Here’s a sad story of a Muslim cleric who is also a scientist. He tried to expound evolution to Muslims but he experienced a backlash from the religious and, coupled with thinly veiled threats, was forced to backtrack on his previous evolution statements: I’ve already posted that scientists that are religious are in a dubious [...]
Via richarddawkins.net: Palestinian Blogger Angers West Bank Muslims http://richarddawkins.net/articles/549805-palestinian-blogger-angers-west-bank-muslims The local Palestinian Authority has detained Mr. Hasayin on suspicion of being a blasphemer. Pathetic Palestinian response. What is it with religions that they demand slaves to dogmas? That they deign to call unreasonable actions reasonable? That evils are perpetuated and even demanded in their name? [...]
Well, in the Maldives, if you’re a citizen then you have to be a Sunni Muslim. If you’re not a Sunni Muslim then you’ve got a problem. And in the case of Ismail Mohamed Didi this problem became a tragedy. What a hell are these islands? A sad example of religion being the cancer of [...]
