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By Laura Davis | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Friday, 11 May 2012 at 5:14 pm
Islam and Christianity must renovate religion: Atheists have to stop trashing it
Atheists must learn that religion has a great deal to teach us, while religious leaders must reform Religion to better connect with and inform people of their faiths’ inner meanings, argues Omar Shaheed.
By Omar Shahid | Arts - News, notes and quotes on the Arts world -, Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Friday, 11 May 2012 at 4:00 am
Facing modern-day stress with time-tested tools
Stress is not a new concept, but we live in an age which is constantly creating fresh varieties of angst to add to our mental in-tray. Technology can be a prime trigger of modern stress, but could a more traditional approach to dealing with symptoms offer a cure?
By Tony Lobl | Health, Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Thursday, 10 May 2012 at 11:06 am
As long as the Catholic Church pushes homophobia, it shouldn’t be allowed to run state schools
You have to hand it to the Catholic Church. It takes a certain level of chutzpah to come through arguably the most widespread global paedophile scandal in human history and its subsequent alleged cover-up, and still be dishing out moral guidance on ‘disordered sexual practices.’
By Ruth Whippman | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Tuesday, 1 May 2012 at 10:13 am
Same-sex couples who want to embrace marriage should be a cause for rejoicing in the Christian Church
There is a quiet rumbling that has been gradually getting louder for the past decade or so, and which is only now breaking the surface and demanding attention. It is one of the remaining discriminations suffered by thousands of people in Britain each day, and finally society’s attitude towards it is beginning to change. It [...]
By Elizabeth Fry | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Tuesday, 24 April 2012 at 4:55 pm
Why instrusive evangelists should leave their beliefs at the door
During “Holy Week” of 2012, I found that a leaflet had been posted through my door inviting me to a commemoration of Jesus’ death the following day and a “Bible- based discourse” entitled “Is it later than you think?” a few days later.
By Sebastian Murphy-Bates | Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Sunday, 15 April 2012 at 9:00 am
Sex slaves sold in the name of religion
Once upon a time there was a woman who was the wife of a great Hindu sage. The sage and his wife had taken a vow of celibacy. One day she was at the river and she saw two sprites “frolicking” with each other. She wished that she and her husband could be sexually free too. The husband sensed her sexual desires and was so angry he ordered her to be beheaded.
By Emily Jupp | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Wednesday, 28 March 2012 at 12:03 am
Some online dating advice for Cardinal Keith O’Brien
Cardinal Keith O’ Brien made an interesting comparison the other day. Writing for the Sunday Telegraph, he asked his readers to “imagine for a moment that the Government had decided to legalise slavery but assured us that “no one will be forced to keep a slave””. What he seemed to be doing was equating gay marriage with slavery. I would like to make another comparison, which I believe is more accurate and hopefully more helpful: which is that discovering God can be a little like online dating.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook - A selection of Independent views -, Opinion | Tuesday, 6 March 2012 at 10:05 am
Mitt Romney faces competition for Nevada’s Mormon vote
The outcome of tomorrow’s Republican caucus in Nevada is likely to be decided by a spectacular turnout from local Mormons, who make up around 7 percent of residents but (as I reported this morning) are expected to cast 30 percent of votes.
Received wisdom has it that nine out of ten of them will back Mitt [...]
By Guy Adams | The Foreign Desk - International dispatches from Independent correspondents -, iPolitics | Friday, 3 February 2012 at 7:11 pm
Islamophobia: Why we have to get over our fears
‘Islamophobia is the new racism’ is now a seeming truism, or so Baroness Warsi and many others would have us believe. She claims that Islamophobia has ‘passed the dinner table test’ and that anti-Muslim prejudice is now normal and uncontroversial in respectable society. Warsi’s views are echoed by many British Muslims, who claim to experience such prejudice daily.
By Rania Hafez | Battle of Ideas | Monday, 7 November 2011 at 6:00 am
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