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3 mn read After the fall of Afghanistan, the Taliban announced a general amnesty in the media, but the reality is that the Taliban arrest, torture and kill dozens of their political and religious opponents every day. Facts like these are not published because they control the media internally.Those who have gone into hiding, the Taliban visit their […]
Written by Chinar
3 mn read The rise of Taliban (Islamic Extremist Group) to Power It was on the 14th of August when Taliban entered in Kabul province and the government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan supported by western powers collapsed. Majority of the people who had experienced the tough and harsh life under the dominance of Taliban during the 90s […]
Written by Arman
3 mn read I want to write about the pain, suffering, despair and panic of Afghan women and girls over 103 days of the rule of the Taliban in Kabul city. Women of my country are half of the population in Afghan society. During the last 20 years, with great efforts and a world of hope, they have […]
Written by Chinar
2 mn read What does it mean to respect the opinions of others? I want to have a little discussion about respecting the opinions of others. Should the opinions of others always be respected? It is common to say that “the opinions of others should be respected.” If respect means not turning disagreement into violence in action, then […]
Written by SdNmHi
2 mn read Reasons why most Iraqi women seek to emigrate from the harsh laws of Islam in Iraq. I currently live in Iraq in the midst of my puritanical Shia Muslim community. Whenever I stare out the window of my kitchen onto the streets, I see the stifled, enslaved women covered in all-black sashes. Since their childhood, […]
Written by SadiqAli
< 1 mn read Submission is the moral code of the family. Submission is the moral code of Islamism! Remember the Submission part I written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and produced by Theo Van Gogh!!!. Al Azhar claimed a Fatwa back then to assassinate the director. Egyptian Muslims were mad and went crazy when Charli Hebdoo launched the “Prophet […]
Written by Dolly
2 mn read The negligence of the Iraqi media The Iraqi media has expressed sincere negligence on issues pertinence to the wellbeing of women under the Islamic rule. The media has been conscious about the local disturbances within the Iraqi region but have failed to reciprocate similar consciousness to the agony of women in this region. Women who […]
Written by SadiqAli
2 mn read What it means to be gay in Ghana. Over the years, the LGBTQ community from protests on the streets to various peaceful campaigns has sought for the indulgence of the Ghanaian government and other foreign agencies in the protection of rights and human dignity of LGBTQ persons living in the country against homophobic attacks. Owing […]
Written by Joseph Oduro
4 mn read This blog post is about a somewhat “subtle” form of antisemitism that we find on the internet. I am not writing about the blatant “6 million was not enough!” type of nonsense. Nor am I writing about the passive-aggressive “Soros” postings that make the rounds. What I am writing about concerns the conspiracies which claim […]
Written by Elisha ben Abuyah
3 mn read Hindu sisters Reena and Raveena likely never intended to be at the center of a national debate. But in March of 2019, events around their marriages and conversion to Islam sparked an uproar that only proved their country, Pakistan’s, inability or unwillingness to protect religious minorities. Their marriages raised troubling questions. Were they forced into […]
Written by Rashid Minhas
5 mn read Road to Atheism In the earlier hours of November 10, 2020, I boarded an Arik Airline flight from Monrovia to Abuja. I had escaped all insecurity and death threats on my life since the murder of three of my audit staff at Liberia Revenue Authority on October 1, 2020. My life was in extreme danger […]
Written by James Kerkulah
2 mn read Afghanistan has Fallen We all know what happened in Afghanistan, the Taliban took over, people fled from their homes, the US froze millions of assets, while the Taliban claims to have a space for peace negotiation. What happens to all those people still trapped in there? Their fate remains uncertain. Human rights activists are trying to […]
Written by Dolly
2 mn read Life of a Lesbian woman in Egypt – part 2 Every path is hard, every door has been closed in your face, people shut you down over and over, and you’ll never know when that will end. You will be rejected by your family, friends, and everyone that knew you when you come out of […]
Written by Dolly
2 mn read Influence of Primeval Traditions. Growing up to the blossom of the beguiling surroundings, our cultures taught us that nature had its way of appealing to our senses and needs which confer its astonishing beauty. Our elementary school science teachers however showed us a different spectrum to decipher the phenomena of nature. Nevertheless, we are even […]
Written by Joseph Oduro
2 mn read THE PERILS OF THE GHANAIAN HOMOSEXUAL Ghanaian society has always derived its set of norms and standards of proper behavior from a religious perspective. Owing to the depth of ignorance of sexual education and a biased constitution filled with the desire of the majority to submit minority groups in appalling situations, the ordinary Ghanaian is […]
Written by Joseph Oduro
6 mn read How women are being owned by men, according to a biblical edict Despite advances in equality with secular societies, among religious Jews there is the misogyny that will not go away, no matter how much time passes. The focus of this post is to describe the Biblical edict that women are property to be acquired, […]
Written by Elisha ben Abuyah
2 mn read Math teacher Celine’s story of awakening is one of the oldest. She had been told throughout her life that her Islamic religion had all the answers about where we come from. “According to a religious perspective, Adam and Eve and the rest of the myth,” she told the Secular Underground Network. Case: Celine and her […]
Written by Rashid Minhas
