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Is what’s happening in the Maldives a microcosm of what’s going on in Pakistan and perhaps elsewhere? The bombing in the Maldives coupled with action against radical Islamic elements a few months ago was a mere blip on the world stage but it may hold important lessons and should be followed...

An update on the recent to-do over an expose documentary aired some months ago here in the UK and showing some of the quite shocking extremist nonsense being preached in some UK mosques. West Midlands Police initially investigated the people featured in the programme, and found insufficient...

Mohammed spent three days up on Mount al-Noor, and then heard the Angel Gabriel calling him to 'read'. Then when he came out he saw Gabriel everywhere he looked. Up the hill, down the hill, to his side etc. Was he simply fibbing, or did he spend far too long up on that mountain? It's a shame he...

It makes me sick to my stomach that we're "allies" with these people. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl_mideast_afp/saudiwomenrightsjustice_071115145104

Speaking to a group of British Members of Parliament, Iranian government official Mohsen Yahyavi said that gays deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both. He did not say how hot he thought lesbian porn was, however. Mohsen Yahyavi is the highest-ranked politician to admit that Iran...

I live in the Middle East and work in, naturally, a predominantly Muslim office of around 12 people. I am a Westerner and have absolutely no religious beliefs. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that I am anti-religion. That said, each to his own, I say, provided it's kept 'indoors' (there's...

I live in the Middle East and work in, naturally, a predominantly Muslim office of around 12 people. I am a Westerner and have absolutely no religious beliefs. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that I am anti-religion. That said, each to his own, I say, provided it's kept 'indoors' (there's...

We made this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXA38GeVM6k Regards.

70% of Saudi women do not report breast cancer until late stages due to the social stigma, and their fear of being referred to male doctors. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21455455/ To say that this pisses me off beyond words is an understatement. What the hell is the matter with people dying...

Pharyngula is a blog I read on a regular basis, which had this recent post on an event called the Freedom From Religion Convention, whcih among other things, had Chris Hitchens as a speaker. The blogger, PZ Myers, seemed to have been quite unimpressed by Hitch. Did anyone from around here...