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HUMANISM at LARGE Eighteen New Local HUMANISM AT LARGE Eighteen New Summer Camp Success new journal—titled Separation of Mosque and State—in the Fall of Local Groups The third annual Camp Quest—the 1998. Ibn Warraq—author of Why I secular humanist summer camp— Am Not a Muslim—is the Executive Many FREE INQUIRY readers belong to attracted 40 children to Lebanon, Ohio, Director of ISIS; distinguished Arab local groups affiliated with the for eight days of fun and learning in philosopher Marvin Zeyed is Alliance of Secular Humanist July. Bigger and longer than in previ- Chairperson; and world famous writer Societies (ASHS)—a national organi- ous years, Camp Quest included all the and feminist Taslima Nasrin (the sub- zation run by the Council for Secular traditional summer camp activities ject of an Islamic death sentence in her Humanism, publisher of FREE INQUIRY such as canoeing, horseback riding, and native Bangladesh) is the Vice-Chair. magazine. These groups provide a hiking, but also educational programs, ISIS welcomes support from all community for nonreligious people, as including a fossil-collecting trip. Camp people of goodwill. Supporters may well as exploring and promoting Quest is run by the Free Inquiry Group join ISIS and receive its newsletter, for humanist principles. FREE INQUIRY is of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, just $20 per year. Please send checks therefore delighted to announce that 18 and sponsored by the Council for and inquiries to: ISIS, P.O. Box 229, new local groups have joined ASHS in Secular Humanism. Details about next Buffalo, NY 14215, or e-mail: the last four months. Ten of these summer's camp are available from: [email protected]. groups were already in existence but Camp Quest, P.O. Box 264, Union, KY had not belonged to ASHS, while a 41091, e-mail: further eight have just been launched. [email protected]. New President of The outstanding growth in local International Humanists groups follows the appointment of Jo Ann Mooney as Executive Director of Secularizing Islam The International Humanist and Ethical ASHS. There are now over 60 local Union (IHEU) has elected a new presi- secular humanist groups in the United A new organization has been launched dent. Levi Fragell, 59, was elected in States (a complete list of ASHS groups to promote secularism in the Muslim July to a three-year term as head of the is given on page 67). If you are inter- world. The International Society for world-wide organization. Fragell, a ested in helping form a local group in Islamic Secularization (ISIS) will pro- contributing editor of FREE INQUIRY, is your area, Jo Ann would be delighted mote human rights and secularism, a long-time leader of the Norwegian to work with you. Contact: Jo Ann present expert critiques of Islamic Humanist League, one of the world's Mooney, P.O. Box 664, Amherst, NY teachings, and unite skeptics of Islam. most successful freethought groups 14226; tel. (716) 636-7571 ext. 330; An extensive ISIS Web site is with over 60,000 members. Fragell e-mail: already up and running at: www.secu vowed to make outreach and growth his [email protected]. larislam.org. ISIS will also launch a top priority, and will work closely with the IHEU Secretariat for Growth and Development, administered by the Council for Secular Humanism. Headquartered in London, England, IHEU is the world's main umbrella organization for humanist and secular- ist groups. It has over 90 member orga- nizations in more than 30 countries. The next IHEU World Humanist Congress will be held in Mumbai, India, from January 10-14, 1999 (see page 65 for details). For more informa- tion about IHEU write to: IHEU, 47 Theobald's Road, London, WC1X 8SP, UK; or visit its Web site at: www.secularhumanism.org/iheu. Students from across the world gathered at the Center for Inquiry International for the Second Annual Conference of the Campus Freethought Alliance (CFA), in July 1998. The CFA, formed in 1996, now has groups on over 70 campuses and contacts on over 200. —Matt Cherry 66 .
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