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Islam: The Shia-Sunni divide

Islam is one of the world’s major religions and; as reported by “Inside Islam”, a History Channel Broadcast; with about 95% of the world’s Muslim population, the Shia and Sunni sects wield considerable influence in world affairs. Despite...

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Saddam Hussein's Death was not worth it

It is now the middle of the year 2011 and it has been almost five years since Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death and executed. If you are a person that believes in having a more peaceful world, you would think that removing...

11 comments    politics iraq middle east
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The Coming of Jesus Christ again

Jesus Christ tells us when he will come again and the signs leading upto his coming.

13 comments    life god religion
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Humanist's Guide to Religion: Islam

This series of articles analyzes and ranks the major religions of the world according to humanism. This article explores the two major sects of Islam and ranks them on the humanist scale. Three primary criteria of humanism are considered: safety and violence, intellectual rigidity/ openness to skepticism, and material wealth. Statistics and data from a variety of sources are used to compile humanist scores for both religious communities, the Sunni and Shia.

5 comments    god religion science
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RAPE: It's Now Legal in Afghanistan

 You know when control is lost when the man you chose to lead a country allows, for politcal gains, the legal rape of women. This is what has happened very recently when President Karzai of Afghanistan signed the law into effect to bolster his...

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The United States, Kurdistan, and the Future of Iraq.

At the end of WWI, the victorious allies were creating a massive plan to divide what was left of the once great Ottoman Empire. The allies met in 1919 at the Versailles Conference where then US President Woodrow Wilson unsuccessfully pushed for the...

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Afghanistan's Rape Law is Modified LOL

The Afghanistan government under President Karzai has finally succumbed to international pressure for a logical explanation that Westerners would understand. Here are the official reasons provided: The law...

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The Battle for Iraq from Within: Political Foes

With billions of US dollars and many American lives, the Iraqi war militarily, is fading as 2011 approaches. While we did free the country from a tyrant, the next year will truly be the ultimate test for the...

1 comment    iraq war maliki promised day brigade
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Marriage and Sex Around the World

Sex and marriage around the world and through history.

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The Difficulty Of Seeing Through The Fog Of The Arab Spring...

The Difficulty Of Seeing Through The Fog Of The Arab Spring… My brother has a saying that there are those who are incapable of self-governance… that these people need autocrats and the like to dictate their lives; I do not subscribe to my...

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