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Not printed but available on the internet at www.in-sightjournal.com 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Designed and implemented by Scott Douglas Jacobsen 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Humanist Voices: Collection VI ................................................................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 1 HUMANIST VOICES .................................................................................................................................................. 8 a Join Humanist Students in Building Its Community! ....................................................................................... 9 b GoFundMe for Dr. Leo Igwe’s Critical Thinking method ............................................................................. 10 c Chat with Ralph Alvin Ace Rapadas — Member, Humanist Alliance Philippines, International .............. 11 d Chat with Distinguished Professor Gordon Guyatt on national healthcare and young people .................... 13 e Talk With Alain Sayson Presillas — Member, Humanist Alliance Philippines, International ................... 15 f Chat with the Founder of Black Nonbelievers on Community Building and Public Engagement ............. 17 g Waleed Al-Husseini on Support and Sanctuary for Ex-Muslims .................................................................. 19 h The Satanic Temple in Preparation For a Religious Discrimination Suit ..................................................... 20 i Bulgarian Disregard For the Istanbul Convention .......................................................................................... 21 j Argentinian Women’s Rights at Stake Through Abortion Debate ................................................................ 22 k Conversation With Bryan Valentino — Member, Humanist Alliances Philippines, International ............. 23 l Comfort Woman Statue in the Philippines ...................................................................................................... 24 m Saudi activist Ghada Ibrahim on Deconversion, Women’s Rights, Belief, and Conservative Culture .. 26 n Chat with Angelique Anne Villa — Member, Humanist Alliance Philippines, International ..................... 29 o World Humanist Day Supporter Pack and Crowdfunding ............................................................................. 30 p The Urgent Case of Noura Hussein Hammad ................................................................................................. 31 q Founder of the Kasese United Humanist Association on humanist curricula and educators ....................... 32 r Interview with Jean Karla M. Tapao — Member, Humanist Alliance Philippines, International .............. 34 s Marieme Helie Lucas on Noura Hussein Hammad ........................................................................................ 36 t The Demographics and Transition to Humanism and Scepticism with Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa’sam): Founder, Jicho Jipya/Think Anew Tanzania ............................................................................ 38 u On the Non-Religious and Religious Youth, and Dialogue, with Prof. Imam Syed Soharwardy ............... 40 v Conversation with Bede Daniel Garcia — Member, Humanist Alliance Philippines, International .......... 43 w Conversation with the Co-Founder of the Upcoming United Atheists of Europe ................................... 45 x An Interview with Scott Janis — Previous Officer, University of Wisconsin Whitewater’s Secular Student Alliance ......................................................................................................................................................... 46 y 10 Saudi Women Get Driver’s Licenses as a Prelude to Equal Rights to Driving Access .......................... 49 z “Promoting Humanism in the Modern World” by Humanist Students ......................................................... 51 aa A Cello Concert to Honor the Bangladeshi Bloggers ................................................................................ 52 bb Christian Author Argues Christians Should Keep Quiet About Church Abuse ...................................... 53 cc Conversation with Brian Dela Masa — Member, Humanist Alliance Philippines, International .......... 54 6 dd Interview with McJarwin Cayacap — National Events Director/PR Officer at HAPI — Humanist Alliance Philippines, International .............................................................................................................. 55 ee Bangladeshi Humanists in Defense ............................................................................................................. 58 ff Humanism Can Unite the World, Or Parts of It ......................................................................................... 60 gg Humanism and AI ........................................................................................................................................ 61 hh Chat with Isaiah Akorita — Head, Media Campaign Team, Atheist Society of Nigeria ........................ 63 ii Humanism, Technological Advance, Globalization, and Cultural Milieu .................................................... 64 jj Space Warfare Remains Possible ..................................................................................................................... 66 kk India Listed as the Most Dangerous Nation for Women ........................................................................... 69 ll The Use of Religion to Berate, Bludgeon, and Bombard Everyone Else...................................................... 71 mm Case Filed Against Babu Gogineni ............................................................................................................. 73 nn Edgardo Reguyal Cayetano -Member, Humanist Alliance Philippines, International ............................ 75 oo Mark Richardson — Member, Humanist Alliance Philippines, International ......................................... 77 pp On Freedom of Expression with Faisal Saeed Al Mutar — Founder, Global Secular Humanist Movement ..................................................................................................................................................... 79 qq Interview with Justin Trottier — Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Men and Families ............. 81 rr In Conversation with Leonardo “Nards” Go — Member, Humanist Alliance International Philippines ....................................................................................................................................................................... 85 ss Professor Mir Faizal on Quantum Logic Applied to the Israeli-Palestinian Issue— Adjunct Professor, Physics & Astronomy, University of Lethbridge ....................................................................................... 88 tt The Late Stoltenberg and Mandela .................................................................................................................. 92 uu In Conversation with Rupert Aparri— Member, Humanist Alliance International Philippines ............. 94 vv Opening the Way for Legal Marriages for Humanists in Ireland ............................................................. 99 License