Iranian Secular Society

Iranian Secular Society (ISS)

Manifesto

Experience of the last twenty 25 years in Iran and the Middle East has proven once again the destructive nature of religion in the Public domain.
Islamic laws have intruded in all aspects of life in Iran. All public functions are now designed, based and enforced by Islamic law.
Society has been segregated based on sexual apartheid. Men and women are segregated in public space and women are treated as second-class citizen in all manners of life.
Schools and the education system have been redefined and any subject not compatible with Islamic definitions has been eradicated.
Women have been forced to veil.
Marriage has to follow Islamic codes of conduct. Any voluntary sexual relationship outside marriage is punishable by flogging, imprisonment and by stoning to death.
Over the last twenty three years in Iran, any criticism of religion or any policies handed down by the representatives of god on earth has been treated with the harshest response under the laws of blasphemy and critics silenced by imprisonment and death.
Religious intolerance and bigotry are the order of the day.
The Iranian secular society has been formed to publicise the destructive effects of the Islamic government in Iran and contribute to bring about a secular society based on:

Separation of religion from the state;
Separation of religion from education;
Prohibition of public funding of religious establishment;
Prohibition of violent religious ceremonies;
Equality of men and women in all aspects of life;
Safeguarding the children under the age of 16 from religion;
Safeguarding all basic civil rights, including freedom of speech, thought, expression etc. and
Against religious intolerance.

Join us to establish a secular society in Iran.