent scholar and historian has endorsed the construction of a statue of Thomas Paine in the nation’s capital — providing the project a huge spur.  Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., introduced legislation in February (HR 6720) to authorize the building

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Click here to watch the teaser.  A Pulitzer Prize-winning exponent of science and freethought is the guest on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show Sunday. Natalie Angier, who received the Pulitzer Prize in 1991, is the author of

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation A prominent scholar and historian has endorsed the construction of a statue of Thomas Paine in the nation’s capital — providing the project a huge spur.  Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., introduced legislation in February (HR 6720) to authorize the building of