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Egypt and the Hell of Islam
At The New Republic, Graeme Wood, a journalist and editor for The Atlantic, writes about his Salafi acquaintances in Egypt, and describes one of the bloke’s understanding of hell in graphic detail. What Graeme Wood learned from him and some of … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandria, coptic, Egypt, hell, Islam, Muslims, salafists
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Joins Prayer for Destruction of Jews and Their Allies
Um, those allies would include those of us in the United States. __________ And we give them money. (Or, more accurately, we borrow money from the Chinese and then pass it on to the Egyptians.) Especially galling is when the cleric … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, atheism, Egypt, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Mohammad, Muslims
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Should Muslims Eat Cut Tomatoes That Reveal A Cross?
_____ This is kind of disturbing. Tomatoes, because they reveal a cross on being sliced open in a particular way, have drawn the attention of a Muslim group that is now calling for Muslims to avoid cutting them open in … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, faith, Islam, Jesus, Muslims, psychology, religion, tomatoes
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Twitter Blasphemy Watch: 26,000 Now Call for Death of Hamza Kashgari
As of this morning, over 26,000 Facebookers are calling for the death of poet and feminist Hamza Kashgari for Twitter blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. The number has been steadily climbing over the past week. If you find this as distressing as … Continue reading
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Tagged Allah, freedom of speech, hamza kashgari, human rights, Islam, Mohammad, muhammad, Muslims, Saudi Arabia, twitter, twitter blasphemy
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Twitter Blasphemy: 18,000 Facebookers Call for the Death of Feminist Hamza Kashgari for Insulting the Prophet Muhammad
As of this morning, 18,000 is the number of Facebookers calling for the death of Hamza Kashgari for Twitter blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. The number was 8,000 on Thursday, 13,000 on Friday, and 16,000 on Saturday. Does anyone know … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, facebook, feminism, free speech, freedom of speech, hamza kashgari, Islam, liberty, mark twain, muhammad, Muslims, Voltaire, women's rights
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What a Dungeon is Saudi Arabia!
This woman’s life seems to me a nightmare. How do women come to comply with living like this, and so casually defend it to outsiders? ___ And, if you don’t have time for the whole second clip, at least check out … Continue reading
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Tagged dungeons, feminism, Islam, muhammad, Muslims, Saudi Arabia, women's equality, women's rights
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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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My Meal with a Muslim 2011
Well, I had my lunch with a Muslim yesterday (I’ve decided to leave his name out of this post). And I must say that, despite getting on famously in conversation, there are enormous ideological gaps between the two of us. I came … Continue reading
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Tagged America, atheism, dialogue, God, have a meal with a muslim day, Islam, Jesus, muhammad, Muslims, religion, ummah
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HMMD 2011: Have a Meal with a Muslim Day 2011 is Friday, September 16th
Last year, in response to the “Burn the Quran Day” Florida pastor, I thought I’d promote at this blog a counter day; a have-a-meal-with-a-Muslim-day. The idea was to initiate dialogues, not bonfires. And that day in September of 2010 went … Continue reading
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Tagged dialogue, God, Islam, Jesus, love, lunch, meal with a muslim day, Muslims, peace, religion
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Collective Guilt Watch: If Muslims are Responsible for Osama Bin Laden, Are Anti-Muslim Bloggers Responsible For Anders Behring Breivik?
Anders Behring Breivik—the Norwegian who recently went on a Christian nationalist inspired rampage, murdering over 90 of his fellow citizens in Norway—immersed himself in the rhetoric of anti-Muslim blogs where Muslims are routinely tarred with collective guilt for such things as 9/11. The question is thus … Continue reading
The Reports of Freud’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated (but Not Osama bin Laden’s)
At The Daily Beast is the following rather arresting paragraph: “Interestingly and ironically,” says [University of North Carolina Chapel Hill religious studies professor Omid] Safi, “some of the Muslim societies that are the most repressive toward women or that have … Continue reading
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Tagged cigars, Freud, Islam, Muslims, osama bin laden, pornography, religion, repression, sublimation, women's equality, women's rights
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Dearborn Free Speech Watch: ACLU Supports Pastor Terry Jones’s Right to Free Speech Outside of an Islamic Center
Great news! The ACLU filed a friend of the court brief in favor of Pastor Terry Jones’s right to speak outside of an Islamic Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The following was in the Detroit News on Friday: The ACLU’s brief … Continue reading
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Tagged America, feminism, free speech, freedom, human rights, Islam, Martin Luther King, muhammad, Muslims, terry jones, the first amendment, Thomas Jefferson
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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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Rick Santorum Cheers the Crusades
Politico reports this week that, in a recent speech, Rick Santorum, a Republican presidential hopeful, defended the Crusades. Yep, those Crusades. Seriously. Here’s Politico: “The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, fundamentalism, God, Islam, Jesus, Muslims, rick santorum, the crusades
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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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What is the Penalty for Apostasy Under Islamic Law (Sharia)?
Richard Dawkins wrangles, after a good deal of effort, a direct answer from a talk show participating imam: Good work, Richard Dawkins!
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Tagged atheism, atheist, authoritarian religion, authoritarianism, England, herderianism, Islam, muhammad, Muslims, religion, Richard Dawkins, sharia
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