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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The Senate Report on Islamophobia is the Fruit of Ideological Intoxication
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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…
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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
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…
Women, Life, Freedom Charter
An Initiative of One Law for All, UK 2023-01-06 Sign onto the Women, Life, Freedom Charter www.iranfreedomcharter.com Iran’s women’s revolution has announced the end of the Islamic regime and its discrimination, misogyny and violations of the human right to life.…
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…
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France: Death Threats for a Report on Islamism
Reportage de “Zone Interdite” à Roubaix : menacé de mort, un militant associatif dénonce la montée de l’intégrisme islamiste dans la ville (Report by “Zone Interdite” in Roubaix: threatened with death, an association activist denounces the rise of Islamist fundamentalism in…
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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…
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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…
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Honour the Memory of Samuel Paty
Honour slain French teacher Samuel Paty by defending rights, defying fundamentalism – UN experts, Karima Bennoune and Ahmed Shaheed, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2021-10-15. GENEVA (15 October 2021) – On the first anniversary of the…
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French High Court Validates Dissolution of Two Islamist Groups
Le Conseil d’Etat valide la dissolution du CCIF et de BarakaCity par le gouvernement (French Conseil d’Etat Validates Disbanding CCIF and Barakacity by Government), franceinfo avec AFP, 2021-09-24. The Conseil d’Etat, the highest administrative court in France, has validated the…
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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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…
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Tarek Fatah Denounces Islamist Infiltration in Canada
FATAH: Who will listen to the cries of ordinary Muslims?, Tarek Fatah, Toronto Sun, 2021-07-14. I recently had an informal meeting with 30 other Muslims to chat about their growing concerns over the growing infiltration of Islamist extremism in this…
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Austria Bans Muslim Brotherhood
Austria bans Muslim Brotherhood and sets new standard in the fight against Islamist extremism, EU-Policies, 2021-07-13. Last week, the Austrian National Assembly passed an act targeting the activities of ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood. Under the new law, released terror…
Blog 121: Controversy about Islamoleftism in France
David Rand 2021-03-01 A storm is currently raging in France: a furious controversy concerning the term “Islamoleftism” (« islamogauchisme » in French). Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education declared on February 14th 2021 (on the television network CNews) that Islamoleftism is a…
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In France, A Teacher Denounces the Islamist Threat
Menacé de mort après avoir défendu Samuel Paty, un professeur témoigne (“Threatened with Death for Having Defended Samuel Paty, A Teacher Testifies”), Idèr Nabili, LCI, 2021-02-07. A philosophy teacher Didier Lemaire in the French town of Trappes, outside Paris, is…
Blog 120: American—and Canadian—Indecency
David Rand 2020-10-31 The beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty, the 16th of October 2020 in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, sowed confusion and anger—and generated a wave of determined resistance—in France. The target of this barbaric act was simply performing…
Solidarity with Victims of Islamist Fanaticism
2020-10-17 “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire We express our solidarity with the victims of Islamist fanaticism, in particular Samuel Paty, the teacher from Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, who was brutally beheaded on the 16th…
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