Tag Archives: Humanist Association of Nigeria

Humanist Canada calls for release of Nigerian Humanist President

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen VANCOUVER, British Columbia – May 5, 2020 – PRLog — Canadian Humanists are supporting calls from Humanists International to have Mubarak Bala released from a Nigerian jail. Bala, who is president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was arrested by Nigerian police April 28 following a complaint the had insulted the… Read more »

International coalition to protest arrest of Nigerian humanist

By Humanists International and Atheists United (Sat., May 2, 2020) London. — Atheists, faith leaders, and other grassroots activists have organized an international Week of Protest to help bring attention to the ongoing plight of Mubarak Bala, the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. On April 28, Mubarak Bala was arrested in his home in Nigeria… Read more »

Interview with Immoh Obot on Losing Faith

by | February 29, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Immoh Obot is a certified fire officer. He is also a computer programmer and a freelance creative writer. Here we talk about his story, his life. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is family and cultural background? Some of the relevant details to provide a rounded perspective on you. Immoh: I was born in… Read more »

Ask Mubarak 7 – Et Tu? Two: How Bad Could Things Get?

by | February 13, 2020

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Mubarak Bala is the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. We will be conducting this educational series to learn more about humanism and secularism within Nigeria. Humanists in Nigeria and some other African states have some of the toughest sensibilities built on real hardship unseen by much of the rest of… Read more »

Ask Mubarak 6 – Et Tu?: Punishment by Religious Believer

by | November 10, 2019

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Mubarak Bala is the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. We will be conducting this educational series to learn more about humanism and secularism within Nigeria. Here we talk about a history of personal and professional punishment, imprisonment, even torture, based on the rejection of the supernaturalisms of the dominant cultures and… Read more »

Ask Mubarak 5 – African Freethought

by | November 5, 2019

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Mubarak Bala is the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. We will be conducting this educational series to learn more about humanism and secularism within Nigeria. Here we talk about African freethought. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What defines African freethought? Mubarak Bala: Africa, the cradle of homosapien species, and one of the earliest… Read more »