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- Deny his citizenship
The Economist reports on the situation of Faiza M., a Moroccan woman who married a French citizen and moved with him back to France. She applied for citizenship and was rejected on the basis that she wore a burqa, a “radical practice” that is “incompatible with the essential values of the French community, and particularly [...]
- Goddamn religious censorship
There has been a round of religiously motivated censorship recently that I would like to draw everyone’s attention to.
First is the anti-Koran film Fitna which was pulled from LiveLeak due to threats according to the Underwire. Dan originally had the film embedded on his site when he talked about it a couple of days ago. [...]
- Anon analysis
On the 15th of March, Anonymous took to the streets again in its War on Scientology. See the call to arms here. This is the second real life protest for Project Chanology. The date was symbolic: the 15th is known as the Ides of March, when Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. The next [...]
- Hate in the USA
The Southern Poverty Law Center says that hate groups in the US have surged to 888 in 2007, up from 602 in 2000.
See who and where they are. All hate groups profiled are race-based. Diversity Matters notes that much of the vitriol is directed at Latinos. I thought there would be more religion-based hate in [...]
- Jesus defecation poster request
Can anyone who speaks Swedish get me a pic of this poster?
Editor threatened over Jesus defecation poster
The editor of a Swedish newspaper has received death threats for publishing a picture of Jesus being defecated on by the devil. Östgöta Correspondenten editor Ola Sigvardsson has received several death threats since the publication of the picture, which [...]
- Solidarity in free speech
For one full week Denmark has been plagued by vandalism including torched schools, cars and garbage containers. Although still unclear it seems the unrest is in reaction to the reprinting of controversial Muhammad cartoons originally printed (and originally rioted over) in 2005. The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten reprinted the cartoons in a gesture of solidarity after [...]
- War on Scientology takes to the streets
Today is the 10th and we’ll see if Anonymous’s war on Scientology will actually result in protests IRL. I will be adding to this post as I see stuff come in. I will keep only to MSM coverage clips because there is sure to be tons of handheld street-level stuff. If you see anything please [...]
- Is the War on Scientology 4GW?
Well, the gauntlet has been thrown down:
Anonymous have been clashing with the CoS for a while now, attacking servers, defacing websites etc. Now it seems the pulling of this Scientology promotional video featuring Tom Cruise (something they have a history of)has put them over the edge. War has been declared. BUT, this time the war [...]
- Why care about presidential faith?
Religious faith is a big issue for the current US primary. I assume this has been ignited by Mitt Romney’s Mormonism. This is common for elections involving non-Protestant candidates — JFK’s Catholicism was also controversial during the 1960 presidential election.
For some, faith is solid evidence of moral standing. For these “values voters” candidates must flaunt [...]
- Happy Holidays
To you and yours: be joyful, healthy and safe. And remember our loved ones that are over there.
Merry Chrifsmas.
(Img via CFSM)
