Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The following claim was made a few days ago (here on Facebook) … And the text that comes with it reads … “This Picture is taken in North Waziristan after a Drone attack Last Night. Why isn’t their story told? Are these children not as important as Malala Yousufzai?“ It sounds and also looks truly horrendous, but … Read more
I’d like to spend a bit of time looking at a couple of examples of the lunatic fringe that is actively promoting a pro-violence stance. But first, let’s be totally clear, these individuals do not represent the majority of Muslims who are generally decent honourable people and are content to ignore all the fuss. Time has passed … Read more
How Honest and accurate is the Newsweek cover? There is of course some very valid criticism to be had here (I’ll come to that), but first lets take a look at the rather popular media portrayal of the entire Islamic Universe being up in arms and out rioting in reply to one daft movie. Take … Read more
For those of you that have been on MARS, let me explain the background (oh and also welcome back to planet Earth). As reported within the Islamic world … ‘Islam is a cancer’, says United States (US) filmmaker Sam Bacile, the man responsible for sparking outrage amongst the Muslims of the Middle East. The 13 minute … Read more
Today we learn the tragic news of the murder of Christopher Stevens, the US ambassador in Lybia. The BBC reports … Unidentified armed men stormed the grounds on Tuesday night in a protest over a US-produced film that is said to insult the Prophet Muhammad. They shot at buildings and threw handmade bombs into the … Read more
Having thought I was done, I’m now once again back on the topic of Blasphemy in Pakistan. There is an article in Today’s “The News”, A Pakistani on-line paper, that rather bizarrely claims … Rimsha case speaks volume of the failure and inefficiency of the Islamabad police but its latest turns and twists have made … Read more