Source: BBC Extreme racist comments posted on the discussion website Reddit in the wake of the Charleston church shooting have once again raised questions about freedom of speech and the internet. How far should social networks go in censoring hate speech? Reddit is arguably the mainstream social network most devoted […]
Source: Pak Tea House By Yasser Latif Hamdani November 11th, 2014 | 17 Comments “I thoroughly endorse the principle that while this measure should aim at those undesirable persons who indulge in wanton vilification or attack upon the religion of any particular class or upon the founders and prophets of […]
Source: Chicago Tribune By Clarence Page; Page, a member of the Tribune Editorial Board, blogs at chicagotribune.com/pagespage. “Culture Worrier,” a collection of his best columns, is available in print and atchicagotribune.com/ebooks. Some […]
Source: Chicago Tribune By Clarence Page; Page, a member of the Tribune Editorial Board, blogs at chicagotribune.com/pagespage. “Culture Worrier,” a collection of his best columns, is available in print and atchicagotribune.com/ebooks. Some […]
Source: CP World Islamic Clerics Fight to Keep Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws That Persecute Christians: ‘Those Who Insult Muhammad Deserve to Be Killed’ As Pakistani lawmakers consider legislation to reform the nation’s corrupt blasphemy laws, Islamic clerics are bashing the government for even considering such an option, and are calling for […]
Source: CP World Islamic Clerics Fight to Keep Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws That Persecute Christians: ‘Those Who Insult Muhammad Deserve to Be Killed’ As Pakistani lawmakers consider legislation to reform the nation’s corrupt blasphemy laws, Islamic clerics are bashing the government for even considering such an option, and are calling for […]
Source: World News Group By Julia A. Seymour Lawmakers in Pakistan are considering reforms to the country’s blasphemy laws that could help curb persecution against Christians and other minorities. The proposed reforms […]
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (‘Muhammad’);” while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
TIME By Alia Salem @aliarsalem; who is the executive director of the Dallas / Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “I question the purpose of free speech when it’s […]
Epigraph: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” — President Obama Mosque of Madinah, first built in 1 AH. The alleged contest […]
Epigraph: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” — President Obama Mosque of Madinah, first built in 1 AH. The alleged contest […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D. Director of Community Partnerships, Interfaith Center of New Growing up Muslim in America, I learned that there were many rules about speech. At home, […]
The Huffington Post: By Dale Hansen; Political blogger, Detroit News The recent motor cycle gang violence in Texas has many wondering why the media isn’t talking about things like white-on-white crime; why […]
The Huffington Post: By Dale Hansen; Political blogger, Detroit News The recent motor cycle gang violence in Texas has many wondering why the media isn’t talking about things like white-on-white crime; why […]
Rappler.com: DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh on Monday banned an Islamist militant group suspected of involvement in the murders of atheist bloggers that sparked protests in Dhaka and outrage around the […]
Epigraph: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” – President Obama Source: Salon.com By Qasim Rashid Bill Maher & Richard Dawkins continue to disparage […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise, the First Muslim Publication of North America Editorial by the Editor: Falah Shams In the aftermath of the heinous attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, the […]
Review of Religions: Introduction Blasphemy, derived from the Latin Blasphemia, is generally defined as the exhibition of irreverent behaviour or language towards God, religion or anything held sacred. It is […]