Molly No More

Remember "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day"? Remember Molly Norris, the cartoonist first came up with and then disavowed the protest plan of drawing Mohammed when it went viral on the Web? Well unfortunately, disassociating herself from the idea didn't save her from the inventible death threats.

Because of the fatwa against her life, Molly ( Read more... )

Update: Apparently pastor Jones has canceled the Qu'ran burning after striking a deal to have Islamic cultural center close to Ground Zero in New York relocated. Update again: now it appears that deal for moving the Islamic Center near Ground Zero never happenedOriginal post ( Read more... )

That is why we need to be vigilante everyday and fight for that freedom, otherwise you get places like the Maldives. See in this island nation, the constitution itself requires that all citizens of the Maldives must be Muslim, and non-Muslim houses of worship are banned. The practical result of forcing everyone to adhere to one religion are ( Read more... )

In the glorious nation of Kazakhstan, local courts have the authority to block access to websites they deem as "illegal", which is just some Orwellian misdirect to give the government cover to censor opposing views. One perfectly illustrated example of this are the blocked Livejournals and blogs of political opponents of the current Kazakh ( Read more... )

Last year the United Nations passed a measure called Combating Defamation of Religions in the UN General Assembly committee. This is essentially an anti-blasphemy measure that several Muslims nations are hoping to push into a general binding UN resolution. No doubt with the purpose of providing international cover for domestic oppression of free- ( Read more... )

I heard this story on the radio coming into work this morning and already it is all over the blogs, clogging the tubes. A high school in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia apparently has a tradition where the cheerleaders would display banners containing Biblical verses urging fans and players to "commit to the Lord" during the football games. This has ( Read more... )

Political in nature, about cowardly self-imposed censorship. Read on if interested:

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I hardly heard anything on the news about this, really mentioned as an afterthought to the shuttle Endeavour finally being able to launch today. Anyway, today the 16th of July is the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission. Hopefully everyone actually already knows what the Apollo 11 mission is but just in case, it was the NASA ( Read more... )

Looks like no matter how hard the Iranian government attempt a media crackdown, people across the 'net are not only providing a means of communication to get the message out of what is really happening, but are now striking back at official Iranian government websites, taking them down. Foxnews is stating as of yesterday web sites for both ( Read more... )

Things are taking a more violent turn now over the disputed elections. Someone recorded with their cellphone a gunman fires into the courtyard as protesters around it shout slogans.

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The footage somwwhat matches an earlier incident Monday evening in Tehran, as young protesters broke into a compound used by the Basij paramilitary force and Basij ( Read more... )