Tag Archives: France

2000 Years of Disbelief: Napoleon Bonaparte

by | January 8, 2021

By James Haught James Haught is editor of West Virginia’s largest newspaper, The Charleston Gazette, and a senior editor of Free Inquiry. He is 87-years-old and would like to help secular causes more. This series is a way of giving back. — (Apr. 13, 2020 – Daylight Atheism) This is the ninth segment of a series on renowned… Read more »

Male and Female Ex-Muslims – Narrative Interpretation and Escape

by | April 27, 2018

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen  Waleed Al-Husseini founded the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. He escaped the Palestinian Authority after torture and imprisonment in Palestine to Jordan and then France. He is an ex-Muslim and an atheist, and a friend. We have published interviews in Canadian Atheist (here, here, here, and here), The Good Men Project (here),… Read more »

Concerns for Safety Among the French Ex-Muslim Community

by | April 24, 2018

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen  Waleed Al-Husseini founded the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. He escaped the Palestinian Authority after torture and imprisonment in Palestine to Jordan and then France. He is a friend. Here we talk about secularism in France in 2018, the status of the Council of Ex-Muslims of France, new books, recommended books, and concern for… Read more »

Organ donation and presumed consent

by | January 12, 2017

A small but important law changed in France on January 1st. Prior to 2017, deceased persons were assumed to have opted out of organ donation. Now, unless they have registered against it, everyone is presumed to have opted in.