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CFI Communities are groups of rationalists, skeptics, and humanists which sponsor local events, activism, lectures and educational programs. The Communities draw upon volunteers and Center for Inquiry Friends and supporters who are enthusiastic about our agenda and wish to take part in our movement.

The Southern Arizona Community offers an opportunity to put your principles into practice by joining other rationalists to work for positive change in society. In addition, the Southern Arizona Community sponsors social events for freethinkers as well as intellectual programming, and assists with campus outreach.

CFI Communities provide an ethical alternative to religious and paranormal worldviews. In this time of rising religiosity, anti-intellectualism and political turmoil on ethical issues, it is critical that rationalists and freethinkers join together to protect civil liberties, defend reason, and work toward increasing scientific literacy.

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Featured Events

Tucson Secular Home Theater (TSHT) Group

Jan 27

TIME IS 1:00 PM - PLEASE IGNORE TIME ANNOUNCED ABOVE IF NOT THE SAME.  

Beyond Belief 2006 marathon of Sessions 7-10! Viewing, discussion, potluck (5–6 PM), from 1-9 PM.

For details, film schedule and directions, go to the TSHT web site. Guests are welcome to come and go as they please to see only those films of interest, but please RSVP to Eric and Sue

Arts and Humanism

Feb 3

TIME IS 1:30 PM - PLEASE IGNORE TIME ANNOUNCED ABOVE IF NOT THE SAME.  

Arts and Humanism – 1:30 PM, Continued from December 2007 meeting, Discussion of Humor as Expressed in Religions, Arts, and Cultures. Contact: George Wheeler at .

Why I Am Not a Muslim and Is Islam Reformable?

Apr 27

Ibn Warraq's talk will focus on the genesis of his first book which in turn will explain why Islam is not acceptable. He will also try to explain why he thinks there are both optimistic and pessimistic signs as to why Islam is and is not reformable respectively.

He will be open to questions throughout his talk. The talk promises to be thought-provoking and informative!

Ibn Warraq is a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry specializing in Koranic criticism. In 1996 he published the groundbreaking work, Why I am not a Muslim. He went on to edit a serious of anthologies: What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary; The Quest for the Historical Muhammed; The Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book; Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out; and Which Koran? Variants, Manuscripts, and the Influence of Pre-Islamic Poetry. His latest book is Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism.