The whole hacking issue has been turned into an issue of ‘freedom’, and how North Korea must not be allowed to threaten people’s cherished freedoms. Yet the story might not be as it seems, as the hacks may have come from inside Sony, rather than some outside threat […]
Al-Arabiya A small town in Argentina announced its decision to ban beauty competitions after branding them sexist and harmful to women, Argentinian daily news website the Argentina Independentreported this week. The council of Chivilcoy slammed the competition for only focusing on physical appearances saying that pageants are “a discriminatory […]
Is this not terrorism? Islamophobia Watch An arsonist set fire to a mosque in central Sweden on Thursday injuring five people, police said, as the country grapples with a political crisis caused by the rise of the extreme right. “Somebody threw an object through a closed window and […]
Now there’s the Christmas Spirit. RT The right-wing city council of Angouleme in southwest France has come under fire for banishing homeless people from its city center, after it installed cages that completely cover benches used by local hobos. The municipal deputy responsible for security, Joel Guitton, told […]
MuslimMatters As we see the images of burning embassies and burnt flags unfolding across the Muslim world, it is easy for non-Muslims (and some Muslims too) to jump to the conclusion that there is an inherent lack of tolerance amongst “religious” Muslims. A lot of this is down […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 