“Speaking personally, I am attached to the ground. I would prefer to watch the precipitous movements of the damp foot of a duck as it scratches the back of its head by the side of a lake, or the long sparkling drops of water falling slowly from the mouth of a cow as it stands …
“Don’t speak to me about your religion ; first show it to me in how you treat other people. Don’t tell me how much you love your God; show me in how much you love all His children. Don’t preach to me your passion for your faith; teach me through your compassion for your neighbors. …
Somewhat contrary to the expectations of some observers, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not, so far, introduced any extreme Hindu nationalist measures. But in provincial India it is a different story. Hindu zealots have banned eating beef in the state of Maharashtra, for instance; the penalty for breaking the ban is five years in …
Some of the schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram from the town of Chibok, N.E Nigeria, last year may have been brainwashed into fighting for the Islamist militants. According to three women who claim they were held at the same Boko Haram camps as some of the girls, many of them are now being …
Support for Iceland’s Pirate Party is soaring. According to a recent Gallup poll, 34.1 percent of the country said it stands behind the insurgent political movement that received just 5.1 percent of the vote in 2013. The Pirate Party has just had its first major legislative victory — repealing a 75-year-old blasphemy law that made …
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