The reader will find a survey on major convictions that have recently appeared in the news, involving clerics in the French territory. As reliable statistics are lacking, it is generally assumed that this type of crime has not been as widespread in France as in other countries. M. Henri Tincq, Read more…
Colloquium ALIPHID–IAFT, Beirut, April 2012 Under the patronage of the Rector of Lebanese University Firday, April 13th 15:45: Opening Session Opening Address by E. Dandach (ALIPHID) Welcoming Comments from the Rector of Lebanese University, Doctor Adnan Said Husein. Welcoming Comments from the Lebanese Association of Philosophy of Law (Georges Saad) Read more…
Colloquium ALIPHID–IAFT At the end of the discussions, the following conclusions were adopted by the all participants:: During the colloquium “Religion, Secularism and the Rule of Law” in Beirut, Lebanon, the 13th and 14th of April 2012, organized by the Lebanese Association of Philosophy of Law (Association Libanaise de Philosophie Read more…
Good morning everybody. I’m Roger Lepeix from the National Federation of French Free Thought where I’m in charge of the general organization as National Administrative Secretary. I’m also a member of the International Council of the AILP/IAFT (International Association of Free Thought) and treasurer of IHEU (International Humanist and Ethical Read more…
As General Secretary of the French Federation of French Thought and one of the six spokesmen of the International Association of Free Thought I must say that I’m deeply happy and proud to have the opportunity to be here today and to speak to you. France has had a special Read more…
Spokesperson IAFT; President, Atheist Freethinkers (Montreal) This transcript is available as a PDF document. Introduction Greetings! I have been asked to speak to you on the relationship between atheism and secularism, a subject which I consider to be very important in order to orient our debates and actions, with the Read more…
International Association of Free Thought (IAFT) 13 April 2012 Ladies, Gentlemen, Dear Friends, Dear Comrades, I’m convinced that everybody is well aware of how important our initiative is. In a world of never-ending war, in a country which has experienced it in its flesh and blood, which has suffered, we have Read more…
Association libanaise de philosophie du droit 13 avril 2012 L’Association libanaise de philosophie du droit et l’Association Internationale de la Libre Pensée organisent un colloque sur le thème “Religion, laïcité et État de droit”. Le but de ce colloque : discuter et établir des recherches approfondies analysant le thème de la laïcité Read more…
The singers of the Russian group Pussy Riots are in custody while waiting for their lawsuit. On February 21, at Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral, they sang “Holy Mother, Blessed Virgin, chase Putin out!”. Their song denounced in particular the presumed close ties between the orthodox Patriarch Kirill and FSB Read more…
The International Free Thought movement was scattered after WWII because of the direction chosen by the World Union of Freethinkers (WUF – in French UMLP), currently almost extinct. Some Free Thinkers’ organizations have joined IHEU, as early as 1952 or later, other organizations have remained in what is left of Read more…