Blasphemy Laws Attack Free Expression— Can Freethought Hit Back?
He dared to question God’s existence. His tweets did not go unnoticed. Now, an unidentified twenty-eight-year-old Saudi man faces $5,330 in fines, ten years... Read More
Yes, We Still Need Blasphemy Day—Especially Now
Today is International Blasphemy Day, a day when millions of atheists, humanists, agnostics, and nontheists are encouraged to openly criticize religious teachings that they... Read More
“Burn a Koran Day” and the Flames of Extremism
It’s fair to say that the fifteen minutes of fame recently afforded to Terry Jones—the once-obscure Florida preacher with the misguided plan to burn... Read More
ISSUE AT HAND
BLASPHEMY! The word is almost onomatopoeic in the sense that all anyone has to do in order to claim a sacred offense is cry... Read More
Ripping into the Bible
ON THE MORNING of December 7, 2007, Christopher Campbell walked into his English Honors class at Parker High School, prepared to tear out pages... Read More
Absolute Infidel: The Evolution of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Among the many Muslim and ex-Muslim women currently commenting on Islam, particularly in regard to women's issues, humanists are probably most familiar with four:... Read More
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Its ability to withstand an assault by Christopher Hitchens is one testament to the hardiness of religious faith. (I wouldn't want him mad at... Read More