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Letter: Muslims condemn Paris murders

Source: reflector.com The recent attack upon the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris is absolutely atrocious. These acts are committed by radicals that do not represent true Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community categorically condemns these terrible acts and our prayers and condolences go out to the families of the victims. The […]

A Postcard From Paris

A Postcard From Paris By Jason Stanley January 8, 2015 9:45 am January 8, 2015 9:45 am NYTimes.com Photo ParisCredit Ian Langsdon/European Pressphoto Agency The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. I arrived in Paris yesterday, scheduled to give a […]

Je Suis Ahmed

almost fearless: by Cristine Gilbert — I posted about the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Facebook and offered my condolences to the victims and their families. I spent the next 24 hours moderating comments, at first arguing with people who were quoting the Qur’an, then wholesale deleting […]

The Blasphemy We Need

Source: New York Times By Ross Douthat In the wake of the vicious murders at the offices of the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo today, let me offer three tentative premises about blasphemy in a free society. 1) The right to blaspheme (and otherwise give offense) is essential to the […]

Paris Massacare: Is Islam to Blame for the shooting

Nicholas Kristof JAN. 7, 2015, NYTimes The French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo skewers people of all faiths and backgrounds. One cartoon showed rolls of toilet paper marked “Bible,” “Torah” and “Quran,” and the explanation: “In the toilet, all religions.” Yet when masked gunmen stormed Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris on […]