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Planet Irf (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Sarkozy's focus on a tiny minority who cover up risks alienating most Muslims, writes Irfan Yusuf.IN ABOUT six months, a cross-party French parliamentary committee of 32 MPs will prepare a report examining whether the wearing of the burqa (an outfit, usually black, that covers a woman's full body, including her face) in public represents a threat to French secularism. They'll also determine
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Cologne, Germany - Around half-a-million people thronged the centre of Cologne on Sunday for the annual gay pride parade known as Christopher Street Day. More than 90 brightly coloured floats snaked their way through the streets in pleasant summer te...
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Winds Of Jihad (Free subscription) | yesterday
Take your burka and shove it! Shariah courts giving ‘illegal’ advice A fatwa, an Islamic ruling, has no place in the dar-ul Harb, the civilized world, where Muslims have settled in what they perceive to be behind enemy lines. A fatwa can include a death-sentence against blasphemy or an apostate, it justifies polygamy and wife-beating, marriage with [...]
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Law is Cool (Free subscription) | yesterday
We wrote about polygamy before here on Law is Cool. One of the highest-profile modern Canadian cases is the prosecution of Winston Blackmore in B.C. Here is one of the recent updates on this matter. (post sponsored by advicescene.com)
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Catholic Church Conservation (Free subscription) | yesterday
Curial Cardinal Walter Kasper on Christian mission and self-esteem, Michael Jackson, Christopher Street Days and German parochial reforms. Should Christians engage in mission - or is that inappropriate? Kasper: You cannot neglect Mission as a Christian. Mission reflects the mission of Jesus, as it is written in St. Matthew and St. Mark's Gospel. The Council has clearly said that the Church is by her...
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James Emmans (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
What is it? I met this first hand recently and thought it would be good to do a page on this subject. First thing to note it belongs firmly in the world of emotions - mmm is that a female world? Men do have senses but do we possess emotions? Certainly we do but not to the same degree as our female friends. Emotions fit into the world of interpersonal relationships - ie long term relationship between...
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Rants From The Rookery (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
On this post about Thomas Jefferson not being a Christian: "Thomas jefferson was a a secret muslim and practised polygamy. They just found out that his ancestors were arabs." Hmm.. This is either someone incredibly stupid or hilariously prankish. So... a quick google. This company: The Wellcome Trust funded this college: University of Leicester to have their geneticists do a DNA check on...
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JONATHAN TURLEY (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Pennsylvania State Sen. John Eichelberger (R) has refused to apologize after a statement that the public has allowed gays to exist. Eichelberger is pushing a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and made the statement after being asked by Sen. Daylin Leach (D) who gays should be treated. During a June 19 radio [...]
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THE POINT RIDER REPUBLICAN (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Republicans have been reeling. They and the Left don't understand Palin patriots. The left,their media mouth-pieces,the McCain-ites and the Mit-ites...
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Catholic Church Conservation (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Organisers of Christopher Street Day have now made a formal complaint to the German police. Full story
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New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
I first spotted this in The Times of India, who got it from the UK tabloid the Daily Star, well known for its pin-up models but also a useful source of odd stories. And writers from the Indi...
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Catholic Church Conservation (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Goths at the CSD Parade From t he magazine Focus. Greens and Jews call for consequences After the SSPX compares homosexuals with Nazis the Central Council of German Jews have urged a response from the Vatican. The Greens want to turn to the authorities charged with protecting the constitution. General Secretary of the Central Council, Stephan Kramer said on Thursday about the comparison of the SSPX...
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SpoilerTV (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
TRUE BLOOD If you think Tara’s new beau, Eggs (Mechad Brooks), seems too good to be true, you’re right. He’s got a secret. A very, very, very old secret that will soon be revealed. How will Tara react when she learns who Eggs really is? "I'm curious to know if it freaks her out,” says Rutina Wesley (Tara). “With everything else going on in Louisiana, she'll probably...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
WOMEN have become the face of Aids in Africa.
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US News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
A recent poll asked Americans what they consider morally wrong. The first of two parts.
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mixxkhan111 | 06/13/2009
Bottom Line: The title is the cleverest thing about this minor indie portrait of sexual confusion. Jesse Rosen's microbudgeted indie, in which he also stars, explores the issue of sexual identity in a way that is meant to be thoughtful and provocative but which has little more depth than the old joke about bisexuality