Category: Islam
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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…
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Minnesota university art history instructor sacked over a 14th century painting of the ‘prophet’ Mohammed
Image courtesy of Edinburgh University Library, Scotland (Wikipedia CC ***This piece has been updated to include the name of the instructor*** A depiction of Mohammed receiving his first revelation from the angel Gabriel has led to the sacking of the Hamline University instructor after a student, who is also president of the Muslim Student Association,…
