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. — (Jan. 20, 2020 – Daylight Atheism) When people accept supernatural claims of a religion, their lives… Read more »
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, as he opens in No Qualms (Ed., published on 2018, July 18, i.e., when he was 86), “I’m quite aware… Read more »
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Here we talk with the Administrator of “Ex-Muslims India.” Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What was early life like for you, e.g., geography, culture, language, religion or lack thereof, education, and family structure and dynamics? Administrator “Ex-Muslims India”: I was born in a traditional Indian Muslim family. My grandparents were Qawwals (Sufi Islamic singers).… Read more »
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Abderrahmane M’hiri is an ex-Muslim. Here we talk about his journey, in brief. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did you grow up? Abderrahmane M’hiri: I have grown up in a Muslim country and society in a Muslim family. Jacobsen: What was upbringing for you? M’hiri: I began to question since a young age… Read more »
A weekly update on the news relevant to Canadian Religion for 2018-07-22.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Sara Al Iraqiya is a USA-based 2nd generation Iraqi-American social scientist, writer, and activist. Raised under Sunni Islam and a survivor of attempted radicalization in American mosques and centers — she has both lived experience as well as academic experience with Islam. By age 20, after gaining the freedom to live autonomously… Read more »