Tag: veil

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

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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

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“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

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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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RPL: Open Letter to the CMAJ: Concerning the Hijab Worn by Young Girls

Open Letter to the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Rassemblement pour la laïcité (RPL, Alliance for Secularism) 2022-01-01 The controversy continues in the case of the photo of a little girl wearing the hijab, published on the cover of the

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In the News:
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

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Court of Justice of E.U.: Banning the Veil in the Workplace is Not Discriminatory

EU companies can ban employees wearing headscarves, court rules, Jennifer Rankin, Guardian, 2021-07-15. Private employers in the EU can ban people from wearing religious symbols, including headscarves, in order to present an image of neutrality, the bloc’s highest court has

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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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PRESS RELEASE, 2021-01-12

For immediate release Atheist Freethinkers Denounces the Wearing of the Hijab by On-Air CBC Personnel Montreal, 12th January 2021 — Atheist Freethinkers (LPA-AFT), an association which promotes secularism and supports the rights of atheists, denounces the decision by CBC management to

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