Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Some variations of belief attempt to stifle and oppress with a mixture of threats within a climate of fear, not just with abstract untrue ideas of being burned by a vengeful god in a next life, but also by motivating believers to strike out against those that fall out of line in this life. Gods don’t … Read more
Rashid Rehman, was a truly decent honourable human being who did some outstanding work. “He was a dedicated activist from the very beginning. All his life he was helping the downtrodden. He was fearless and never gave any time to the threats. He said he would live for the struggle and die for the struggle.” … Read more
The latest update is that the UK’s Guardian reports … The leader of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has said that more than 270 schoolgirls snatched from their dormitories were “slaves” whom he planned to sell in the market. “I abducted your girls,” a man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau, the group’s leader, said in a … Read more
The rather surprising news is that Brunei has put in place a new sharia code, a very very strict version, that includes fines and jail terms for offences such as failure to attend Friday prayers, and also with future penalties that will include flogging and death by stoning. Hey Brunei, welcome back to the 7th … Read more
Are some truly Immune to Facts? The short answer is “yes”, so if this is TLDR, then you can stop reading now. So here is the story. A rather strange claim was posted by a Muslim girl regarding the expansion of the earth. The context is that the Qu’ran says the that Allah expanded the earth (79:30) … Read more
Today in Iraq you can not get married until you reach the age of 18, except of course if you have the support of your parents then that drops to 15. Well, it is all about to change if a new proposed bill passes and becomes law. The UK’s Telegraph reports … Children in Iraq … Read more