The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) released “its seventh annual Freedom of Thought Report at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.” It listed the 10 best and the 10 worst countries for atheists. The US ranked among the best, while Muslim countries, and particularly Sharia states, were the worst. No surprise there. […]
Saudi Arabia: 2000 lashes, 10 years in jail for tweeting about being atheist
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to “10 years in jail and 2,000 lashes for tweeting that he was an atheist,” under its system of Sharia law. “The hardline Islamic state has a law defining atheist beliefs as ‘terrorism,’” so “God help him” is right. And to think Westerners are still being misled with falsehoods, […]
Egypt: Ex-Muslim says Islamic State follows Qur’an, Muhammad
In response, Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee member Sheik Sayyed Zaid doesn’t — at least in this clip — respond to the Qur’an verses that Harqan quotes. Instead, he just claims that the Islamic State is a Jewish plot. “Egyptian Human Rights Activist Ahmad Harqan: ISIS Is Doing what the Prophet Muhammad Did,” MEMRI, n.d.: In an […]