Post Tagged with: "religion"

U.S. Elections: More and More the U.S. Election Process Gives the Impression of a State in Democratic Transition Rather Than Being A Democratic Election

We’ve seen it all before but the shocking fact is that it was in the Middle East where corruption & authoritarianism thrive; once upon a time there was an Arab spring that went south trying to take dictators down so now is this the U.S. spring following the same trajectory? […]

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A Global Youthful Dialogue – One to be Had

Plenty has been going on in the past few decades that have a profound impact on our future; a future – if you care to examine close enough – that knows no borders. From political turmoils/conflicts driven in by fundamentalism (religious and/or racial) to economic meltdowns and critical environmental indicators […]

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Jeremy Corbyn Suspended from UK Labour: This is Precisely What Happens When Religion Infects the Political Eco System (updated)

Everyone understands – or at least should understand – that religious beliefs are for many an important aspect of their being/value system. But in secular states with its multicultural/ethnic compositions where religious freedoms are guaranteed/protected and where religious beliefs/orientations do not infect/influence social and/or political structures – this phenomenon is […]

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Boris Johnson and the Burka Row

For me this row over Boris Johnson’s comments about the Burka is about one thing and one thing only; the question of Freedom of Speech not only as a right but also the consistency by which we apply it when we’re stating our opinion about what is “perceived” to be relating […]

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