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Crime goes hand in hand with lack of education: TISS Study

Nitin Yeshwantrao, TNN Jun 3, 2012, 01.22AM IST THANE: The tilt towards crime and delinquency is strongly linked to the high percentage of illiteracy among Muslims, states a research study on Muslim prisoners conducted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences… Continue Reading →

India’s god laws fail the test of reason #Rationalist #FOE #Miracle

  6 May 2012 , By Praveen Swami , The Hindu Police investigation of Sanal Edamaraku for debunking a “miracle” at a church is a crime against the Constitution. Early in March, little drops of water began to drip from… Continue Reading →

Sunday Reading –Shah Rukh Khan, Islamophobia and a message for Bollywood

at www.sify.com Shah Rukh Khan‘s two-hour detention at a US airport may not be as random as US authorities claim, says Satyen K Bordoloi as he profiles Islamophobia and its roots in cinema. (With invaluable inputs from Monica Wahi and Shama Zaidi)… Continue Reading →

Unravelling Religious Supremacism

By Robert Nolly The diversity of religions, each claiming to represent the Ultimate Truth, never ceases to amaze me. But, I have to say, this diversity also confuses me—often, to the point of terrific distress. Surely, if there is one… Continue Reading →

An Anonymous humorous letter to Bible candidate – Rick Santorum

Dear Friends,  I have been greatly moved by Rick Santorum‘s wise pronouncements, guided by Biblical principles, especially those concerning marriage. Of course he believes that sexual intercourse should be used only for purposes of procreation (he says he has never… Continue Reading →

Human Rights Groups Blur Issues of Women Rights

By Meredith Tax (WOMENSENEWS)– Salafi mobs have caned women in Tunisian cafes and Egyptian shops; attacked churches in Egypt; taken over whole villages in Tunisia and shut down that country’s Manouba University for two months in an effort to exert… Continue Reading →

Malaysia deports Saudi journalist accused of insulting prophet

 Hamza Kashgari fled to Malaysia after calls for death penalty in response to Twitter comment about Muhammad Kate Hodal, Bangkok, Feb  13, 2012,-Malaysia has deported a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad on Twitter, despite claims by rights… Continue Reading →

Open Letter to Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch

Separate  Between Religion and State Having experienced the ways in which religious fundamentalists have used both armed violence and state power to attack fundamental freedoms, we want to express our alarm at the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and other… Continue Reading →

Bill Maher: “Atheism Is a Religion Like Abstinence Is a Sex Position”

During last night’s New Rules segment, Bill Maher noted that “Until someone claims to see Christopher Hitchens‘ face in a tree stump, idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion.” He goes on: Not only is atheism not a… Continue Reading →

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