“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I’m not religious at all. I think faith is something that gives you strength. I believe in fate and I believe that things happen for a reason but I don’t think that there’s a high power, necessarily. I believe in karma very much though. There are so many rude people around and they’re the people that don’t have any real friends. And relationships with people – with your mum, your nan, your dog – are what you get the most happiness in life from. Apart from shoes and bags. “

- Amy Winehouse

“Religion. It’s given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.”

- Charlie Chaplin

“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.” – Mark Twain

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Read the full article here. It’s amazing how some religious zealots don’t stop at one evil but are willing to go to lengths to find enemies to their cause. Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan has went out for no apparent reason to name Rihanna “filthy” and her fans “swine.” Let’s have a little look at this man’s resume. First, he is one of Muammar al-Gaddafi‘s closest and most unrepentant allies (Also, he supports Robert Mugabe‘s torturous regime). Second, he has called for the social massacre of LGBT people. Third, he has supported sexist agenda and continues to do so. Fourth, he is an outspoken anti-semite. This is just to name a few. So, basically his evil is not contained. If he dislikes Rihanna, that’s a compliment to her.

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“Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise” – William Shakespeare

“A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.”
- Granville Hicks

“Music is my religion”

- Jimi Hendrix

“All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt, with different holidays.”

- Cathy Ladman

Artwork by Tareq Al-Sultan.

“Certainty in the next life is simply incompatible with tolerance in this one.”

- Sam Harris

“The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.”

- William Kingdon Clifford

Faith Evans is set to release her newest album Something About Faith and it will be the fifth album that has the word “faith” in the title! Yes, she loves herself that much. Except, we are not too sure about the concept of the album it verges on the religious side and we liked the faith that did smooth love with slick beats like “Mesmerized” and “I Love You.” But, her voice is still up to par in this video and anything from her is good right about now. Also, Keyshia Cole and Kelly Price are set to be featured on this release.

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“Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion”

- Gandhi

“There was a time when religion rules the world. It is known as the Dark Ages.”

- Ruth Hurmence Green

Same old, same old. Madonna in a leotard doing things to a crucifix. And they call her the queen of re-invention? Bitch, please!

Happy Earth Day everyone, we hope that you take into consideration what you are giving back and how you live your day-to-day life. As we have one earth and that is paramount to any other belief or ideology. Have a good one.

“I see life as a dance. Does a dance have to have a meaning? You’re dancing because you enjoy it.”

- Jackie Mason

“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

This had to come at some point. These are the same people that wanted to ban Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna and more. She’s not GG Allen here, but she rattled some feathers and we love it. It wasn’t that risque, it’s actually caricature-ish pop. Who can do art or speak of progress and please the conservatives these days? They honestly need to shut up and put up because this is no time to go backwards. Gaga is merely an iconoclast of the times, the wave is much bigger, sweet “midwest and under the bible belt” Sandy. Oh, and, of course it had to be on the most accurate and non-partisan network – Fox.

Neo-soul star and video hunk D’Angelo has been arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a female police officer impersonating a street hooker. Yes, some police officer left all other crimes and went after a man with a boner. First, prostitution is the world’s oldest profession and, really, should not be illegal. Second, this female officer dressed up in her whore garb and went on the streets looking to catch someone, isn’t that called entrapment? Seriously, so people need to get off their moral high horse and recognize a real crime when the see one. That’s just a whole lotta time and energy and money wasted onto something that is unstoppable. The officer should have been pleased that a soul master who oozes sex lie D’Angelo offered to have a romp with her.

As if being displaced, oppressed and having your land and national identity taken away from you, this douche-lord thought it was a blast to pour some wine over a helpless Palestinian pedestrian walking in Hebron a land considered holy by both Muslims and Jews. Yes, this little prick thought it would be appropriate to assault a woman that looks twice his age with a liquid prohibited in her beliefs. This is just an image that was taken, there’s no saying on what the Palestinians have to go through when the camera are not there or when the western press refuses to publish something. Had this woman not been a Palestinian woman this would be all over the news. Sad, sad overlooking of human rights.

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Some Hindu group is mad at Cheryl Cole for what they think is a portrayal of the goddess Kali in here new video for “Parachute.” We don’t recall that scene in that video. From what we remember, it was pretty kosher. Anyway, here is the full article from Yahoo Music: “Hindu leaders have taken aim at pop star Cheryl Cole after learning she’ll be portraying Indian goddess Kali in her new video. Reports suggest the singer will be all-blue for the promo of Parachute – and Hindus are far from happy.

Religious scholar Rajan Zed has called for “clarification” from Cole, explaining, “The goddess Kali is highly revered in Hinduism and she’s meant to be worshipped in temples, and not to be duplicated in music videos for publicity stunts or thrown around loosely for dramatic effects.”

Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, adds, “This should not be taken lightly. No faith, larger or smaller, should be ridiculed. The inappropriate use of Hinduism concepts and symbols is not OK.

“We welcome entertainers who immerse themselves in Hinduism, but they should take it seriously and respectfully and not just for indecorous showing of Hindu symbols and concepts to advance their selfish agenda. Casual flirting sometimes results in pillaging serious spiritual doctrines and revered symbols and hurting the devotees.”

Cole isn’t the first star to upset Hindus by portraying Kali – Heidi Klum became a target when she dressed up as the deity for a Halloween party in 2008. And Natalie Portman upset religious leaders when she portrayed another Indian religious figure, Princess Carmensita, in then-boyfriend Devendra Banhart’s Carmensita video.

These are four pictures from 1959, 1978, 1995 and 2004 respectively of the graduating class of Cairo Univeristy’s English Department. They showcase the change of societal norm in an epoch of a country’s nation. It would be interesting to study the correlation between the political sphere of the times and how it impacts social attributes. How political dynamism, corruption, standard of living, totalitarianism and the state of feminist thought can or cannot impact the same people of the same within decades. And how piety can angulate so quickly with the times and for what reason, if you get my breeze.  Also, it’s also peculiar how the English department has waned with time, but that’s another subject.

Oh, the religious crazies are always great for a good laugh. They seem to like singing a song written by the person they condemn. As the case with all these lunatics, this wouldn’t be an issue had it been a man.