Love is in the air, floating under burqas and hijabs. Muslim women fall in love, but what do they do when Islam says “NO”?

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Huma Qureshi writes in todays Guardian about a new book that is a collection of honest real-life love stories by American Muslim women and gives an interesting insight into their love, faith and choices … Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women is a collection of 25 modern Muslim love stories. They aren’t fictional, … Read more

“No Rights: The Life of an Atheist” by Krystal Myers

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In a recent editorial that Myers, 18, intended for the Lenoir City High School newspaper entitled “No Rights: The Life of an Atheist,” she questioned her treatment by the majority. “Why does atheism have such a bad reputation? Why do we not have the same rights as Christians?” she wrote. Myers’ editorial also accused school … Read more

Bit of Fun – “Noah’s Ark Discovered” claims 1974 news story

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The Guardian pulled out an old story from 1974 and popped it up for us all to laugh at today … Incredulity reigned among British archaeologists yesterday after Senator Frank Moss, chairman of the US Senate Space Committee, told a gathering of American mapmakers that a speck on a photograph of Mount Ararat taken from … Read more

Space elevator by 2050 planned, to include space solar power

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Obayashi Corp., headquartered in Tokyo, has unveiled a project to build a space elevator by the year 2050 that would transport passengers to a station 36,000 kilometers above the Earth and transmit power to the ground. Wow, sounds cool … ah but hold on, lets cast a bit of a skeptical eye over this. Who? … Read more

News Update: Marriage for all in the UK is coming … true equality

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As you might, or might not be aware, but a few leading folks, who just happen to be homophobic bigots because the bible tells them its OK, started a daft petition yesterday … Christian campaigners are petitioning Prime Minister David Cameron to stop the introduction of same-sex marriage. Coalition for Marriage (C4M) said it was … Read more

Atheism – A Better Life : New York-based photographer putting together book of portraits of atheists

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Chris, a New York-based photographer and filmmaker, has a fantastic idea that I truly love. He is putting together a book of photographic portraits of atheists as a direct challenge to the persistent myth that without some mythological supernatural entity, life is apparently pointless and that our lives are devoid of joy and happiness. Chris explains … I … Read more

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