Tag Archives: Religion

On the down side of institutionalised religion

Religion cartoon Lawrence Davidson explains why religion should be confined to the individual and local charity work, and points to the lethal consequences when religion claims for itself the trappings of secular power or attaches itself to the institutions of power. Read more [...]

The poisonous State of Qatar

Qatar map Mohamed El-Doufani examines Qatar’s policy of reliance on the USA and support for Islamism, and its media strategy, as represented by Aljazeera, which talks democracy to Westerners but espouses Islamism to Arabs. Read more [...]

Watch: Iraq’s Yazidi refugees – who are they and what is their future?

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Jews find special favour with employers in the American South

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Israeli secret service Mossad hires rabbi to advise it on tactics and operations

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Religion, trickery and the propagation of falsehoods

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Bloody future awaits the Middle East

Syrian bloodbath

Uri Avnery says events in Syria could signal the disintegration of the nation-state and a return to ethnic-religious communities and, with them, “wholesale massacres and ethnic cleansing” . Read more [...]

Ahmad al-Qabbanji, brave Islamic scholar

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Women’s struggle for rights in Libya

Libyan Women's Pride Day

Nureddin Sabir highlights the plight of women in Libya where social and cultural backwardness, and the rising influence of religious bigots, are rapidly eroding the few rights they have. Read more [...]

Anti-Islam film: free speech or inciting to riot?

Lawrence Davidson doubts that US leaders would have the courage and foresight to re-examine the policies and behaviours behind the Muslim anger displayed following the anti-Muhammad film "Innocence of Muslims". Read more [...]