We feel that it is time now for people to understand the real meaning of Sharia. These are the words of Indonesian politician Bustanul Arifin, of the Prosperous Justice Party, and secretary of a special committee responsible for imposing harsh new sharia laws on the devoutly Muslim province of Aceh. The law, which will come [...]
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CHRISTIANS in Maine are hoping that a combination of cash and prayer will overturn the state’s recently enacted gay marriage law. According to this Youtube report, Catholics dug deep into their pockets at recent church services to help fund a Stand for Marriage Maine campaign that aims to reverse the law. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkwysvd_KU[/youtube] Said SFMM campaign [...]
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THIS summer it was revealed that Brazil would hold congressional hearings on a Vatican concordat it signed last November. According to Scots writer and secularist Muriel Fraser the decision thwarted attempts by the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference to have the agreement rushed to a vote under an emergency procedure for urgent matters of national defence. But [...]
MUSLIMS don’t want to go around and pray five times a day having pork residues on their body. That’s the view of Layla Mandi, a Canadian makeup artist who, after opting to join the Magic Carpet folk, decided that Muslim women should be offered cosmetics free of pork or alcohol products. Mandi, who now lives [...]
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WATCH this amazing interview with Pastor Steven L Anderson, founder of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up1a1zKqbAk[/youtube] At the end of his rant on the Michelangelo Signorile radio show in the US, Anderson says he would prayer for the interviewer to die of brain cancer. Nice! If you’ve the stomach for it, [...]
A BRITISH film about Charles Darwin has failed to secure a US distributor because the theory of evolution is considered too controversial for American audiences, according to a report this weekend in the Telegraph. Creation, starring Paul Bettany, details Darwin’s “struggle between faith and reason” as he wrote On The Origin of Species. It depicts [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
