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Posted in Government, Law, Politics, Religion on Feb 28th, 2008
I have written before about how churches sometimes want to use tax laws to their unreasonable advantage, and how in Italy at least, this is costing the state millions.
A recent case has occurred in America, where one rich Televangelist is being asked by the state to account for his expenditure. Instead of opening the [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Humanity, Law, Religion on Feb 12th, 2008
Whatever you call it - heart, soul, mind - it is sacred to you, influenced by outsiders, yes, but controlled only by you. They can only reach it if you allow them to. It is yours and yours alone. You alone have the final say. Yours is what makes you, you: [...]
In the middle of the current extreme perplexity and unease at the Archbishop of Canterbury’s remarks that the adoption of part of Shiria law in Britain was in unavoidable, it has been good to find a voice of calm and reason - coming from a Muslim living in Wales.
Sharia law – which is only used [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Morality, Religion on Feb 8th, 2008
It’s Friday, and I am again indebted to the National Secular Society’s newsletter for the following information. After you have read it, please consider following the link to send an appeal to the Iranian authorities to stop the stoning of Zohreh and Azar Kabiti-niat.
Iranian Sisters face being stoned to death
Two Iranian sisters [...]
Posted in Faith, Law, Religion, Technology on Jan 22nd, 2008
I was initially amused and then slightly concerned to read about what a team artificial intelligence (AI) scientists based in France are doing in support of Islam. If successful, the work could freeze the religion and make development within it even more difficult than it is at the present.
According to an article in [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Isolation, Law, Morality, Religion, Society on Jan 18th, 2008
Just in case you have ever wondered why women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to drive in that country, a group of Saudi men recently gave an answer. It formed part of a submission to the UN’s Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Posted in Education, Law, Relationships, Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2008
Would you do it today? I suspect you probably wouldn’t.
Around 25 years ago I left a small, sleepy village in mid-Norfolk, UK, just after midnight, with 45 young teenagers and two other colleagues, and headed for Gatwick airport. We tried to sleep on the journey, and failed miserably. At some point in [...]
Posted in Censorship, Government, Human Rights, Law, Religion, Society on Jan 8th, 2008
British Members of Parliament are being asked to consider an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill to repeal the law of blasphemy.
There are several reasons why I have written to my MP urging him to support this amendment.
The law of blasphemous libel purports to protect beliefs rather than people or communities. [...]
Posted in Health, Humanity, Law, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Jan 6th, 2008
Forgiveness is a conscious decision not to go on holding something against someone. It is a personal decision to let go.
On one level, forgiveness involves voluntary relinquishing a right to retaliate (a cognitive decision), subsequent to an injury. On another level, forgiveness involves some aspect of release or letting go over time (an [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Law, Morality, Relationships, Religion on Jan 4th, 2008
The following article is so sickening, I thought it deserved wider publication. I am grateful to the National Secular Society for bringing it to my attention. I have argued in this blog before that you should not deny people free speech, but rather give them enough rope and allow them to [...]
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