Secular Freethinker
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Tag: religion
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On December 11, 2025, Austria’s National Council, the lower house of parliament, voted to pass a new law banning headscarves for schoolgirls under the age of 14. The vote took place during a parliamentary session on that Thursday. This measure targets “traditional Muslim” head coverings like hijabs and burqas in all public and private schools…
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Muhammad began his life in poverty, tending to sheep and camels without a steady occupation. Employed by Khadija as a shepherd, his income remained meager, just enough to cover basic needs in Arabian society at the time. His situation improved dramatically after marrying the prosperous merchant Khadija, granting him access to her considerable fortune. Historical…
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Muhammad, whom his followers blindly revere as a messenger, was in fact a merciless fighter who slaughtered innocent people in battles, seizing their property and women as spoils. A stark example of this brutality emerges in the Battle of Khaybar involving Safiyyah bint Huyayy. The Islamic hadiths themselves bear witness to this savagery, enough to…
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The growing power of Islamic groups in Bangladesh poses a clear danger, one that could erase the hard-won democratic system. After Sheikh Hasina stepped down in August 2024, organizations like Jamaat-e-Islami have regained strength and are pushing for a sharia-based order, leaving no room for equal rights or personal freedoms.
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Muhammad and his followers arrived in Medina with no reliable means to support themselves. They turned to raiding non-Muslim groups, seizing war spoils as their main source of income. In these attacks, they stripped everything from the victims, goods, livestock, and even people. Women and young children, who had played no part in any fighting…
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A student at North South University (NSU) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, named Apurba Pal, was involved in an incident where he desecrated the Holy Quran. This event caused a lot of anger among the public, leading to his arrest, expulsion from the university, and legal actions. Apurba has a history of mental health problems, which some…
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As a former Muslim and anti-Islamist, I am committed to exposing the moral flaws of Muhammad and the religion he founded, I do this through arguments and evidence, drawn from primary Islamic sources, historical accounts, and analysis of Islamic texts. Islam, despite claiming to be a religion of peace or justice, has approved practices that…
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The relationship between religion and violence is the subject of intense global debate. While political, social, economic, and cultural factors have played significant roles in the rise of violence and terrorism in contemporary Islamic fundamentalism, the religious dimension of this violence cannot be ignored, as it is linked to the core sources and origins of…
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Islam is often described as the “religion of peace,” and Muhammad is presented as the “savior of humanity” or the “highest moral ideal.” However, when we logically analyze these claims, we see that Islamic primary sources, such as Sahih Bukhari, Sirah Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa’d’s Tabaqat, Al-Tabari, and other hadith collections, present a different picture.…