The Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society is devoted to challenging and reforming parochial government.
Practical Goals
- To create a network of secularists and freethinkers in Islamic countries.
- To establish a women's network to provide mutual support and to highlight the plight and the achievements of women in Islamic societies.
- To report on recent research findings on the origins of Islam and the Koran.
- To provide an alternative source of information and comment for the media on Islamic issues.
- To publicise acts of terror and oppression.
- To honor the memory and promote the work and thought of those martyred in the cause of freedom of expression.
- To attract writers, academics, politicians and activists as members of the Institute and as contributors to the debate.
- To establish a database of books, articles and news reports, an annotated bibliography of texts of interest, and a suggested reading list.
- To seek funding for Institute activities, including the translation of important texts.
- To publish a web-based newsletter: "Secular Islam."
