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Read More Black Nonbelievers, Inc. Greetings, April has been quite the busy month. In addition to proudly accepting the 2022 Irving and Anabel Wolfson Award (presented by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester), I just returned from the 2022 American Atheists convention held here in Atlanta over Easter weekend. I must tell you that it […]

Read More Atheist Republic More than 40 people were injured in Sweden over the violent riots over the weekend. The clashes were sparked by rallies organized by a far-right, anti-immigrant organization called Stram Kurs (Hard Line). The group’s leader, Rasmus Paludan, a Danish-Swedish politician, said they have burned a copy of the Quran and plan

Read More Atheist Republic On April 6, a Christian Youtuber in Indonesia was sentenced to ten years in prison for allegedly posting offensive videos. According to the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCA News), prosecutors insisted on the 10-year jail sentence. The 56-year-old Muhammad Kace, a former Muslim cleric who converted to Christianity, has uploaded

Read More Atheist Republic A woman who sued a police officer for allegedly forcing her to be baptized was found dead in her home on April 13. The 42-year-old Shandele Marie Riley’s body was discovered in her home in Log Cabin Lane in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. According to Hamilton County Police, Riley’s cause of death

Read More Atheist Republic A farm caretaker died after a group of men attacked him and five other individuals for allegedly slaughtering a cow. The attack happened in a farmhouse in Dwarka, a residential neighborhood in western New Delhi. According to local police, they received a complaint about the incident around 2:00 PM on Monday,

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation   Sometime in the next two months, the heavily conservative U.S. Supreme Court will possibly decimate the foundation of Roe v. Wade — and the legality of abortion care will be left up to each state. That’s why the Freedom From

Read More Atheist Republic On March 22, a high school teacher in Bangladesh was arrested by authorities for allegedly hurting religious sentiment. Hriday Chandra Mondal, a teacher at the Binodpur Ram Kumar High School in Munshiganj district, was arrested for telling students that “religion is a matter of faith.” Mondal followed up on his statement

Read More Atheist Republic This year’s celebration of the Ram Navami festival was marred by violence and death across multiple states. Ram Navabi is an important Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Ram, the seventh avatar of Vishnu. In Khambhat, Gujarat, one person was killed while another was injured during a festival-related attack. Anand

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation hails a recent Supreme Court ruling and castigates a President Trump-appointed judge’s action — both related to the pandemic. The nation’s highest court ruled that the Pentagon can discipline an Air Force officer who refused, because

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation   Stop faith-healing evangelicals coming into your schools, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has told a Texas school district. The state/church watchdog has been informed that on April 12, a teacher at Cigarroa High School in Laredo, Texas, brought Time to