GENEVA (Reuters) - Atheists and other religious skeptics
suffer persecution or discrimination in many parts of the world and in
at least seven nations can be executed if their beliefs become known,
according to a report issued on Monday.
The study, from the International Humanist and Ethical Union
(IHEU), showed that "unbelievers" in Islamic countries face the most
severe -- sometimes brutal -- treatment at the hands of the state and
adherents of the official religion.
But it also points to policies in some European countries and the United States which favor the religious and their organizations and treat atheists and humanists as outsiders.
The truths of Christianity may be true, but we cannot take things
literally as fundamentalists teach and promote acceptance by fear.
The report, "Freedom of Thought 2012," said "there are laws that deny atheists' right to exist, curtail their freedom of belief and expression, revoke their right to citizenship, restrict their right to marry."
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