Alexander Aan
COMMENTARY: Blasphemy charges pervert Islam’s teachings
By Qasim Rashid — February 3, 2014
(RNS) Despite widespread blasphemy charges, universal freedom of conscience lies at the heart of Islam.
‘Blasphemers’ released * Football baptisms * Boozing Mormons: Religious Freedom Recap: Jan. 27 – Feb. 3
By Brian Pellot — February 3, 2014
Good news for jailed atheists in Tunisia and Indonesia. A high school football coach in South Carolina is ordered to stop baptizing players. And Mormons weren’t always the teetotalers they are today. Bottoms up!
Why a band of American heathens is fighting to protect atheists — and Christians — abroad
By Brian Pellot — January 30, 2014
The Center for Inquiry’s Michael DeDora explains why his secular group is teaming up with unlikely allies on the Christian right to fight for freedom of expression around the world.
SIDEBAR: Muslims embracing atheism often face a lonely journey
By Kimberly Winston — March 3, 2013
(RNS) Muslims who abandon their faith often face challenges not faced by those who leave other religions. Divorce and disowning are common, as is the threat of physical violence.
Petition fails in support of Indonesian atheist
By Kimberly Winston — August 16, 2012
(RNS) What was supposed to be a slamdunk for nontheists has become a slap in the face as a petition on behalf of a jailed Indonesian atheist failed to attract even one-third of the signatures it needed to gain White House attention. By Kimberly Winston.
Atheists rally for persecuted unbeliever in Indonesia
By Kimberly Winston — July 19, 2012
(RNS) The atheist community has embraced the cause of an Indonesian man, Alexander Aan, who was beaten and jailed after denying God’s existence on Facebook and posting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. By Kimberly Winston.
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