secularism Archive

  • A Dutch case study on tolerance, immigration and Islamophobia.

    Don’t idealize pragmatic tolerance

    A Dutch case study on tolerance, immigration and Islamophobia.

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  • The Wake of Reason: Enter the Humanist Society in Singapore

    The Humanist Society, registered on 6 October 2010, is the first organisation to represent non-religious people in Singapore. Gwee Li Sui interviews its founding President Paul Tobin.

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  • One year after the AWARE saga, there are more ordinary Christians who, having experienced first-hand the cost of sudden hurt and distrust, feel unafraid to express their disagreements with ideas that threaten a common space of citizenry.

    Speak Up or Be Spoken For!

    One year after the AWARE saga, there are more ordinary Christians who, having experienced first-hand the cost of sudden hurt and distrust, feel unafraid to express their disagreements with ideas that threaten a common space of citizenry.

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  • A gentle civil society can only be promoted with legislation that ensures that no one crosses the line inciting religiously motivated violence. The removal of the said legislation will accomplish nothing but establish the country as fertile ground for religious tribalism.

    Is Singapore a secular nation?

    A gentle civil society can only be promoted with legislation that ensures that no one crosses the line inciting religiously motivated violence. The removal of the said legislation will accomplish nothing but establish the country as fertile ground for religious tribalism.

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  • By Gwee Li Sui. The sooner we can see family as just the smallest intimate unit of belonging and co-dependence, the sooner it becomes clear to us what a healthier idea of helping families entails.

    When is a Family Not a Family?

    By Gwee Li Sui. The sooner we can see family as just the smallest intimate unit of belonging and co-dependence, the sooner it becomes clear to us what a healthier idea of helping families entails.

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  • By Gwee Li Sui. To be prepared against the return of such religious panic we experienced, Christians really need to look hard at the practical basis of their existence in a pluralistic society.

    Christians in a Pluralistic Society

    By Gwee Li Sui. To be prepared against the return of such religious panic we experienced, Christians really need to look hard at the practical basis of their existence in a pluralistic society.

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  • By Gwee Li Sui. If the new ex-co will, without contest, give up its seats for a more inclusive shape of leadership in AWARE, it will have regained, I dare say, the faith of many Singaporeans and the admiration and support of every Christian in full measure.

    A Christian Solution to the AWARE Conundrum

    By Gwee Li Sui. If the new ex-co will, without contest, give up its seats for a more inclusive shape of leadership in AWARE, it will have regained, I dare say, the faith of many Singaporeans and the admiration and support of every Christian in full measure.

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