The right to criticise religion is being slowly doused in acid. Across the world, the small, incremental gains made by secularism – giving us the space to doubt and question and make up our own minds – are being beaten back by belligerent demands that we “respect” religion. Johann Hari: Why should I respect these … Continue reading Johann Hari: Why should I respect these oppressive religions?
In February 2002, I traveled to Saudi Arabia and interviewed the then crown prince, now king, Abdullah, at his Riyadh horse farm. I asked him why the next Arab summit wouldn’t just propose to Israel full peace and normalization of relations, by all 22 Arab states, for full withdrawal from all occupied lands and creation … Continue reading Thomas Friedman – Abdullah II: The 5-State Solution
Melbourne writer Harry Nicolaides, 41, was sentenced on Monday to three years imprisonment for defaming the Royal Family of Thailand. He had pled guilty to the Lèse majesté indictment that arose from a self-published 2005 novel, Verisimilitude, of which only 50 copies were printed, and just seven sold.Australian writer Harry Nicolaides jailed for three years … Continue reading Australian writer Harry Nicolaides jailed for three years for insulting Thai Royal Family
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