Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate For first time in Indonesia, non-Muslim punished under Islamic law. 60-year-old Christian woman convicted of selling alcohol was given a choice for her punishment: jail time or caning. She chose caning, and in doing so last week became the first non-Muslim in Indonesia to receive the punishment under sharia law. Remita […]

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Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate Thousands quit Church of Denmark after atheist campaign. Thousands of people have cancelled their membership of Denmark’s state Church following a campaign by atheists. Nearly 3,000 baptised cancelled their membership last month after Denmark’s Atheist Society, Ateistisk Selskab, launched a nationwide campaign advising people they could save money by opting […]

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Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate 13 countries where being an atheist is punishable by death. It’s often said that the world is becoming an increasingly secular place. Just last week David Cameron sparked backlash when he used his Easter message to describe the UK as “a Christian country”. Critics pointed out that just 30 per […]

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