Read more secularism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4873/secularism.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:32:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/57310/us-atheists-step-out-of-closet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAtheists across the country are turning up the volume, gathering openly and advertising their lack of faith, the New York Times reports. Their goal isn’t to win others over—“The most important thing is coming out of the closet,” said one activist—and win acceptance for their beliefs. And their...http://www.newser.com/story/57310/us-atheists-step-out-of-closet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:14:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54717/islamists-lose-ground-in-turkish-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurkey's Islamist-leaning AK Party won local elections yesterday, but fell short of the overwhelming victory leaders had hoped for, reports the Los Angeles Times . With most of the votes counted, the party of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan won 39% of the vote, but lost ground to secularists in Istanbul and...http://www.newser.com/story/54717/islamists-lose-ground-in-turkish-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 4:33:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50703/dc-shrugs-off-miracle-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US barely noticed the recent "small miracle" in the Middle East, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post : Iraq's peaceful elections. The nation "moved away from religious sectarianism toward more secular nationalism”—good news for the US, bad for Iran. Even though our policies made it possible, Washington took...http://www.newser.com/story/50703/dc-shrugs-off-miracle-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 8:41:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42982/atheists-offer-reasons-greetings-in-marketing-blitz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt just isn’t the holiday season in America until nonbelievers and the devout begin sparring. This year, the godless are on the offensive, launching a marketing campaign to capitalize on the loosening grip of organized religion, telling neighbors, “We’re just like you,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Next month’s HumanLight...http://www.newser.com/story/42982/atheists-offer-reasons-greetings-in-marketing-blitz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Nov 2008 14:25:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38748/french-muslims-find-freedom-in-catholic-schools.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrance has Western Europe's largest Muslim population, but its strict separation of church and state means that Muslim girls are forbidden from wearing the headscarves in public schools. In response, many Muslims have turned to an unlikely solution: the nation's large network of Catholic schools. "There is respect for our...http://www.newser.com/story/38748/french-muslims-find-freedom-in-catholic-schools.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Sep 2008 7:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33800/turkey-dodges-political-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA major constitutional showdown in Turkey was narrowly averted yesterday when the nation's top court voted not to ban the ruling Islamic AKP party, which attorneys had argued is illegally attempting to dismantle Turkey's secular democracy. A judge described the razor-thin 6-5 vote as "a serious warning" to the party,...http://www.newser.com/story/33800/turkey-dodges-political-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jul 2008 3:04:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32380/turkey-indicts-86-for-coup-plot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProsecutors today indicted 86 secular Turks—including high-ranking ex-military officials—on terrorism charges for their alleged involvement in plots to topple the Islamic-rooted government. The suspects, believed to include at least one former general and an opposition politician, are accused of having plotted to provoke a military coup to topple...http://www.newser.com/story/32380/turkey-indicts-86-for-coup-plot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jul 2008 8:22:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30722/americans-see-many-stairways-to-heaven-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReaching the afterlife is possible through more than one religion, 70% of Americans believe, according to a new poll. Surveying 36,000 people, the study confirms that while 92% of Americans believe in God, the country is growing more secular, the Dallas Morning News reports. Seven in 10 also agreed...http://www.newser.com/story/30722/americans-see-many-stairways-to-heaven-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Jun 2008 15:44:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30449/turkeys-pm-could-fall-over-headscarves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurkey's secular judges want to oust the ruling party for its moderate, and popular, stance on religion freedoms, Mustafa Akyol writes in the American . On paper, the judiciary seeks to punish the incumbent AKP party for crimes such as nepotism and corruption. In reality, Akyol writes, the AKP's support for...http://www.newser.com/story/30449/turkeys-pm-could-fall-over-headscarves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Jun 2008 19:16:53 CDT