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Happy Passover from Gaza

It is written in the Talmud: We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. I urge you, while you commemorate the Hebrews’ ancient slavery and deliverance, to see yourselves finally as equals...

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Don’t worry if you miss Mecca

As millions of Indonesians found out this week, it's easy enough to miss Mecca when you pray. So who holds the Islamic compass?

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Filthy rich in Arabia use Ramadan as excuse to stuff their faces

Fasting is a humbling but rewarding experience. It's also exhausting and testing, a necessary reminder of the struggle that the majority of the world's population face every day to find food and water...

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‘Ground Zero Mosque’ furore is sign of rampant Islamophobia

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I’m not a bigot but…

I don’t think Muslim places of worship are appropriate near the site of Ground Zero. In fact, it’s insensitive. If 9/11 families were to, by majority, decide tomorrow that the mere sight of Muslims...

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Indian Muslims await report on destruction of Babri Mosque

Even if this ilk somehow disappears from the scene, after the much-awaited verdict of the Liberhan Commission on September 24th, 2010, India will need decades to undo the destruction and violence...

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Christian Evangelism: Whither Decency?

Christian evangelism today does not appear to have any respect for cultural and religious diversity. Its aim is to wipe out all non-Christian cultural and religious traditions and replace them with...

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Lock up your daughters. Paedoterrorists are on the prowl.

What’s worse - being labelled a terrorist or a paedophile? Well. If you happen to be a Pakistani, Muslim man and from the North of England you won’t have to phone or a friend or ask the audience...

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Iran should stop treating Baha’is like the Trojan Horse

Baha’is are one of the most important enemies of such a regime because the regime needs “artificial enemies” to legitimize the claim that increasing discontent is in fact the result of various games...

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Waking up the neighbours [a short story]

You can't be sectarian without god can you?

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On Matters of Faith and Science

Prof. Pravica discusses matters of religious faith and science in response to Prof. Stephen Hawking's comments that the Universe does not need a God to exist and that Heaven is a fairy story.

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Serbian Orthodox Church endorses war criminals

“The Serbian Orthodox Church sees itself as the moral compass of the Serbian people. Its incomprehensible and repellent actions suggest that the Church is morally adrift.” – Daniel Toljaga A convicted...

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