Enlightenment in the 21st century
From May 31 to June 01, 2008, the Critical Islam Conference will take place in Cologne. Among the participants are Mina Ahadi, chairwoman of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims (ZdE), journalist Ralph Giordano, journalist Günter Wallraff, and German-Turkish writer Fatma Bläser.
Bruno Monument at Potsdamer Platz, panel discussion at HU, international colloquium at MPI!
A memorable act on historical soil: On Sunday, March 2, 2008, at 5 p.m. at Potsdamer Platz (Potsdamer Platz station, entrance at BahnTower, near the "Sony Center") the monument "Giordano Bruno" of Berlin artist Alexander Polzin will be unveiled by Dr. André Zeug (CEO of Deutsche Bahn Station&Service AG).
Mina Ahadi, chairwoman of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims, is winner of the £5,000 Irwin Prize for Secularist of the Year. She prevailed against her competitors Sam Harris and Michel Onfray.
Karlheinz Deschner and Richard Dawkins are undoubtedly among the most prominent critics of religion today. So far, the two authors have not met, but on Friday, October 12, such a meeting will take place in Frankfurt.
British evolutionary theorist and religious critic Richard Dawkins will receive the Deschner Prize at a public ceremony in Frankfurt on October 12. The prize is awarded by the Giordano Bruno Stiftung (gbs) and is worth €10,000.
With his seminal works on evolutionary theory, and also in particular with his book The God Delusion, which will finally be published in German in September 2007 under the title Der Gotteswahn, Dawkins has made an outstanding contribution to strengthen secular, scientific, and humanistic thinking, explained the gbs directorate.
Next Wednesday, February 28, the first press conference of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims will take place in Berlin, which is eagerly awaited by many observers.
Event with Nazanin Afshin-Jam and Mina Ahadi in Frankfurt
The event "Nazanin Fatehi is Free" provides first-hand information on the successful campaign "Save Nazanin! A successful campaign against the death penalty in Iran", which will take place on Sunday, February 11, at the University of Frankfurt. First and foremost, the two main activists of the rescue campaign will describe their experiences: Nazanin Afshin-Jam, who represented the action very professionally in the media worldwide, thanks to her experience as a singer and former Miss Canada, and Mina Ahadi, who established necessary connections in the background as coordinator of the International Committee against Executions and Stoning.
The Giordano Bruno Stiftung criticized the decision of the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig to authorize Muslims to ritually slaughter animals in Germany. Freedom of religion undermining animal protection in this way is not justifiable, foundation spokesman Michael Schmidt-Salomon explained on the occasion of an event at the foundation's headquarters in Mastershausen.
Last Friday (October 20, 2006), the Humanistischer Pressedienst (hpd - Humanistic Press Service) was officially presented to the public at a press conference in the Berlin City Hall.
What percentage of the German population believes in the resurrection of the dead, the power of stars, or rebirth? Are the majority of Catholics against abortion? What distinguishes the one-third of Germans who officially no longer belong to any religion?