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How Some Organized Religion Leads to Mental Health Problems

By Valerie Tarico, Alternet Religious Trauma Syndrome: Groups that demand obedience and conformity produce fear, not love and growth. March 25, 2013  | At age sixteen I began what would be a four year struggle with bulimia.  When the symptoms started, I… Continue Reading →

What the Bible Says About #Rape #Gender #Vaw

AlterNet / By Valerie Tarico Christians of many stripes are scrambling to distance themselves and their religion from Republican comments about rape. But a literal interpretation of the Bible is quite disturbing. November 1, 2012  | Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (left) and U.S…. Continue Reading →

Pakistani-American Raps For #Malala Yousafzai #spokenword #poetry #vaw #Taliban

A man holds a candle next a picture of Malala Yousufzai at a school in Lahore. (Photo: REUTERS/Mohsin Raza) By- Suka Kalantari,  at the  theworld.org The day after 14-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the… Continue Reading →

#Blasphemy in #Islam: The #Quran does not prescribe punishment for abusing the Prophet #mustread

  Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Oct 2, 2012, In Islam, blasphemy is a subject of intellectual discussion rather than a subject of physical punishment. This concept is very clear in the Quran. In Islam, blasphemy is a subject of intellectual discussion rather… Continue Reading →

Freedom to criticize religion is a touchstone of free expression’ #censorship #FOE

  by Farooq Sulehria Anyone incensed by symbolic violence, such as the video in the US or cartoons in France, should retaliate with symbolic violence in the same way or with peaceful protest. Not through physical violence Muslims should ‘simply ignore… Continue Reading →

Resist Silent Emergency!-‘People’s Hearing on FABRICATED CASES’-Sept28-29

Dear Friends, Sub: Invitation to a ‘PEOPLE’S HEARING ON FABRICATED CASES’ Venue: Constitution Club, New Delhi Dates: September 28 – 29, 2012, Friday, Saturday. The nightmare of the infamous Emergency of Mrs. Indira Gandhi was supposed to be over in… Continue Reading →

Resist Silent Emergency!-‘People’s Hearing on FABRICATED CASES’-Sept28-29

Dear Friends, Sub: Invitation to a ‘PEOPLE’S HEARING ON FABRICATED CASES’ Venue: Constitution Club, New Delhi Dates: September 28 – 29, 2012, Friday, Saturday. The nightmare of the infamous Emergency of Mrs. Indira Gandhi was supposed to be over in… Continue Reading →

Murder joins the long list of cases against Jagannath temple of Puri priests

              PRATIHARI (LEFT), MOHAPATRA (RIGHT) Debabrata Mohanty : Bhubaneswar, Tue Sep 04 2012,IE It is one of the most renowned and biggest temples of Orissa. Since last week, however, the Jagannath Temple of Puri… Continue Reading →

Down the memory Lane- #Gujarat #Kashmir

NARODA PATIA, AHMEDABAD, BY Ajay Raina May 23, 2002. I entered the narrow lane that led me to a cluster of houses where nobody lived now. I had often heard about this place. Constantly. Since that day on the morning… Continue Reading →

Pussy Riot trial: Defendants claim ‘torture,’ accuse judge of bias #FOE

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYzlaBPCM6c] Pussy Riot’s lawyers accuse the trial‘s judge of “torturing” the three defendants, who they say have barely had any sleep or food since Monday. As the trial resumes, prosecution witnesses claim severe moral wounds and reluctance to forgive the… Continue Reading →

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