In a letter to the editor in the latest edition of the National Secular Society’s very excellent Newsline, Raymond Carlise writes: I have considered Edward…
July 2012: Dogma will never determine where I sit, what I wear or how I live
July 2012 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of Amanda Brown, We are Atheism founder. By the way,…
The courage to think
Over one hundred people joined the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain’s hugely successful 5th anniversary celebration luncheon in London on 23 June 2012. Guests heard…
Richard Dawkins: A most popular figure
Richard Dawkins was on Aljazeera’s The Stream last week. I was invited on a Google+ panel to ask questions, though I was only able to…
گفتگو با مریم نمازی: “زن ضد دین” و “فتواهای سکولار
Here’s an interview in Farsi in this week’s International entitled “This anti-religion woman” and “secular fatwas”. You can read it here.
There is some sanity after all
A German court has said that a child’s right to physical integrity trumps religious and parental rights in a case involving a doctor who carried…
Actually it’s the same old same old
The Muslim Brotherhood has hailed Morsi’s narrow win of Egypt’s presidential election as the ‘start of a new era‘. It’s actually same old same old.…
I’ll be on Aljazeera’s The Stream tonight
Al Jazeera’s social media-driven show, The Stream, will be speaking with Richard Dawkins on atheism, religion and culture tonight. It goes live at 19:30 GMT (8:30…
I could have told you that for free
Did you hear about Islington social services paying over £8,000 for a consultant to travel to Africa to investigate whether they should send a boy…
An unnecessary provocation?
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain’s fifth anniversary celebration was absolutely fantastic. Here’s my speech. Thank you for joining us on the fifth anniversary of…