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British Far Right politician wants UK Muslims to denounce parts of Quran

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Atheism is an offshoot of deism

theguardian: by Theo Hobson —  In the previous article, I considered Rousseau’s political radicalism, at some speed. I want to offer a summarizing reflection on that theme, before moving on to his religious thought. Political justice, said Rousseau, depends on an understanding that state power belongs to the people, exists to […]

Robert Fisk: Using ‘generic’ illustrations in news stories dishonours the dead and distorts the truth One day, Stalingrad can be transposed for Kursk, or Alamein transposed for Tobruk

We all know about Photoshop and the dissimulation of truth.  A picture taken recently of an armed Syrian fighter with a rifle in his hand contained an unexplained video-camera in the bottom left hand corner. So the photographer, in the interests of clarity, deleted the intruding camera in favour of […]