Category Archives: International
Blasphemy-Dangerous or Necessary?
In an effort to rebuild our relationship with the United Nations, a effort that is being questioned by many Americans, the Obama administration has chosen to support an agenda that contradicts our own Constitution.
The United States has backed a new UN resolution on free expression which would be considered unconstitutional under its First Amendment — [...]
Election won’t change Iran
Lila Ghobady has written a powerful statement about the Iranian elections, and why the country won’t change no matter who was elected.
Why didn’t I vote in the latest elections for the president of the country of my birth, Iran? Because no matter who is the president of Iran, they would stone me!
As an Iranian woman, [...]
Iran’s all a-Twitter
Just read Clay Shirky’s perspective on the election turmoil in Iran. It’s hardly surprising he’d focus on the technological aspect.
“… this is it. The big one. This is the first revolution that has been catapulted onto a global stage and transformed by social media. I’ve been thinking a lot about the Chicago demonstrations of 1968 [...]
U.K citizens…please enable remote desktop
If that last post doesn’t make you wonder if George Orwell only erred in the year he selected for his title, read on…
THE Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain routinely to hack into people’s personal computers without a warrant.
The move, which follows a decision by the European Union’s [...]
Islamophobia disguised under ‘freedom of speech’
Writing to Islam Online, Sadia Ali Aden complains that the freedom of speech is a cover for hate speech directed toward Muslims.
The heartrending reality of bigotry and Islamophobia in today’s American environment is overwhelming.
The Islamophobes use the media as a propaganda tool to poison the minds of the American people under the disguise of “freedom [...]
Two completely different ways of looking at the world
For most of us in the Western world, challenging religion and advocating free thought are reasonably risk-free activities. One has to admire the courage of Syrian poet Adonis, advocating those ideals while delivering the keynote address at the ‘Innovation in Islam’ conference.
“If a religion cannot offer human beings free thinking and freedom, there is [...]
Further erosions of British liberty
Is the only way to effectively combat terrorism the creation of a police state?
MI5 seeks powers to trawl records in new terror hunt
Millions of commuters could have their private movements around cities secretly monitored under new counter-terrorism powers being sought by the security services.
Records of journeys made by people using smart cards that allow 17 [...]
English police want a children’s DNA database
Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life, according to Britain’s most senior police forensics expert.Gary Pugh, director of forensic sciences at Scotland Yard and the new DNA spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), said a debate was [...]
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