The Adobo Chronicles — Chicago, Illinois – The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has officially confirmed what many people thought all along: taking ‘selfies’ is a mental disorder. This is unwelcome news for Makati City in the Philippines, especially for its mayor, Junjun Binay, son of the incumbent vice president. Makati was […]
Business Insider: by Diego Ore. “Comrades: cancel your Facebook accounts, you’ve been working for free as CIA informants. Review the Snowden case!” wrote Prisons Minister Iris Varela on her Twitter account. CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan government minister on Wednesday urged citizens to shut Facebook accounts to avoid being unwitting […]
Courtesy: Khalid Ahmed Saeed The following anti-Ahmadi ad was seen on Facebook by the author on Facebook: The Urdu reads “Invitation to Islam for Ahmadi Brothers”.
The Jakarta Post: The Bandung High Court has added one more year to the prison term of Sebastian Joe, who was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for the blasphemy of […]
The Freedom of Thought 2012 report: the non-religious are still being persecuted By Waleed Alhusseini (Getty Images) Like many non-religious people around the world, I use the internet to express my thoughts. Especially in a country where the vast majority believe in one religion, and do not like to hear any […]
Source: Amnesty International. The perpetrators of arson attacks on temples and Buddhist villages in the south of Bangladesh must be brought to justice and steps taken to ensure ethnic minorities are protected, Amnesty International said. More than 20 Buddhist temples and monasteries and at least one Hindu temple, along with […]
Husain Haqqani: Muslim Rage Is About Politics, Not Religion Muslims have good reason to be angry—and it’s not a sophomoric movie trailer on you tube. Thousands of cellphone subscribers in Pakistan received an anonymous text message recently announcing a miracle: an earthquake on Tuesday, Sept. 18, had destroyed the […]
RT: Tens of thousands of rioters left a trail of destruction in southeastern Bangladesh as they torched Buddhist temples and homes near the town of Ramu. The violence was sparked by a photo posted on Facebook that allegedly insulted Islam. A 25,000-strong mob set fire to at least five temples […]
Huff Post:By Dominique Mosbergen. On Monday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama took to Facebook to tell his four million friends that “religion is no longer adequate.” The Tibetan religious leader was quoting from a book he published last year, entitled “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World,” in which he argues that […]
What’s Facebook stock really worth? If the social network can return to the margins it enjoyed before its IPO, we’ll be looking at a company with solid opportunities for continued growth I first predicted the social boom’s bust in June 2011 in a column at Seeking Alpha. I even called […]