They Made It Up! When Iranians flatter the British

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Leyla H.

So according to some people’s bookkeeping:

Equality of women and men, universal education, progressive revelation, oneness of humanity, mutualistic democracy, human rights = British invention

Suppression of woman, suppression and persecution of minorities and majorities, the inherent division of humanity into good and bad, human rights abuses = Iranian

Posted in Activism, Atheism, Awareness, Baha'i Faith, Baha'is, Culture, Current Events, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Interfaith, Iran, Islam, Kurds, Minorities, Politics, Religion, Society | Tagged apartheid, Baha'i, Baha’i, Baha’u’llah, charter, Democracy, freedom of religion, Human Rights, Iran, religious rights, South Africa | 17 Comments

Stop talking, Start working

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Adel Alhimi (Yemen/UAE)

1. Our plane: to set up a center in Abu Dhabi for free-thinkers and free speech, where we can conduct debates, conferences and seminars. 2. Our goals: we have nothing to preach, we don’t claim knowledge or wisdom, we don’t …

Posted in Atheism, Baha'i Faith, Countries/Regions, General, Interfaith, Islam, Qatar, Religion, UAE, Yemen | 10 Comments

My favorite religion?

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Adel Alhimi (Yemen/UAE)

Q: why do we want to prove Quran is man-made? A: First: we believe it’s man-made because it contradictory and inconsistent (for the objective reader) just like so many other books that are being considered sacred. However, we might be …

Posted in Atheism, Interfaith, Islam, Philosophy, Religion, Yemen | 38 Comments

Dialogue between Arab atheist and Arab agnostic (Part II)

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Adel Alhimi (Yemen/UAE)

Agnostic: you claim you have the proof that religions are man-made, let’s buy that for the sake of argument, what is your replacement? Atheist: the truth, honesty, transparency and modesty, we don’t know much , what we know so for …

Posted in Atheism, Interfaith, Islam, Religion, Yemen | 8 Comments

Why I like Nissim Dahan!

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Lord Kavi

Friendship has many definitions and it has been a topic since 2500 years ago when Aristotle in his book, Nichomachean Ethics, tried to define it. By the way here I don’t want to talk about Aristotle or definition of friendship. …

Posted in Interfaith, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Society, Taboos | 6 Comments

New Shirt: Interfaith Coexistence – Twitter style

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Esra'a (Bahrain)

We’re not the first to realize that t-shirts are a great way to raise awareness about causes. We wanted to make fun shirts that deliver the message of coexistence without being tedious. We hope you like it! Let us know …

Posted in Announcements, Awareness, Interfaith | 4 Comments

A Life Defined

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Nader Houella

As an honor graduate, I’ve always been proud of myself, and so were my family and my friends. After all, I’ve worked hard to earn my degree and I spent days and months gaining experience through extracurricular activities; whether by …

Posted in Activism, Arabs, Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Culture, Culture and Society, Ethics, General, Human Rights, Interfaith, Islam, Islamophobia, Lebanon, Religion, Society, Taboos | 6 Comments

Interfaith meetings – article in Jerusalem Post

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Leah (Israel)

This is the link to the article which was on the cover of In Jerusalem in the Jerusalem Post this past weekend. These are the meetings I co-coordinate monthly. Hope you enjoy.

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Israel admitted at least one case of Organ harvesting, Ramadan and more

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Mazin Qumsiyeh (Palestine)

In this digest: I report on a 2002 Israeli admission that a pathologist in an Israeli hospital was harvesting organs without authorization, on the hopeful sign of the start of the academic year, the beginning of Ramadan in Palestine, a …

Posted in Human Rights, Interfaith, Islam, Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Religion | Tagged Gaza, IDF, organ harvest, rafah, Ramadan, religious fundamentalism | 4 Comments

Music heals what destroy!

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Lord Kavi

Lyric is in three languages of English, Arabic and Hebrew. Beautiful song and lyric to unite Jews and Arabs, and to heal the wounds. Watch here: watch?v=RN8B1xvCxI0 There must be another Must be another way עינייך, אחות / Einaich, achot …

Posted in Arab Jews, Awareness, Interfaith, Music, Religion, Videos | 8 Comments