freedom of conscience

Articles

• Voyage au pays des apostats
  19 septembre 2018, par siawi3
• France : Charlie et la laïcité : le diable est dans les détails
  11 janvier 2018, par siawi3

  La liberté de conscience contient la liberté religieuse, l’inverse n’est pas vrai. En matière de laïcité aussi le diable est dans les détails.

• France : Quand l’Eglise et la Justice s’allient contre la liberté de pensée
  13 février 2015, par siawi3

  Libre penseur, l’ex-ouvrier boulanger a bataillé sans succès pour que le diocèse raye son nom des registres. ’Je ne croyais plus depuis longtemps. Mais je ne suis pas antireligieux, non, je suis areligieux.’

• USA: How Do We Criticize Religion After Christchurch?
  25 March 2019, by siawi3

  In the wake of the devastation in Christchurch, a lot of outspoken atheists have been asking themselves if their open criticism of Islam is stoking the Islamophobia fire. It is critical to be able to freely disagree with any idea for anyone, religious or not. When I openly disagree with you, it doesn’t mean I don’t respect you: we respect the person and don’t respect the belief. It will help us end the death penalty for apostasy and blasphemy in 13 countries. It will help us decriminalize atheism in 40+ countries across the globe. It will make living as an atheist a much, much safer thing to do in places like Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Bangladesh.

• UK: Petition to abolish compulsory collective worship in schools
  24 April 2017, by siawi3

  Welsh students launch petition against collective worship: “People are free to have their beliefs, but it’s wrong to force students to take part in prayers when they don’t believe in the God that’s being worshipped.”

• The Tsunami of #IslamsNonBelievers #NotAlone
  12 October 2016, by siawi3

  Interview with Yasmine, Confessions of an ExMuslim; and more

• Tunisians get jail terms for eating during Ramadan
  4 June 2017, by siawi3

  Their sentencing comes ahead of a call circulated on social media for a June 11 demonstration to protect the rights of those who decline to take part in the Ramadan fast. unisia has no specific law banning eating in public during Ramadan.

• Pakistan: Compulsory fasting
  3 June 2017, by siawi3

  The ordinance bars people from eating, drinking and smoking in public places during the fasting hours. The violator of the ordinance would be imprisoned for three months, besides paying a fine of Rs500.

• USA: Progressive Muslims on Apostasy and Blasphemy
  1 July 2015, by siawi3

  We uphold the principle that a person’s faith is between him or her and their God, and that every individual has the right to negotiate his or her faith and belief according to the dictates of his or her heart and worldview. Blasphemy, similar to apostasy, is a matter of freedom of conscience, which is guaranteed and safeguarded by the language “no compulsion in religion.”

• UK: 17 June: Day of Action. Free Raif Badawi
  16 June 2015, by siawi3

  To mark the third anniversary of the arrest of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, and to demand his freedom, campaigners in the UK will deliver an Open Letter to the Prime Minister and hold a public meeting in Parliament on Wednesday 17 June.
  Join us for two events on 17 June in London

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