I must be dreaming, because I had to ask myself “Is this real life? Or just fantasy?”. Taslima covered it better than me, but if you haven’t been paying attention to Bangladesh then now is a good time to go read up about it. Caught in a landslide of sudden rising Islamic fundamentalism, there has been …
Tag Archive: Islam
May 01 2013
SSA May Day Mayhem Blogathon – Who Needs Education When You Have Paradise
The Taliban target teachers and schools for a reason. Because education and knowledge sets you free. You cannot claim to be the sole possessors of all knowledge when you have schools constantly contradicting things you teach as gospel.
Apr 28 2013
Top 6 Lies by us Lieberals on Boston
I spent a day being “rather sick” thanks to an accidental consumption of soya that I am intolerant to. Let’s just say no would want to be my friend and I figured I should do something fun. Like a List. Or should I say Liest? Today’s epic post of epicness comes from Front Page magazine …
Apr 21 2013
The Forgotten Shelters
In 2003, Orzala Ashraf Nemat had a dream. It wasn’t a big dream or one that would shake the foundations of the earth. But it was one that was important to women. Orzala dreamed of creating a network of women’s shelters in Afghanistan so that abused women would have a place to stay that could …
Apr 16 2013
New Hatetheism and Islamophobia
Onislam.net has picked up on the current Islamophobia bruhaha broiling through atheism and I figured it needs some clarification.
Apr 11 2013
Balance – Muslim Women vs. Topless Europeans
Jezebel’s Callie Beusman has taken on FEMEN and their ongoing support of solidarity with Amina Tyler. And there are a few issues with it and some strong points.
Apr 06 2013
Atheism and Islamophobia
There is a problem with Islam. Islam as a whole is very very bad at taking criticism. There is a fairly sizeable and vocal opposition to dialogue and discourse. It is outside the west a terrible faith of oppressive ideas particularly towards women. In Islamic countries one regularly sees a creeping installation of fundamentalists as …
Apr 05 2013
Bangladesh – Death of Freedom
Bangladesh has arrested three atheist bloggers for defaming on Tuesday amid calls from religious fundies for a crackdown on bloggers. Demands include the death penalty for these bloggers. But these bloggers face 10 years in prison for merely speaking out for what they believe. “They have hurt religious feelings of the people by writing against …
Mar 28 2013
Drive
If you didn’t see this clip two years ago then you should see it now. Manal Al-Sharif is the woman behind the wheel of the car. And she is the first woman to drive a car in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ‘You know when you have a bird, and it’s been in a cage …
Mar 14 2013
The Other Malala
Sometimes we need to read deeper into the stories that grasp our attention. We are all familiar with Malala and her brave stance. But remember, the Taliban didn’t just shoot her. They shot other people too. Seema Jilani makes an excellent point here. We have basically picked a poster child for women in Afghanistan but …
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