Category: Islam
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PETA re-writes the creation myth in a vegan Bible; calls objectors ‘wrong-headed’
ANIMAL sacrifice runs rampant throughout Scripture because “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” All this bloodshed is totally unacceptable, according People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has taken liberties with the Bible in a new publication entitled The Book: PETA’s Version of the Creation Story. Produced as a digital…
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Anything shorter than a fist-length beard is a ‘sin’ under Islamic law, lawsuit claims
IN order to get a handle on the rules regarding Islam and beards, today I watched video (screenshot above) showing precisely what’s permitted and what’s not with regard to facial hair. My dive into YouTube was prompted by news that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is suing US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and…
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US history professor under investigation for showing an image of Mohammed
THE Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, (FIRE) wants San Francisco State University to immediately call off an investigation launched against history professor Maziar Behrooz for showing a drawing of Mohammed while teaching a lesson on the history of the Islamic world. This is the second time this year that an image of the so-called…
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God & government: new report says ‘anomalous’ bishops should be removed from the House of Lords
A SWEEPING review of the relationship between faith and the state is due to be published within weeks, and, according to The Guardian those involved say much of the final report will talk about the “positive impact” of religion and worship on UK society. Details of the review coincide with a report by the Commission…
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Yorkshire police drawn into a row over ‘disrespect’ for a Quran at a Wakefield school
POLICE in the UK, like so many other services under the control of an utterly in competent Conservative government, are overworked and under-resourced, so my question today is why the hell did coppers get themselves involved in an incident involving “disrsepect” of a copy of a Quran at Wakefield’s Kettlethorpe High School? According to the…
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‘Blasphemous’ Darwin: Bangladesh joins other Islamic countries in a war against evolutionary teaching
Religious institutions in Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Turkey have issued fatwas against the theory of evolution. Now we learn that in Bangladesh has bowed to Islamist pressure and has excluded Darwin from classrooms. REPORTING on the row for Eurasia Review, P. K. Balachandran, wrote that the two parties had described the Darwinian…
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Fiery response to Danish fascist’s Quran burning stunt
Photo by Tobias Hellsten/ToHell via Wikimedia CC. LET me make it crystal clear at the outset: I disapprove of the destruction of books—any books—especially when such provocative acts are committed by the likes of Rasmus Paludan, above, the extremist leader of the far-right Danish political party Stram Kurs. Paludan’s latest stunt—the burning outside the Turkish…
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Sacked Minnesota art professor launches lawsuit after her sacking.
A tearful Aram Wedatalla describing how her heart was broken after seeing a painting of the “prophet” Mohammed. Image via YouTube/Fox news. THE hysterical response by Hamline University student Aram Wedatalla, above, to a 14th century painting of Mohammed took a new twist yesterday when adjuct professor Erika López Prater, who showed the image, brought…
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‘Tearful’ Minnesota university student explains the ‘pain’ of seeing an image of Mohammed for the first time
Image via YouTube SPEAKING at a press conference, Hamline University senior Aram Wedatalla explained why a 14th-century painting depicting the “prophet” Mohammed had so upset her. I was shocked with a professor who gave me a trigger warning before proceeding to disrespect my religion. The painting that sparked the row. Image courtesy of Edinburgh University…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 