Archive for the ‘Islam’ Category

Alex Aan’s trial begins Thursday Via:- Maryam Namazie Alex Aan‘s trial begins tomorrow, Thursday, with the first prosecution witnesses being called, according to Rafiq Mahmood. Alex is the 30 year old Indonesian civil servant who has been charged with ‘insulting’ Islam in an atheist group in Facebook. Rafiq says: This isn’t just for Alex but [...]

Islamist prisoners spread radicalization in UK jails, report finds Ministers of parliament visited Belmarch prison in south-east London, which detains some of the most dangerous extremists in the country, including radical cleric Abu Hamza. (Reuters) By AL ARABIYA Islamist prisoners in the United Kingdom are preaching radical Islam to new inmates, recent findings in a [...]

Saudi king gives women right to vote By AFP Published: September 25, 2011 “Women will be able to run as candidates in the municipal election,” King Abdullah said. PHOTO: AFP JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia will allow women to stand for election and vote, the king announced on Sunday, in a significant policy shift in the conservative [...]

Iran detains 6 documentary filmmakers, activists say September 19, 2011|By the CNN Wire Staff Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pictured on August 26, is being urged to free filmmakers and journalists. Iran has detained six documentary filmmakers on accusations that they worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Persian service, activists said on Monday.The International Campaign for [...]

Being Pakistani and atheist a dangerous combo, but some ready to brave it Bilal Farooqi   3 days ago | Members of Pakistani Atheists and Agnostics trying to make their presence known and reach out to others sharing similar beliefs        KARACHI – They realise that they belong to a country where apostasy means inviting the [...]

Vatican Islam Alliance – The Crusade Against Atheism and Secularism Secular News Daily reports:- The enemy of my enemy Last week the Vatican published an extraordinary letter, of the man-bites-dog genre. The letter was from Cardinal Tauran, head of the Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and addressed simply to his “Dear Muslim friends.” Putting aside 1300 [...]

Pamela Geller Rages at the Independent’s Accurate Article Shrieking Harpy says, ‘I love Muslims!’ She’s looking more and more like SKELETOR! “I ♥ me some Muslims!” The Independent’s Robert Chalmers has a very balanced and fair look at Pamela Geller: American patriot or extremist firebrand?And of course, any balanced and fair examination of the Shrieking [...]

The BBC reports the utterly barbaric death of a 14 year old girl in Bangladesh. Can you possibly guess why? Yep, no surprise or shock, its what we expect. Just one single word sums it all up … “islam”. (Yes, I’ve not used upper-case, I refuse to do so) She was accused of having an [...]