On Tuesday night I saw a local Imam (Muslim congregational leader) give a short presentation on the basic doctrines and beliefs of Islam followed by a question and answer session. 
Among the questions he addressed a few involved issues of morality. For example, the Qu’ran does not condemn slavery and in the Sahih al-Bukhari Mohammad marries a 6 [...]

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Richard Collins (please see his guest post here for more information) just recently posted the following in an online forum:

It’s pretty obvious that, for the vast majority of the earth’s population, a person’s belief is due to the happenstance of their birth. If your parents are Muslim, it is highly likely you [...]

The following is a guest post by  OpenDiary blogger Atheist Under Ur Bed. This is part of an ongoing series that will be posted each Monday. You can read the introduction to this series by clicking here.
Hi! And welcome to Monday School!
Our motto: “A Rational Corrective To All That Nonsense You Learned Yesterday!”
All classes are [...]

Policy Exchange report found in a 2007 study of BRITISH MUSLIMS:
36% of 16-24 year old British Muslims “believe if a Muslim converts to another religion they should be punished by death, compared to 19% of 55+ year olds.”
Believing that one should be punished by death for changing religions is troubling enough, but the fact is [...]

The following is a guest post by Richard Collins and is being reproduced from Helium.com. Richard’s blog, The End of Hereditary Religion, contains information and resources for persons dedicated to saving children from childhood religious indoctrination. He also maintains a Facebook group by the same name, as well as Apostate Alley, a directory of resources [...]

In many sports it is customary to elect the Hall of Fame of all-time great players. The same method can in my mind well be applied to the founders of different religions.

My first selection is self-evidently the Buddha as he is my all-time favourite in this very mixed bag of religious founding fathers.
As an atheist [...]

My friend Atheist Under Ur Bed just picked up this story today, which I found rather interesting but also disturbing at the same time:
New Video Game’s Objective: Stop The Spread Of Religion By Going Back And Killing The Founders (Lindsey Ward/NBC Affiliate WSLS-TV; June 2)
A video image released by the computer game’s creator showing an [...]