An Eye for an Eye February 19, 2009
Posted by Anita in God is Imaginary, Humanism, Islam, Rational Thinkers, Religion and Culture.Tags: Acid Attack, Ameneh Bahrami, Islamic Law, Majid Movahedi, Sharia Law
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Ameneh Bahrami before
Ameneh Bahrami now
Majid Movahedi
A 31-year-old Iranian woman has demanded justice by asking the courts to apply Islamic law and blind the man who blinded and disfigured her in an acid attack.
Ameneh Bahrami claims she isn’t seeking revenge; she only wants to prevent Majid Movahedi from ever doing it again.
Mr. Movahedi confessed to the crime and was convicted in 2005.
Ms. Bahrami’s lawyer, Ali Sarrafi, says Mr. Movahedi has never shown any remorse and claims he blinded the young woman because he loved her.
An Iranian court has sentenced Mr. Movahedi to be blinded with drops of acid in each eye, and his appeal has been rejected.
I never thought I’d be condoning Islamic law, but in this case, I have to admit the punishment fits the crime.
Do you agree?
Read the entire article here.
What’s Religion Without Hypocrisy? February 17, 2009
Posted by Anita in God is Imaginary, Humanism, Islam, Rational Thinkers, Religion and Culture.Tags: Aasiya Hassan, Muzzammil Hassan
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According to CNN.com, the founder of an Islamic television station in New York has confessed to beheading his wife.
Ironically, the station was aimed at countering Muslim stereotypes.
Muzzammil Hassan was charged with second-degree murder after police found the decapitated body of his wife, Aasiya Hassan, at the Bridges TV station in the Buffalo suburb of Orchard Park, said Andrew Benz, Orchard Park’s police chief.
Hassan was arrested Thursday.
His wife filed for divorce January 6, and police had responded to several domestic violence calls at the couple’s home, Benz said.
Mr. Hassan has four children, a 4- and 6-year-old from his current marriage, plus a 17- and 18-year-old from his previous marriage.
In 2004, he launched Bridges TV, an English-language cable channel designed to “balance negative portrayals of Muslims” following the attacks of 9/11.
Good job, Muzzammil. Murdering your wife certainly puts a positive spin on Islam.
You Don’t Need God to be Good February 13, 2009
Posted by Anita in God is Imaginary, Humanism, Rational Thinkers, Religion and Culture.Tags: God, You Can Be Good Without God
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The Humanist Association of Canada will be launching a transit ad campaign similar to the Atheist Bus Campaign, but with a message more to the point:
YOU CAN BE GOOD WITHOUT GOD
Here are some excerpts from their press release dated January 30, 2009:
“We want people to know that belief in a god is not necessary to live a full, moral and happy life. Humanists embody this concept every day”, says Humanist Canada president and spokesperson Pat O’Brien.
For too long, religion has assumed the authority of moral teacher and the Humanists are here to say that the teachings of progressive thinkers, such as philosophers Epicurus, Baruch de Spinoza, Bertrand Russell and Noam Chomsky, physicists such as Albert Einstein and Steven Weinberg, and other freethinking individuals are just as good, or even better, than many of the teachings of religion.
The “Good Without God” transit campaign was created to reach out to non-believers everywhere that there is an organization that will protect their rights, values, and the separation of religion and state.
The press release also notes:
“According to several global studies, the safest and most humane societies are the ones where religion and state are kept separate.
For example, the Journal of Religion and Society, a U.S academic journal, reported in 2005 that ‘higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy and abortion in the prosperous democracies.’”
For more information go to: www.humanistcanada.com.
Remembering Aqsa Parvez February 12, 2009
Posted by Anita in Atheism, Child Abuse, Humanism, Islam, Morality, Religion and Culture.Tags: Aqsa Parvez, honor killings, Violence Against Women
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Will Aqsa Parvez ever rest in peace?
Murdered by her father and brother because she just wanted to be a normal Canadian girl, her body now rots in a cold grave, marked with nothing but a number.
Even in death, her family refuses to acknowledge her existence.
Read more about it here.
