Category Archives: Religion

Shocker: Salon Does Right by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Posted on June 7, 2015 by mupetblast

Salon, the progressive website so enamored of SJW politics that even white belly dancers attract condemnation, today publishes a piece entitled, “Ayaan Hirsi Ali vs. Jon Stewart: Islam, Liberals, and the Media’s Dangerous Double Standard.” Excerpt: A determination to avoid … Continue reading →

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Meeting Raul

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: The Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Henninger on Pope Francis’s meeting with Raúl Castro (and France’s President Hollande’s with Fidel): A beaming, star-struck Mr. Hollande on Monday received a one-hour audience (there is no other word) with … Continue reading →

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Moderate Muslims are moderate in some things

Posted on May 13, 2015 by David Hume

Bangladesh bloggers: Clear pattern to killings: Since then, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appears to have reached an accommodation with Hefajat. The Islamist group has confined itself to the madrassa premises and the government has put five bloggers … Continue reading →

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About that Encyclical

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Posted on the Corner last week: The Economist clearly cannot wait to see the forthcoming encyclical on the environment: Could Pope Francis become the world’s foremost campaigner on global warming? That is certainly the fondest hope (or in a few … Continue reading →

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Quote for the Day

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

I don’t often quote old Karl, but this (from the Communist Manifesto) isn’t bad: “Christian socialism is but the holy water with which the priest consecrates the heart-burnings of the aristocrat.”

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Happy Easter!

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford
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Russia’s “Military-Ecclesiastical Complex”

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the American Conservative, Philip Jenkins: After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Communist government savagely persecuted the Orthodox Church, killings many thousands of clergy and monastics, and closing the vast majority of churches and monasteries. When Communism fell, the church … Continue reading →

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Islam: Enlightenment or Reformation?

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been calling for an Islamic ‘reformation’. Dan Hannan is not so sure that that’s right: What, though, do we mean by “Reformation”? Most people mean that they want a more modern Islam, one which accepts the … Continue reading →

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Gray’s Anatomy (of Atheism)

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the Guardian, British philosopher John Gray (an atheist himself) takes a look at the ‘New Atheists’ and isn’t too impressed by what he sees. His attack on the idea that leftists ‘must’ be on the left is well … Continue reading →

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ISIS vs. Silicon Valley

Posted on March 2, 2015 by mupetblast

  The Islamic State is now directing its wrath at Twitter. Namely its co-founder, Jack Dorsey, but also his underlings. And if you thought the Twitter Mob was bad, check out what happens when Twitter itself is in the crosshairs … Continue reading →

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