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A one-day hybrid conference in Helsinki On 8th April 2023 You are cordially invited to attend the International seminar in Helsinki on...
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Rationalist International
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Spring of Reason
A one-day conference in Helsinki on 8th April 2023 on the challenges of secularism. When flowers bloom, so does free thought. Join us at...
Rationalist International
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Ramadan fasting is not good for you.
Sanal Edamaruku on Ramadan fasting. Myths are carefully built up by zealots around the health benefits of Ramadan fasting. In fact,...
Rationalist International
- Feb 20
- 1 min
ROOTS OF INDIAN RATIONALISM
SANAL EDAMARUKU Speaking on ROOTS OF INDIAN RATIONALISM The video is now available. Indian thought has historical roots in critical...
Rationalist International
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Cow Politics in India
Sanal Edamaruku on COW POLITICS IN INDIA This year, India’s government asked citizens to spend Valentine’s Day hugging a cow. In a...
Rationalist International
- Feb 4
- 3 min
Rationalist International joins the campaign to release Iranian atheist Soheil Arabi
Rationalist International has joined a campaign for the release of an atheist blogger arrested in Iran. Soheil Arabi, a critic of Iran's...
Rationalist International
- Feb 4
- 2 min
Is religion dying in the UK?
The latest census results in England and Wales have revealed a shift in the religious landscape, with more people under the age of 40...
Rationalist International
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Earth’s Core Stopped Rotating and May Be Changing Direction
Recent research has suggested that the rotation of the Earth's inner core may have come to a pause or even reversed. The Earth's core is...
Rationalist International
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Just eight years in jail for Iranian man who beheaded 17-year-old wife
A man who beheaded his 17-year-old wife has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran, the judiciary says. Images of Sajjad Heydari...
Rationalist International
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Rejuvenating the Gora-Edamaruku relationship
. Sakthy Edamaruku writes about the Gora - Saraswathi Gora Birth Anniversary International Atheist Conference held in Vijayawada, India....
Rationalist International
- Jan 1
- 2 min
Taliban orders NGOs to send female staff home days after university ban on Afghan women
The latest order from the Taliban bans women from working for non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The Islamist rulers justifies the...
Rationalist International
- Jan 1
- 2 min
Saving a life using a "world-first" operation using stem cells from placentas
Professor Massimo Caputo from the Bristol Heart Institute used pioneering stem cell injections to correct baby Finley's heart defect. He...
Rationalist International
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Dream in peace – the only place in Pakistan where blasphemy laws will not haunt you!
Now one can actually dream in peace in Pakistan without worrying about being guilty of blasphemy. The Lahore High Court has ruled that...
Rationalist International
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Sudanese Woman jailed for kissing a man
A Sudanese woman charged with adultery has had her life spared and will instead spend six months behind bars after she admitted to...
Rationalist International
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
US President Joe Biden signed the bill to protect same-sex marriage
The new legislation, known as the Respect for Marriage Act, does not require states to legalize same-sex marriage but does require them...
Rationalist International
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
The End of men? Male sex chromosome is slowly disappearing.
The Y chromosome may be a symbol of masculinity, but it is becoming increasingly clear that it is anything but strong and enduring....
Rationalist International
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Putin signs bill against LGBTQ rights, Russian Orthodox Church praises the move
The new law in Russia makes it illegal to spread “propaganda” about “non-traditional sexual relations” in all media, including social,...
Rationalist International
- Dec 10, 2022
- 2 min
Indonesia's new penal code bans extra-marital sex
Indonesia's parliament has approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country from having extramarital sex and restricts...
Rationalist International
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
Iran’s ex-president Khatami said rulers must heed protestors
The former president of Iran warned rulers that they must heed protesters’ demands “before it was too late” in a rare public comment. The...
Rationalist International
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Fossil found in cupboard shows lizards millions of years older than thought
The fossilized remains of a small, sharp-toothed lizard, left in a cupboard for more than half a century, have pushed back the origins of...