Charlottesville Neo-Nazis to Kuala Lumpur Theocrats
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2017/08/16
The International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation (IHEYO) stands in solidarity with the International Humanist and Ethical Union and the American Humanist Association against the white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville.
IHEYO also stands in solidarity with the Kuala Lumpur consulate for Atheist Republic.
In light of the calls for hunting down the atheists for being public and having a dinner in an Islamically-run society, and the Neo-Nazi and white supremacist gatherings in Charlottesville, the humanist and ethical culture movement does have implied positions.
On the hunting down of atheists, or nonbelievers, even “infidels” by some people’s lights, this goes against fundamental principles of freedom of belief and association, especially without fear to life and livelihood after a dinner photo.
On the Charlottesville gathering of Neo-Nazis and white supremacists, IHEYO stands against any ethnic chauvinism and supremacy, Nazi political positions, especially when brought together in movements hoping for a fantasy through ethnic nationalism.
These recent events reinstantiate the need for universalist values inherent in humanist to be further implemented in societies, especially those wracked by theological domination over state and law, and the death threats for those simply believing as they wish.
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