Sitting in the shade of a tree in an empty lot, the congregants raised their hymn books and, in response, the police, lined up … [Continue reading Dictatorship of the Majority – II]
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Share with friends:  “Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; … [Continue reading Question with boldness…]  You’ve probably seen this if you’ve been following the news. The creators of the popular animated show South Park were threatened by a US … [Continue reading Right to Draw] April 27th, 2010 | Category: freedom & peace, history, humour, religion, usa | Leave a comment
Share with friends: Majority Pressure (Photo © Jakarta Globe) The Constitutional Court of Indonesia, an independent body which reviews existing and new laws passed by the Indonesian government … [Continue reading Dictatorship of the Majority] April 20th, 2010 | Category: freedom & peace, gender, indonesia, religion | Leave a comment
Share with friends:  This one’s from my midnight web-browsing files! Found it here… Sharia police arrested for ‘rape’ The woman was gang-raped by the three Sharia policeman during her interrogation… the issue began when Sharia police officers were … [Continue reading Sharia police arrested for ‘rape’] January 13th, 2010 | Category: freedom & peace, gender, indonesia, religion | 2 comments
Share with friends: Indonesia’s fourth president and the first to be democratically elected, Abdurrahman Wahid, fondly called Gus Dur passed away last evening. His controversial leadership of … [Continue reading Selamat Jalan Gus Dur] December 31st, 2009 | Category: freedom & peace, greatness, indonesia, religion | 2 comments
Share with friends:  I happened to come across this article in the Newsweek while browsing some old issues in the library. Googled for it and came … [Continue reading A ‘Hindu’ U.S.?!] “Roy Zimmerman is a Californian satirical singer-songwriter and guitarist with outspoken left-wing opinions.” Wikipedia on Roy Zimmerman. I have never heard about this guy. … [Continue reading Creation Science 101] October 3rd, 2009 | Category: humour, music, religion, science | Leave a comment
Share with friends: I have featured Bertrand Russell before in this post. Recently I received from a friend an excerpt of something attributed to Russell. Googling around … [Continue reading This has been my life]  In a quite shocking development, the Indonesian province of Aceh has passed a new law which makes adultery punishable by stoning to death. … [Continue reading ‘Stoning’ makes its quiet debut in Indonesia] September 17th, 2009 | Category: freedom & peace, indonesia, religion | Leave a comment
Share with friends: Open up the Google homepage and you will be greeted with this today. Google is celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope, a major … [Continue reading 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope] There’s a song stuck in my head and for once I don’t want it out… —– “Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some people … [Continue reading How many times can a man turn his head?] July 17th, 2009 | Category: films, freedom & peace, india, indonesia, music, religion, singapore | One comment
Share with friends: In my earlier post on the Delhi High Court’s historic judgement decriminalising same gender consensual sexual relationships, I had said that the religious protests … [Continue reading Gay Justice – II – The Repercussions] July 9th, 2009 | Category: freedom & peace, gender, india, religion, science | Leave a comment
Share with friends: Gay sex decriminalised in India A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal … [Continue reading Gay Justice] July 2nd, 2009 | Category: films, freedom & peace, gender, india, religion, science | Leave a comment
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