Today Sarah Jones of Patheos called me a “far right hack” on Facebook. I’ve asked her to clarify what she is basing that opinion on. [Update: Sarah has clarified that she meant that my stance on Muslims and Islam is identical to what she would get on Fox News in the US.] Yet on Saturday, […]
I am reporting here information about what Craig Hicks has said online about his beliefs. I am not speculating about why he murdered his neighbours, because I do not have enough reliable information to do this. I have previously written about what his Facebook page actually tells us about his beliefs. I am writing here […]
There has been some speculation that Craig Hicks’ atrocious murder of three neighbours in Chapel Hill was related to him being an atheist and his neighbours being Muslims. This speculation seems to be based largely on the content of his Facebook page. It is important that justice is brought about for the victims of these terrible […]
John Hamill from Atheist Ireland met yesterday in Toronto with Eric Adriaans from Centre For Inquiry Canada, to announce the charter of the new International Coalition Against Blasphemy Laws, and to discuss how both groups will work together as co-founders and partners in the campaign to end blasphemy laws. Other partners include Atheist Alliance International, Humanist […]
Atheist Ireland had a breakthrough dialogue yesterday with Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan, at the first ever formal meeting between an Irish Prime Minister and an atheist advocacy group in the history of the State. We were represented by myself as chairperson, our human rights officer Jane Donnelly, and our blasphemy […]
At our meeting with Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday, Atheist Ireland gave him an open letter about the Irish blasphemy law signed by more than forty Irish and international scientists, philosophers, writers, comedians, politicians and activists. The Guardian has published the open letter. Here is the letter and the list of signatories.
Here are the items that Atheist Ireland will be raising at our meeting with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Education later today. Obviously we won’t be dealing with them in detail as it is our first meeting, but we want to outline our overall agenda and put in place structures for ongoing lobbying. 1. […]
The Irish Trews interviewed Jane Donnelly and I about the Irish blasphemy law, at the Atheist Ireland information table outside the GPO in Dublin on Saturday.
As Atheist Ireland prepares for our meeting tomorrow with Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan (which will be the first ever meeting between an Irish Prime Minister and an atheist advocacy group), I talked to Newstalk’s Shane Coleman about the meeting, the Irish blasphemy law and Stephen Fry’s comment about God being evil.
At 6.30 pm this Tuesday Atheist Ireland will be meeting the Taoiseach and the Minister for Education, as part of the dialogue process between Government and religious and nonreligious philosophical bodies. This will be the first time ever that an atheist advocacy group has met the Taoiseach. It will mark the next phase of our ongoing […]