Laïcité (or laicism) is commonly used to describe the separation of state and religion. Whereby “commonly” is probably limited to a rather academic circle of users. In fact in English that term is hardly used but simplified and replaced with secularism. Although very similar these words should not be used…

When the state is withholding certain rights from you because you do not have the right worldview, your religious efforts might become a struggle for equality. “Pastafarians wear colanders as headgear!” This sudden inspiration struck me in 2009 when I as a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti…

The Russian Orthodox Church must be stripped of its status as a legally recognized religious organization. German version The fact that organized religion is first and foremost an instrument to rule a country or empire can be regarded as common knowledge. An ideological monoculture is politically much easier to manage…