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Can Arab/Muslim Countries Criticize Israel Under the UN Anti-Blasphemy Resolution?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Koran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Islam, Israeli Settlements, Bible, Gaza, West Bank, Judaism, Association for World Education, Pakistan, United Nations, Oic, Fgm, Canada, Arabs, Awe, Occupation, Female Genital Mutilation, Egypt, Torah, UN Human Rights Council, Quran, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Blasphemy, Zionism, Israel, Old Testament, Doru Costea, Sharia, Iheu, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Middle East, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

How do the Arab/Muslim countries of the OIC plan to continue their criticism of the Israeli occupation and settlement expansion without, in a way, violating their own proposed resolution?

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When God Tells You to Hate

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Religion and Politics, Intolerance, Political Incivility, Rick Warren, HIV/AIDS, Constantine, Old Testament, Ronald Reagan, Christianity, Eighties, Seventies, Home News
Deepak Chopra

The rise of incivility in our time displays behavior that cannot be eradicated. At best it is controlled. Sane, civil people have always been the gatekeepers of mature behavior and the teachers of morality.

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Bible Study in Public Schools: Let's Pray on It

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Religion, New Testament, God, Bible, Old Testament, Biblical Stories, The Bible, Biblical Literalism, Separation of Church and State, Exodus, Church and State, God's Creation, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Let's agree to teach the bible in all of its bloody, misogynous, murderous, fratricidal glory. Let's teach our impressionable children the following facts about the word of god.

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How I Grabbed the Best Bedroom in the Guest House

Wendy Braitman | Posted 08.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Abraham, Odysseus, James Earl Jones, Golden Gate Bridge, July 4th, Field of Dreams, Jeffrey Toobin, Old Testament, Advice for Singles, Stinson Beach, Barney Frank, Style News
Wendy Braitman

As we head into July 4th, this might be a good time to remind people in pairs that singles often greet summer holiday weekends not with anticipation, but with dread.

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How to Green Your Spiritual Life

Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Scripture, Holidays, Islam, Jews, Easter, Church, Atheism, Bible, Green, Temple, Lent, Green Living, Congregation, Hinduism, Religion, Hannukah, Christmas, Muslims, Quran, Christianity, Environmental Evangelist, Prayer, Wicca, Buddhism, Old Testament, Spirituality, Environment, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Most people who consider themselves at least somewhat spiritual, regardless of their religion or set of beliefs, have realized that caring for the earth is imperative to their spirituality.

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Jay Bybee's Rules at Home: "Be Nice. Don't Hit." Bybee's Rules for the CIA: Torture Prisoners

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Judge Jay Bybee, Jay Bybee, Rebelreports, Jeremy Scahill, Ninth-Circuit, Harry Reid, Mormon, Jay Bybee Torture Memo, Impeach-Jay-Bybee, Old Testament, Torture Memos, Bush Torture Memos, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

Bybee seems to be against corporal punishment at home, but has no problem with slamming prisoners against walls, locking people in boxes and simulating drowning.

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Religious Fundamentalism Spreads... Beyond Islam

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Varun Gandhi, Islam, Fundamentalism, Bible, Sri Ram Sena, Gaza, Judaism, Oic, Islamic Extremists, Taliban, Promised Land, Pope Benedict XVI, Homosexuality, Religion, Hinduism, Avigdor Lieberman, Torah, Quran, Christianity, Idf, Israel, Old Testament, Stoning, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

It is problematic that characters in these stories -- the Pope, a member of India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, a Knesset leader, a Canadian federal minister -- are influential, mainstream figures.

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Hanukkah: How to Celebrate (And Clean Up After) the Festival of Lights

Michael DeJong | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope and Change, Miracles, Rededication, Maccabees, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Wax, Candles, Jewish Culture, Obama, Menorah, Green Living, Old Testament, Living News
Michael DeJong

Yes, Hanukkah candles drip. There are always distractions from every family ritual, but try to "be in the moment." Don't slip into "freak-out" mode just because something isn't going as planned.

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