Iran aside, all Middle Eastern countries might freely choose Islamic states. The choice is due to an identity pride in their people’s collective conscience. It is formed by emotion, tradition and history, not rationality. Rationality is a new paradigm shift …
Posted in Iran, Islam, Middle East | Tagged Iran, Islam | 2 CommentsPsychology, Field Study Psychology of Criminals in Jail May 2011 I think I started reading psychology in the year 2000 when I was about 15 years old. Psychology helped me a lot in understanding motives and ways of thinking of …
Posted in Atheism, Civil Rights, Egypt, Ethics, Gender, Homosexuality, Sex, Sexism, Society, Taboos | Tagged Egypt, field study, Maikel Nabil, Political Prisoners, prison | Leave a commentI tell Mark, happy birthday. I’m on a hunger strike since 23 August, also on a medicine strike and on a strike against taking a solution transfusion since 31 August and yesterday on Monday 12 September, on a thirst strike …
Posted in Atheism, Censorship, Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech, Taboos | Tagged Maikel Nabil, Maikel Nabil trial | 2 CommentsIn the seventies and eighties of last century, militant Islamist opposition appeared, which was the strongest of the opposition movements, which was able to challenge the July militarist regime… This opposition reached its peak on October, 1981, when it assassinated …
Posted in Arabs, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Egypt, Ethics, Freedom of Speech, History, Islam, Israel, Nationalism, Politics, Regional Issues, Religion, Society, Taboos, Terrorism, War | Tagged antimilitarism, Egypt, Israel, Maikel Nabil, pacifism | 1 CommentAs some of you are already aware, we partnered with a group of organizations and individuals to launch the Can You Solve This? campaign that raises awareness and invites people to take action for the right of education in Iran. …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Baha'i Faith, Baha'is, Creativity, Education, Events, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Iran | Tagged baha'is, Education, Iran | 16 CommentsDear Friends, as some of you might know, members of the Baha’i community in Iran continually face discrimination from the Iranian Government. One of the many adversities faced by Baha’i youth is the inability to attend Post-Secondary Education in Iran. …
Posted in Baha'i Faith, Education, General, Iran, Politics, Youth | Tagged Baha'i, denial, Education, Iran, Khamenei, Religion, republic | 1 CommentDear God, Just one year ago, a man wrote you a letter, on this very website. It was a slightly tongue-in-cheek, satirical, cynical letter, somewhat bitter, somewhat poignant. At that precise moment, six thousand kilometers away (as the crow flies) …
Posted in Religion | 2 CommentsBefore the status of women in Islam can be determined, the religion itself must first be analyzed separately from the cultures and practices in “Islamic” countries—most notably, those in the Middle East.
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Culture and Society, Gender, Human Rights, Iran, Islam, News and Politics, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Women | 2 CommentsA Kurdish activist, Sherko Moarafi, is in danger of being executed in Iran for “enmity against God” for his alleged membership in a proscribed Kurdish organization. Moarafi was detained in October 2008, transferred to a solitary confinement in the death …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Culture, Current Events, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Iran, Islam, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Petitions, Racism | 3 CommentsWhat’s like to belong to a religious minority in Egypt after January 25th? Will the long history of oppression get worsened or relieved? To better know, we’ve interviewed four young activists who represent a major portion of the religious minorities …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Baha'i Faith, Baha'is, Christians, Culture and Society, Current Events, Egypt, Interfaith, Minorities, Podcasts | Tagged 25th of Jan demonstrations in Egypt, Day of Rage Egypt, Egypt's demonstrations 2011, Egypt's protests 2011, Jan. 25 Revolution | 7 Comments