I was interviewed on Voice of Islam radio this week about Brexit, Donald Trump and challenging prejudice. Here is audio and transcript of the interview. With us on the line is Michael Nugent, a writer from Dublin and chairperson of Atheist Ireland. Michael, what are your views on the surprise wins for Brexit and Trump? […]
I outlined in an article yesterday why I believe the recent ‘online poison’ article in the Guardian is an excellent hoax parody. The more often I read it, the more convinced I am that it is a hoax. But my reason is because of its content: it is ridiculously funny, incoherent and inconsistent, and it covers all […]
The Guardian has published what is either an unintentionally hilarious guilt-by-association stream of tortured consciousness, or else one of the best hoax parodies to be published by a mainstream publication. It is an anonymously written opinion piece titled ‘Alt-right’ online poison nearly turned me into a racist. The relieved author describes his lucky escape from […]
Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland met twice with Nils Muiznieks, Human Rights Commissioner with the Council of Europe, during his four-day visit to Ireland which ended today. During his visit, the Commissioner examined breaches of the human rights of women, children, travellers, refugees and other groups. […]
Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, attended a Council of Europe human rights round-table conference today in the Department of Foreign Affairs. At this conference, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks called on civil society organisations to work alongside Council of Europe Institutions to protect […]
How does the State judge the credibility of religious hats? The Irish State has turned down an application from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to solemnise marriages, telling Pastafarian Minister John Hamill that colander-based religious hats are not credible. By contrast, Roman Catholic religious hats are clearly credible. Pastafarianism is legally recognised in […]
What is atheism? Speaking yesterday at Maynooth University Diversity Week, I dispelled five myths about atheism: atheism is not a religion, atheism does not require faith, atheists don’t have to disprove gods, we don’t need religion for morality, and we don’t want to ban religion. I also covered our campaigns for separation of church and […]
I and John Hamill of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster talked at Maynooth University Diversity Week yesterday about protecting the rights of Pastafarians.
Today our unique secular alliance met Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, to discuss children’s rights in Irish publicly funded national schools. Jane Donnelly told Commissioner Muižnieks that she was proud to speak on behalf of Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland. “We are three groups […]
Atheist Ireland held a very productive 2016 Annual General Meeting yesterday, after which we are prepared for another busy year promoting atheism, reason and ethical secularism. Pictured above is the Atheist Ireland Committee for 2017. Below are the three political reports to the AGM from Chairperson Michael Nugent, Human Rights Officer Jane Donnelly, and Atheist Alliance International Secretary John Hamill.