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#Dowry Murders: 106,000 Women Burnt to Death in 1 Year

Reblogged from THE 50 MILLION MISSING CAMPAIGN BLOG ON INDIA'S FEMALE GENDERCIDE: In 2009 the notable medical journal The Lancet published a study that made a shocking revelation.  It revealed that in...

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Bangladesh – Atheist Bloggers Targetted

The freedom to write about atheism and to be critical about religion is one I try not to take for granted. News from Bangladesh is a wake up call not just to the privileges I have but the universal...

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Huff and Puff on Srebrenica Genocide Denial

Robert Spencer has invited me to arrange a debate with him. I would agree that Twitter limits proper detailed exchanges, but it does reveal the nature of how someone debates. Blogs also provide an...

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Egypt June 30: Revolution and the Army may step in

They never fail who die In a great cause: the block may soak their gore: Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls— But still their Spirit walks abroad....

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Immigration – Migrating to a Civil Discourse

“Nihil humanum a me alienum puto, said the Roman poet Terence: ‘Nothing human is alien to me.’ The slogan of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service could have been the reverse: To us, no aliens...

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Islamism and the Scapegoating of Muslims

Once in ancient times when woes happened on a people, rituals were performed. A high priest would enter a temple having taken on, and hopefully been cleansed for, the sins of the nation. After this a...

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New Jersey Ban Conversion Therapy

The New Jersey law banning conversion therapy is one step in the right direction of protecting children from abuse. It will undoubtedly be challenged by those who think that kids are parental property...

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Archbishop: Gay Stance Seen As Like Racism By Young People

There are many reasons why I am against the Church of England, and take a much harder line than apologists for it. “We have seen changes in the idea about sexuality, sexual behaviour,” he said. “We...

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Video: Mona Eltahawy Head to Head with Mehdi Hasan

Mona Eltahawy Head to Head with Mehdi Hasan on Al Jazeera English: Mona Eltahawy showed herself to be the provocateur she wants to be as a feminist Muslim. As she says, is it empowering for women to...

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Save Me From Myself – The True Danger of Gay Marriage in Ireland

Robert McLiam Wilson, an Irish writer for Charlie Hebdo, guest posts on the forthcoming referendum in Ireland on equal marriage next week. and the curious change that this law is having on him. Robert...

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