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Repeal Blasphemy Laws in Ireland?
Yes!!!
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Tagged atheism, atheist, blasphemy, freedom from religion, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, ireland, offense
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Youcef Nadarkhani Execution Watch: Where’s President Obama on This?
In a recent Washington Post opinion piece on Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor under a death sentence for apostasy in Iran, Jordan Sekulow describes Nadarkhani’s attorney as: . . . a brave Muslim who has been sentenced to nine years in prison and banned from … Continue reading
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Tagged free speech, freedom of religion, human rights, Iran, Islam, muhammad, Muslims, president obama, save youcef nadarkhani, youcef nadarkhani
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Let My People Go: A New Exodus from Egypt?
Blogging at the Jerusalem Post, Barry Shaw offers a provocative take on Egyptian Christians, describing them as: . . . defenseless as were the Jews in Europe seventy years ago. And his advice to Christians as an Israeli observer is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christians, Egypt, freedom, freedom of religion, God, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Moses, muhammad, the exodus
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Dearborn Free Speech Watch: Pastor Terry Jones, Islam, and the First Amendment
I thought that what Pastor Terry Jones did in Florida recently (burn a Quran) was within his rights, but a tactically stupid move. On matters of religion and culture, you don’t needlessly provoke war-torn, illiterate, and impoverished people thousands of miles … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, free speech, freedom of religion, Islam, Jesus, muhammad, Muslims, protest, the constitution, the first amendment, Thomas Jefferson
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Coptic Christians in Los Angeles Hold Rally for Coptic Christians in Egypt. How Many American Muslims Rallied in Solidarity Beside Them?
About two weeks ago, Coptic Christians living in Los Angeles held a rally in front of the Federal Building near UCLA in an attempt to bring awareness to the plight of Coptic Christians living in Egypt. On a good weather day, … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, Christianity, coptic christians, freedom of religion, Islam, islam in america, Jesus, Muslims, solidarity
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Mosque NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) Spreading from Ground Zero to Other Parts of America
We all like for the lights to come on, but we don’t necessarily want to look out of our kitchen windows and see a nuclear power plant alongside what was once a pristine bay. Likewise, we all like the First … Continue reading
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Tagged America, bill of rights, bryan fischer, conscience, first amendment, freedom of religion, ground zero mosque, Islam, Jesus, Muslims
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Chris Hedges and the Ground Zero Mosque
Earlier in the summer, one of my favorite writers, Chris Hedges, offered an incisive and scathing critique of Anti-Enlightenment Christian nationalism in America. And, in light of the ground zero mosque controversy, it seems all the more timely: Tens of … Continue reading
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Tagged christian nationalism, cordoba mosque, freedom of religion, ground zero mosque, herderites, Islam, Jesus, Muslims, park51, rush limbaugh, the bill of rights, Yeats
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American Herderite Watch: Tim Pawlenty Believes American Muslims Bear Collective Guilt for 9-11
Rather than treating people as Lockean individuals, Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, attempting to score points with the Herderite Tea Party base of the Republican Party, treats American Muslims as collectively responsible for 9-11. This from the August 9, 2010 … Continue reading
