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Seeded on Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:19 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
In the consensus view of modern American liberalism, it is hilarious to mock Mormons and Mormonism but outrageous to mock Muslims and Islam. Why? Maybe it's because nobody has ever been harmed, much less killed, making fun of Mormons.
French Mag to Publish Cartoons of Mohammed
Seeded on Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:56 PM EDT (ABC News)
A French satirical magazine is set to publish several cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed on Wednesday, a move that is likely to inflame the Islamic faithful and militants who have already rioted in more than 20 countries over a movie mocking the prophet.
Exclusive Brethren GP banned for prescribing gay 'cure'
Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2012 9:22 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)
A SYDNEY doctor who is a member of the Exclusive Brethren Christian sect has been banned from practising as a GP after he prescribed chemical castration to a young man who sought a ''cure'' for homosexuality.
Bahrain court sentences man to 2 years in jail for defaming wife of Prophet Muhammad
Seeded on Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:06 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain’s attorney general says a 19-year-old man has been sentenced to two-years in jail for defaming one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives. Abdulrahman al-Sayyed announced the court decision the state-run Bahrain News Agency late Sunday. …
Iran's 'No to Mandatory Hijab' campaign grows
Seeded on Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:10 AM EDT (JPost.com)
A Facebook campaign against the obligatory veiling of women in Iran continued to grow this week, attracting over 15,700 'likes' by Thursday - even as Iran's Cyber Police vowed increased crackdowns on the social network, and after morality police raided and closed Tehran cof …
Anti-Semitic photo wins Iranian 'Occupy' competition
Seeded on Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:48 AM EDT (JPost.com)
An anti-Semitic cartoon depicting religiousJews praying in front of Jerusalem's Western Wall took first prize in the inaugural Iranian "Wall Street Downfall" art festival. The winning artist, Mohammad Tabrizi, was awarded 5,000 euros for his entry
Shocking Christian school textbooks
Seeded on Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:28 AM EDT (Salon.com)
This 2012-2013 school year, thanks to a bill pushed through by governor Bobby Jindal, thousands of students in Louisiana will receive state voucher money, transferred from public school funding, to attend private religious schools, some of which teach from a Christi …
Muslim Congressman: U.S. Schools Should Be Modeled After Madrassas
Fri Jul 6, 2012 3:28 PM EDT
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Climate Change: U.S. Heat Waves, Wildfires And Flooding Are 'What Global Warming Looks Like'
Seeded on Tue Jul 3, 2012 8:44 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. And a powerful freak wind storm called a derecho.
John Newton & Amazing Grace. Scottish Pipes play the beautiful hymn with the story of how it was written
Sun Jul 1, 2012 7:32 PM EDT
Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue. --Eugene O'Neill
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