Sweet Reason: Promoting Humanism Among Religious Conservatives

"In February, Sweet Reason published a letter from Yalcyn Bican, a student who wanted advice on how to promote humanism in Turkey. His question was so important and complex that I invited two guest columnists to add their advice to mine."

Humaniststudies.org, Apr. 4, 2007

Islamists Turn UN Human Rights Body into a Laughing Stock

"Last week the United Nations' Human Rights Council condemned "defamation" of religion, and called upon member states to ban literature and other materials containing "racist or xenophobic ideas" that might lead to hostility against religious groups, although Islam is the only religion mentioned in the resolution.

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None of the representatives took a position aggressively defending the virtues of free expression and secularism. The nearest we got to this came from Birgitta Siefker-Eberle of Germany who said that an "on-going dialogue" was the best way of resolving differences, and that it was problematic to reconcile "defamation" with discrimination."

Humaniststudies.org, Apr. 11, 2006