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• Bloodshed in Pakistan-administered Kashm…

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 500
  Bloodshed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir as a suicide bomber attacks Shiites. Five people dead, 81 wounded, 10 of them seriously. Earlier I blogged about the issue of minority victimization in Pakistan which seems to be finding its source and inspiration in strident Sunni Islam. The Spittoon has a blog post ...
  2 days ago

• Preparing for the Sun’s return at Yule

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 435
  A cardinal perches on a holly branch. Image courtesy Irritated Vowel, http://www.irritatedvowel.com. Yule is a celebration of the rebirth of the sun, light, and hope–but the Solstice Day itself is the shortest of the year. I have been thinking a great deal more about the dark and quiet than about the coming ...
  1 week ago

• The world needs to learn from Sindhis

  
  Indus Asia Online Journal (iaoj) — Authority: 141
  By: Asim Riaz Kaghzi, Calgary …Now days Sindh is a part of the political boundaries of the state of Pakistan, if Sindh is not well and is suffering, then Pakistan is suffering as well or at least a considerable part of Pakistan. Sindh is predominantly inhabited by Muslim population, and it is one of few places ...
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• A Disturbing Trend From the White House Toward the Jewish People

  
  Big Government — Authority: 818
  Let’s first get THIS out of the way:  I do NOT believe the President is a Muslim.  OK?  I believe he is a Christian.  I’ve seen  his Pastor in action. That being said, I DO believe that a pattern has developed in the Obama White House to not only bend over backwards in praise of the Islamic faith, but to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Feet dragging on Uganda’s gay genocide bill

  
  Thinkers' Podium — Authority: 424
  The past couple of weeks has seen an appalling state of affairs in the developed world, in response to Uganda’s planned bill which enables… The incarceration of homosexuals, just for being gay. The incarceration of people who don’t report homosexuals. The extermination of incarcerated homosexuals found to be ...
  2 weeks ago

• Two books I just have to get

  
  Thinkers' Podium — Authority: 424
  Okay. I’ve got a bit of a preliminary project going on the side here, which at this point I won’t disclose openly what it is exactly, just yet. Suffice to say that there are a few case studies of anti-atheist bigotry that I have to take into account, and some of them come in book form. One you’ve possibly seen ...
  2 weeks ago

• Weekend workshop merges theater and worship

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 435
  Theater, dance, song, prayer and ritual frequently overlap in my own religious tradition. So I was intrigued to see there’s a workshop this weekend exploring that nexus. Victoria Rue Victoria Rue, M.Div., Ph.D., will be in town offering her workshop “Creative and Liberating Liturgies.” The local ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama administration reps meet with many faiths at PWR

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 435
  Members of all faiths reached out to one another at the Parliament of World Religins. Photo by John David Miller, Parliament of World Religions. Showing openness to diversity in American religion, members of the Obama administration met at the Parliament of World Religions Dec. 6 with 50 members of multiple ...
  3 weeks ago

• What the Minaret Ban Says About Europe

  
  Human Rights — Authority: 114
  Last Sunday, Swiss voters opted to legally ban the construction of any new minarets in the country.  Since then, the topic has been debated online and in the media, with plenty of analysis by people on both sides of the ban on what the minaret ban is really about , or what minarets are really about.  Despite the ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Swiss vote highlights the debate on Islam as a set of political and collectivist ideas, not a rejection of Muslims.

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 550
  By Ayaan Hirsi Ali The recent Swiss referendum that bans construction of minarets has caused controversy across the world. There are two ways to interpret the vote. First, as a rejection of political Islam, not a rejection of Muslims. In this sense it was a vote for tolerance and inclusion, which ...
  3 weeks ago

• Local artist sends prayer for unity to Parliament of World Religions

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 435
  "Bridge to the Meeting Place," ritual rattle created by St. Louis artist Julee Higginbotham for Pagan delegates to the Parliament of World Religions. Photo by Julee Higginbotham. For more information, she may be reached at julee5@mac.com. On this first full day of the Parliament of World Religions (PWR) in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rob Smith: A Hymn For All Your Neglected Greyhounds

  
  Thinkers' Podium — Authority: 424
  I’m currently plodding around the back-end of my Internet communications, consolidating accounts, redirecting subscriptions and so on in preparation for a better blogging experience. All the while, light shows are popping up in people’s yards around my neighbourhood and I’m too busy to blog about it at the ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Swiss Minaret Ban: Some Things Never Change

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 739
  In the Letter Concerning Toleration , John Locke wrote, Nobody… neither single persons, nor Churches, nay, nor even commonwealths, have any just title to invade the civil rights and worldly goods of each other, upon pretence of religion. Those that are of another opinion would do well to consider with themselves ...
  4 weeks ago

• Swiss Muslims express shock at overwhelming support for minarets ban

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Geneva, Nov. 30 (ANI): An overwhelming majority of the Swiss population voting against the construction of new minarets has caused greater pain to the Muslims in the country than the national ban altogether.Muslims no longer feel accepted in Switzerland after more than 57 percent of Swiss resident voters on Sunday - a ...
  4 weeks ago

• The nimbleness of belief… even among Roman Catholic bishops

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 435
  Photo from the website http://dialoguetoday.org/ I am a Catholic theologian and interreligious dialogue is my thing, so many people ask me what the Roman Catholic Church’s position is on interreligious dialogue… as if it had ONE position on this nebulous issue. I try to keep informed of current trends in this ...
  5 weeks ago

• Intolerance, or logic

  
  dangerous idea — Authority: 431
  If a statement is the sort of statement that can be true or false, then it cannot be both true and false. Hence, "God exists" and "God does not exist" cannot both be true. Thats not intolerance, its logic.
  5 weeks ago

• President requests ruling on non-Muslim worship

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 550
  President Mohamed Nasheed said yesterday he would seek advice from religious scholars on Islam’s position on allowing non-Muslims to worship in an Islamic community. In his radio weekly address, the president said the constitution was "very clear" that laws contrary to Islam could not be made or enacted. "It ...
  5 weeks ago

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