1. Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   
2. 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyone
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   On the issue of free speech most of the right and much of the left are in agreement, and so too are many liberals, activists, and human rights apparatchiks. They hold essentially the same position on freedom of expression - they are for it -in principle-, but only so long as it isn't used to express views that they find unacceptable or offensive. What they disagree about is merely who gets to decide what ideas are unacceptable, i.e., who gets to censor who.
   
3. Free speech for me - you shut up
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2008
   The right to express offensive views is at the very heart of the principle of free speech.
   
4. The God Delusion
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2006
   Dawkins' basic argument is that the collective irrational belief in "The God Hypothesis" is not only wrong ("intellectual high treason"), but pernicious.
   
5. The Holy Family or Critique of Critical Criticism
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1845
   
6. Human Rights Council resolution on blasphemy
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned by a resolution condemning #defamation of religions# which the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted on 25 March.
7. In Defense of Atheism
   The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2007
   
8. The Islamophobia Myth
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2005
   Pretending that Muslims have never had it so bad might bolster community leaders and gain votes for politicians, but it does the rest of us, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, no favours at all. The more that the threat of Islamophobia is exaggerated, the more that ordinary Muslims come to accept that theirs is a community under constant attack. It helps create a siege mentality, stoking up anger and resentment, and making Muslim communities more inward looking and more open to religious extremism.
   
9. Jewish History, Jewish Religion
   The Weight of Three Thousand Years
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1995
   
10. Making blasphemy an offence takes Europe back several centuries
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders condemns #with the utmost firmness# a new defamation law in Ireland that establishes blasphemy as an offence punishable by a fine of up to 25,000 euros. The law took effect on 1 January.
11. More than 100 rights organisations urge UN to oppose defamation of religions
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2011
    More than 100 rights organisations worldwide have banded together to urge member states at the United Nations Human Rights Council session this month to renegotiate defamation of religions resolutions that make criticising religion a crime.
12. More than 180 Rights Organisations Reject Defamation of Religions Campaign
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    More than 180 rights organisations worldwide have banded together to oppose a "defamation of religions" campaign at the UN mounted by Islamic states that would make criticising religion a crime in UN resolutions, declarations and world conferences.
13. Outrage at UN Human Rights Council resolution on defamation of religions
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    In the resolution it adopted yesterday on the defamation of religions, the United Nations Human Rights Council has yet again demonstrated its inability to defend the values enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
14. Secularist Center for Inquiry Delivers Statement to UN Opposing "Defamation of Religions" Resolution
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The Center for Inquiry (CFI), a secularist think tank and NGO has delivered a statement strongly opposing the proposed "Combating the Defamation of Religions" resolution backed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
15. 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance.
16. Why I Am Not A Muslim
    Resource Type: Book
    

Experts on Religious Criticism in the Sources Directory

1. Women Living Under Muslim Law