Trump’s attempt to deport pro-Palestinian students for their speech suffers a major court defeat
[ 4 minutes to read] The Trump administration wanted to use immigration law against international students who criticized Israel or publicly…
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The Fish Under the Chair: Four Boys Are Dead, and We Need to Talk About Why
[ 5 minutes to read] Their names were Abdulfatah Mohammed, 15. Yusuf Nuhu, 16. Buhari Iliyasu, 14. Ibrahim Muhammad, 22. On…
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Where did belief in God decline? And the sad news: The 21st century will still be a century of religion
[ 6 minutes to read] For anyone expecting religion simply to disappear as education, science and technology advance, the first decades…
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Nearly 3,000 people publicly flogged under Taliban rule
[ 5 minutes to read] Public flogging sounds like something from another century. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, however, it is happening in…
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Ruhollah Khomeini wrote about sex with children and animals. Perhaps he should have studied economics instead
[ 5 minutes to read] Ruhollah Khomeini is remembered primarily as the architect of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and the founder…
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Born Guilty: The History of Witchcraft Accusations Against Children in Northern Nigeria
[ 5 minutes to read] In March 2024, a young boy in Alkaleri Local Government Area, Bauchi State, reportedly lost his…
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God didn’t say that. Neither did your pastor. AI did
[ 10 minutes to read] Imagine scrolling through social media one evening when your pastor appears on the screen. His face…
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Nigeria’s Muslims and Christians agree on something: Stop dividing us
[ 8 minutes to read] Nigeria is often described through its divisions. Muslim north and Christian south, Hausa and Fulani, farmer…
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One People, Two Names: The History Behind the Hausa-Fulani Identity And Who Benefits From Breaking It
[ 6 minutes to read] In March 2025, sixteen Hausa hunters travelling to Kano were lynched by a mob. They had…
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The situation in Afghanistan now: Five years under the Taliban
[ 16 minutes to read] Five years ago, on August 15, 2021, Taliban fighters entered Kabul. Afghanistan’s Western-backed government collapsed with…
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The spectrum of religious repression: From social pressure to death
[ 23 minutes to read] Religious repression does not always arrive with police officers, prison cells or executioners. Sometimes it arrives…
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The evolution of Satan: A God’s servant and the Prince of evil
[ 20 minutes to read] You think you know him, of course. The red skin, the horns, the pitchfork, the tail….
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The Amish, the Hasidic, and the Taliban: Who is more extreme?
[ 14 minutes to read] It is a comparison that appears surprisingly often. Images of Amish horse-drawn buggies, Hasidic Jews in…
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Zohran Mamdani: No distinction between radical and secular Islam
[ 5 minutes to read] The election of New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, once again exposed one of the…
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The Almajiri Pipeline: How a Centuries-Old System Became a Recruitment Ground for Extremism in Northern Nigeria
[ 5 minutes to read] The Boy on the Road He is easy to miss. He stands at a junction in…
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Iran’s leaders: Kill millions, we won’t step down
[ 5 minutes to read] At the most basic level, leadership carries responsibility. If leaders truly cared about their population, then…
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How US atheist education should look like
[ 6 minutes to read] Atheist education does not mean teaching disbelief as a new dogma. It means teaching how to…
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A Critical Examination of Allah’s Character in the Quran: 10 Rational Points with References
[ 7 minutes to read] Short Introduction This article provides a logical and evidence-based critique of certain attributes ascribed to Allah…
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Why humans invent eternity: Different afterlives, one psychology
[ 6 minutes to read] Human beings fear death more than anything else. The body rejects it. The mind rejects it…
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Jesus didn’t exist, unlike Caesar and Muhammad
[ 5 minutes to read] Religious belief fulfills emotional, moral, and social needs, yet historical inquiry follows a different logic. History…
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The psychological impact of leaving a religious community
[ 5 minutes to read] Leaving a religious community is not merely an act of disbelief. It is a psychological, social,…
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When the West’s conscience loses: Let them die
[ 5 minutes to read] The U.S. decision to drop plans to deport Guan Heng, a Chinese dissident who exposed rights…
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Religions are best at plagiarizing
[ 5 minutes to read] Religions claim to reveal eternal truths. They promise to explain the universe, morality, and destiny. But…
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Women’s rights in conservative religious communities
[ 6 minutes to read] Religious traditions have shaped civilizations, guided morality, and provided meaning for centuries. Yet in conservative religious…
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No heaven, no rebirth, no return
[ 3 minutes to read] Religions have one thing in common. They cannot accept the end. Death terrifies them. Nothingness feels…
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The case of developing countries: Religion as a detriment
[ 6 minutes to read] Religion is often described as a source of morality, community, and identity. Yet in much of…
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The Quran and Muhammad’s Violence: Osama bin Laden’s Ideology
[ 6 minutes to read] The Qur’an, Islam’s central scripture, holds supreme authority in Muslim society and plays a decisive role…
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Women are discriminated. Somewhere to death
[ 6 minutes to read] Discrimination against women is not a marginal issue. It is global. It exists in every society,…
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Religion still shapes politics, even when we think it doesn’t
[ 5 minutes to read] Modern societies like to believe they have left religion behind. They speak of secular states, rational…
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We can question Christianity, not Islam
[ 4 minutes to read] You can question Christianity in most Western countries, you can mock it, you can publish it….
