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(within the U.S.) | publisher = Council for Secular Humanism | firstdate = 1980 | country = Free Inquiry is a bi-monthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary published by the Council for Secular Humanism, which is part of the Center for Inquiry. Philosopher Paul Kurtz is the editor-in-chief and Tom Flynn the editor. Feature articles cover a wide range of topics from a freethinking perspective. Common themes are separation of church and state, science and religion, dissemination of freethought, and applied philosophy. Regular contributors include well-known scholars in the field of science and philosophy.

Controversy

In 2006, the magazine's published a story about the four cartoons that originally appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which sparked violent worldwide Muslim protests. Kurtz, editor-in-chief of Free Inquiry said, "What is at stake is the precious right of freedom of expression". In 2006, Borders Group refused to carry the April-May issue of Free Inquiry in their Borders and Waldenbooks stores because of the cartoons. The reason given by Borders for their decision wasn't sensitivity to religion but fear of violence.
The story made national and international news and the implications of this self censorship was widely discussed by CBS News, the Washington Post and the New York Times. The "blogosphere" widely condemned the decision of Borders to ban the magazine and columnist Christopher Hitchens lamented the action in an article. News of the affair spread as widely as The Times of India.

Columnists

Regular columnists include:

Arthur Caplan- Professor of Bioethics and Science
Richard Dawkins - Professor of Biology
Shadia Drury - Professor of Philosophy and Political Science

Sam Harris - Noted Author

Nat Hentoff - Professor of History

Christopher Hitchens - Noted Author

Wendy Kaminer - Attorney and author

Tibor Machan - Professor of Philosophy

Peter Singer- Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy

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