Islamic holiday celebration in Montreal park draws ire from secularists, Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press, Microsoft Start, 2024-06-20. MONTREAL — Earlier this week, members of Montreal’s Muslim community gathered in a park to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, a day…
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The Senate Report on Islamophobia is the Fruit of Ideological Intoxication
Nadia El-Mabrouk & François Dugré Members of the Board of Rassemblement pour la laïcité (Alliance for Secularism) 2023-11-11, Minor modification, 2023-12-04 This article was published on November 11th in French in Le Devoir under the title Le rapport sénatorial sur…
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Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi
Iran’s Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize for her work fighting oppression of women, Thomson Reuters, CBC, 2023-10-06. Narges Mohammadi, imprisoned Iranian activist, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday. ‘The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to…
The Trudeau government’s Islamic Ideological Obsession
David Rand 2023-08-20 On August 16th 2023, Paul Chiang (parliamentary secretary of the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities) responded to the parliamentary petition e-4335 which requested the abolition of the position of Canadian representative on combatting…
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The Trudeauisation of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bill Privileges Muslims in State Government, Dexter Van Zile, Focus on Western Islamism, 2023-03-15. The Massachusetts state legislature is considering a bill that would promote and privilege the participation of Muslims in state politics.[…] The bill is “an unprecedented…
Tagged with: islam, Islamism, Massachusetts, Muslims, religion_State_separation, religious_privilege, secularism, USA
Collective Letter Against the Office of Elghawaby
Amira Elghawaby’s Office does Not Facilitate Constructive Dialogue Collective Letter with over 200 signatories 2023-02-06, petition link added 2023-03-05 This letter is also available as Parliamentary Petition e-4335 which any Canadian may sign. We, Quebecers and Canadians of all origins,…
PRESS RELEASE, 2023-02-02
For immediate release AFT denounces Trudeau’s appointment of a religious fundamentalist to the role of combatting “Islamophobia” Montreal, 2nd February 2023 — Atheist Freethinkers (LPA-AFT), an association which defends the rights of atheists and promotes secularism, denounces the appointment, by Prime…
2022-11-19: A Conversation with Yasmine Mohammed
Publication Date: 2022-11-23 Welcome to an Atheist Freethinkers video. We are very pleased to welcome a major figure in the freethought, secularism and ex-Muslim movements, an author and human rights activist who has done so much to dispel the cloud…
2022-10-20: Launch of French Version of Unveiled by Yasmine Mohammed
David Rand 2022-10-23 (correction, 18:30) Don’t forget! Yasmine Mohammed will be our special guest at our November 19th event. On the evening of October 20th 2022, I attended the launch of the French version Lever le voile (published by Jet…
Blog 141: Burn That Veil!
David Rand 2022-10-14, Addendum 2022-10-19 Iranians, especially Iranian women, are currently in revolt against the theocratic and tyrannical regime of their country. The Islamic veil has become the symbol of extreme religious repression and removing this stifling symbol has become…
“Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam”
Yasmine Mohammed, Free Hearts Free Minds, 2019-09-25 See also: 2022-10-20: Launch of French Version of Unveiled by Yasmine Mohammed “Since September 11th, 2001, the Western world has been preoccupied with Islam and its role in terrorism. Yet public debate about…
PRESS RELEASE, 2022-08-16
For immediate release AFT Condemns the Attack on Salman Rushdie and Urges the Canadian Parliament to Repudiate Motion M-103 Montreal, 16th August 2022 — Atheist Freethinkers (LPA-AFT), an association which promotes secularism and supports the rights of atheists, unequivocally denounces the…
The “Islamophobia” Scam
David Rand 2022-05-14 This talk was accompanied by a presentation of some thirty slides which we suggest you consult while reading through the text below. The video below is also available in our Youtube channel. This talk is an English…
Blog 137: Religion and Oppression of Women
Pierre Marchand 2022-02-15 The domination of men over women probably began at the time of the caveman. Religions too probably appeared during that era. Over the course of centuries they invented myths to explain this state of affairs. Much later,…
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Masih Alinejad Opposes Ilhan Omar’s Islamophobia Bill
Why I’m opposed to Ilhan Omar’s bill against Islamophobia, Masih Alinejad, Washington Post, 2022-01-25. The legislation does not provide a clear definition of Islamophobia,… Is criticism of the Taliban a form of Islamophobia? The bill H.R.5665 – Combating International Islamophobia…
2022, January & February
29th Jan. 2022 11th Annual International Day of Protest Against Hereditary Religion Facebook: End Hereditary Religion Parents have a right to educate their children about their religion, but not to indoctrinate them. Parents who impose their faith on their children usurp their children’s right to decide—when they reach maturity.…
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Medical Journal Censors Criticism of Veil
Timeline of Events: 2021-11-08: CMAJ shows on its cover an image of a young girl wearing a hijab, prompting protests on social media, including criticism from Yasmine Mohammed, author of “UNVEILED: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam”. 2021-12-20: CMAJ publishes…
Blog 129: Lessons from the Muslim Association of Canada
David Rand 2021-12-09 The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) recently received a $225,000 grant from the Ontario government to produce a course to combat so-called “Islamophobia” in schools. (It also received a $349,000 grant from the Canadian government for similar…
Save Afghan Atheists!
Kaihan 2021-11-08 An appeal received from Afghan atheists. Hi dear readers, I am Kaihan (I am using an alias name for security reasons.), and I am currently living in shadow in Afghanistan. I am a founding member of an atheist…
Solidarity with Soheil Arabi
3 October: International Soheil DaySolidarity with Iranian atheist Soheil Arabi Maryam Namazie 2021-09-27 Soheil Arabi (photo: Wikipedia) Soheil Arabi is an Iranian atheist initially sentenced to death for ‘insulting the Prophet of Islam’ in Facebook posts. Due to public pressure,…
Muslim Association of Canada, its Dubious Invitees, its Government Grants
David Rand 2021-09-11 The above video was initially recorded for John Richards’ Youtube channel FreeThought Productions, episode of 2021-08-14. Transcript of the above video: A Canadian Jewish organization has denounced the Muslim Association of Canada or MAC for inviting an…
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Ban on Religious Symbols in French Schools: Girls from Muslim Families Benefit
En France : L’interdiction du voile influence la scolarité des filles (In France, the Headscarf Ban Influences Success of Muslim Girls), Luc Cédelle, L’AUT’JOURNAL, 2021-09-01. A new book by economist and sociologist Eric Maurin, to be published in October, sheds new…
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Canadians of Muslim Culture Denounce the Provocative Recommendations of the NCCM
Opinion: Islamophobia or nourishing the breeding ground of political Islam?, Nadia El-Mabrouk, Tarek Fatah and Yasmine Mohammed, CTV News, 2021-07-26. Given the importance of this article, we reproduce it here in its entirety. MONTREAL — In preparation for the National…
“Islamophobia” is Blasphemy
By Atheist Freethinkers Position adopted 2021-03-20. Minor corrections 2022-04-29. We, Atheist Freethinkers, strongly support the End Blasphemy Laws campaign whose goal is the repeal of all laws, in all countries of the world, which criminalize “blasphemy” or “insult to religion”…
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Montreal: Death Threats to Impose the Veil
Menaces de mort pour le port du voile (“Death Threats to Impose Wearing the Veil”), Michael Nguyen, Journal de Montréal, 2021-03-03. A Montréal Muslim man told his four daughters that he would kill them if they stopped wearing the Islamic…
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