A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having two unrelated men in her house, according to local media reports.
According to the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan, troubles for the woman, Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi, began last year when a member of the religious police entered her house in the city of Al-Chamli and found her with two unrelated men, Fahd and Hadian.
Fahd told the policeman he had the right to be there, because Sawadi had breast-fed him as a baby and was therefore considered to be a son to her in Islam, according to Al-Watan. Fahd, 24, added that his friend Hadian was escorting him as he delivered bread for the elderly woman. The policeman then arrested both men.
March 9, 2009 on CNN
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Deborah 13: Servant of God
Documentary about 13-year-old Deborah Drapper, who, unlike other British teens has never heard of Britney Spears or Victoria Beckham. She has been brought up in a deeply Christian family and her parents have tried to make sure she and her ten brothers and sisters have grown up protected from the sins of the outside world.
Deborah is a bright, confident girl who has big ambitions for her life and the film spends a summer with her as she ventures out in the world to see what life outside her family could be and starts putting her beliefs forward to a wider audience.
Deborah 13: Servant of God
BBC3 March 10th 2009
Deborah is a bright, confident girl who has big ambitions for her life and the film spends a summer with her as she ventures out in the world to see what life outside her family could be and starts putting her beliefs forward to a wider audience.
Deborah 13: Servant of God
BBC3 March 10th 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Jesus as seen on news coverage in 2008
A brief look at the news coverage of religious apparitions in 2008.
Sadly the don't report on Jesus seen on the dogs ass.
Sadly the don't report on Jesus seen on the dogs ass.
Survey: Religion on the Decline in US
CNN: Losing your religion? March 9, 2009 on CNN
Survey Shows Religion on the Decline in US.
CNN America becoming less Christian, survey finds Monday March 9, 2009
Survey Shows Religion on the Decline in US.
CNN America becoming less Christian, survey finds Monday March 9, 2009
Atheist Experience #595: Live Calls
Martin Wagner and Matt Dillahunty takes on live calls. March 8. 2009.
The Atheist Experience is a weekly cable access television show in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist audience. The Atheist Experience is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin.
The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.
DVDs of the Atheist Experience can be purchased via atheist-community.org/products
The Atheist Experience is a weekly cable access television show in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist audience. The Atheist Experience is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin.
The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.
DVDs of the Atheist Experience can be purchased via atheist-community.org/products
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Dawkins debates Lennox on the existence of God
Richard Dawkins debates John Lennox on the existence of God.
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (1/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (2/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (3/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (4/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (5/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (6/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (7/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (8/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (9/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (10/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (1/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (2/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (3/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (4/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (5/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (6/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (7/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (8/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (9/10)
Debate: Richard Dawkins versus John Lennox (10/10)
The Satanic Verses Affair
Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. His novel, The Satanic Verses, had sparked riots across the Muslim world. The ailing religious leader of Iran, the Ayatollah Khomeini, had invoked a little-known religious opinion - a fatwa - and effectively sentenced Rushdie to death. Never before had a novel created an international diplomatic crisis on such a scale, and never before had a foreign Government publicly called for the killing of a private citizen of another country.
This film looks back on the extraordinary events which followed the publication of the book and the ten year campaign to get the fatwa lifted. Interviews with Rushdie's friends and family and testimony from leaders of Britain's Muslim community and the Government reveal the inside story of the affair. Rushdie himself was forced into hiding for nearly ten years. Arguably this was the moment when religious identities, in Britain and abroad, became more important than ethnic and cultural belonging.
The Satanic Verses Affair. By BBC2 9pm 7th March 2009
This film looks back on the extraordinary events which followed the publication of the book and the ten year campaign to get the fatwa lifted. Interviews with Rushdie's friends and family and testimony from leaders of Britain's Muslim community and the Government reveal the inside story of the affair. Rushdie himself was forced into hiding for nearly ten years. Arguably this was the moment when religious identities, in Britain and abroad, became more important than ethnic and cultural belonging.
The Satanic Verses Affair. By BBC2 9pm 7th March 2009
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