Secular Islam
Secular Islam was created by the Center for Inquiry to collect the writings, thoughts, and speeches of secular Muslims, Ex-Muslims, believers, doubters, and unbelievers, brought together by a great struggle, not between the West and Islam, but between the free and the unfree.
The Totalitarian Nature of Islam
August 11, 2020Presented is an extensive look into Islam, democracy, and human rights from Ibn Warraq’s book, Why I Am Not a Muslim published in 2003.Secular Islam was a collaboration between Ibn Warraq and the Center for Inquiry started in 2004 to collect the writings, thoughts, and speeches of secular Muslims, Ex-Muslims, believers, doubters, and unbelievers, brought together by …
Is Islam Compatible With Democracy and Human Rights?
November 16, 2018Presented is an extensive look into Islam and Democracy from Ibn Warraq’s book, Why I Am Not a Muslim. Secular Islam was created by the Center for Inquiry to collect the writings, thoughts, and speeches of secular Muslims, Ex-Muslims, believers, doubters, and unbelievers, brought together by a great struggle, not between the West and Islam, but between …
Islam and the Liberation of Women in the Middle East
November 10, 2018The following was adapted from a speech by Azam Kamguian delivered at the Council for Secular Humanism’s three-day conference, “One Nation without God?” April 11–13, 2003 in Washington, D.C. I intend to contribute to the debate about Islam and the liberation of women in the Middle East as an activist and writer engaged in issues …
A Call to the Muslims of the World
August 10, 2018Originally published July 2, 2004. From Freethinkers and Humanists of Muslim Origins Dear friends, The tragic incidents of September 11 have shocked the world. It is unthinkable that anyone could be so full of hate as to commit such heinous acts and kill so many innocent people. We people of Muslim origin are as much shaken …
Contradictions and Inconsistencies in the Qur’an
June 20, 2018Presented is an excerpt from Syed Kamran Mirza’s “Quranic Erroneous Science and Contradictions” With some samples of Quranic contradictions and erroneous science has been prepared to rebut wishful Islamists who are claiming science in Quran. Qur’an has numerous scientific flaws, historical, ethical, and logical contradictions, though Mullahs and many western educated Islamists always claim that Quran …
A Declaration of the Rights of Women in Islamic Societies
June 20, 2018This originally appeared in the Fall, 1997 issue of Free Inquiry. You can read more past articles of CFI’s Free Inquiry magazine at www.secularhumanism.org We, the undersigned, believe that the oppression of women anywhere in the world is an offense against all of humanity and an impediment to social and moral progress. We, therefore, cannot …
Islam and Women’s Rights | Overcoming Inequality
June 20, 2018Presented are excerpts from Azam Kamguian’s book, Islam & Women’s Rights. Religion in general and Islam in particular are women’s enemy. Women’s inequality is god’s commandment, in Islam enshrined in immutable law by Mohammad and eventually recorded in scripture. In most countries under Islamic states or under the influence of Islam, Koran’s directives are incorporated into contemporary …
The Conflict Between Minority Rights Versus Citizen Rights
November 2, 2017Presented is a conversation between Iranian activist Azar Majedi and the Worker-Communist Review on banning religious symbols, Islamic courts, civil freedoms, minority rights, and racism. This is an excerpt from a roundtable discussion between Hamid Taqvaie, Ai Javadi, and Azar Majedi. Worker-Communist review: The debate surrounding the banning of conspicuous religious symbols in schools and government workplaces …
The St. Petersburg Declaration
April 5, 2007Originally published in 2007, this declaration was released after the Secular Islam Summit that was held from the 4th-5th of March, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Florida. We are secular Muslims and secular persons of Muslim societies. We are believers, doubters, and unbelievers brought together by a great struggle—not between the West and Islam but between …