Wait, what? Refused entry because he was suspected of not being Jewish anymore? Oy Vey! With regard to a young American Jew named Harald Fuller-Bennett, the Taglit-Birthright project to some extent achieved its goal. The project brings young Jews from around the world for a trip in Israel “in order to diminish the growing division [...]
“Well, that’s rude,” many Christians would say. But isn’t that what the conservative Christians do regarding Islam? It inspired me to make this image: Seen this? “Everything I need to know about Islam I learned on 9/11” Well, then, I could just as easily say: Everything I need to know about Christianity I learned from [...]
Wha-wha-wha-what?! Gingrich apparently doesn’t understand what atheism or secularism is. He may have a faint idea of what radical Islam is but he’s probably not too knowledgeable on that either. To conflate radical theocracy with secularism is insurmountably stupid. What most fundamentalist Christians actually want is theocracy. They are much closer to radical Islam than secularism or atheism is. The [...]
Not that I don’t find them silly, but I don’t find them offensive. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam don’t regard women as equal to men. There are reform varieties that some will argue for, but let’s just go with what’s actually written in these books. Wicca (or Neo-Paganism), for instance, is empowering for women in a [...]
Occasionally I hear about Middle Eastern or Islamic feminism. The notion states that women in, let’s say, Saudi Arabia have a different notion of feminism, that they have chosen to cover their faces. I don’t see where the choice is; with death, stoning, imprisonment, etc as a punishment for not wearing a niqāb. Even in [...]
I was raised in a pro-Israel household. To the point where, even if one had a valid point, your were just an antisemite. Although semitic originally referred to all desert folk… In any case, as I’ve aged I’ve come to understand the reality behind the debate. When my husband served in the Navy, he was in [...]
I do usually like to link to HuffPo* but I found this article post-worthy. Christians and atheists are fighting again — this time over who can raise more money for charity. … Three days later, an inspired member of Reddit’s Islam group created a FirstGiving page to raise money for the charitable group Islamic Relief. [...]
