A new Turkish TV gameshow is bringing together a Christian priest, a Muslim imam, and 10 non-believers to try and convert them. Converts win a free pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion.
Can we please have a representative of the Flying Spaghetti Monster there? Because
Anyway, it sounds harmless enough. But Islamic leaders, surprise surprise, are offended:
“Doing something like this [...]
This video mongers fear by insisting that if Christians don’t start having more babies and converting Muslims, Islam is going to take over the world:
Historically, both Christianity and Islam have been pretty cruel and evil when they control nations. I’d rather have neither.
Hilarious advice to the Abrahamic religions by Marcus Brigstocke:
A 12-year old Iranian boy registered for their presidential election, but his application was turned down.
I found his campaign promises amusing:
Mozouni said he would ban computer games and raise wages of male parents so that mothers do not have to work.
Mozouni has also promised to pass a law that lets women have jobs only if [...]
Mathurine, an ex-Muslim, has some advice for ex-Mulsims:
Embrace Your Anger — “You were lied to. You were betrayed. You were fooled. You have the right to be angry.”
Get Over Your Regret — “Kick yourself in the ass a few times. Mourn everything you lost. But pick yourself up and get on with it. You already wasted [...]
If this were from The Onion, it would be funny. But since it’s from Reuters, it’s hilarious:
Afghanistan’s only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.
The [...]
What kind of crazy government would allow this?
A Saudi Arabian judge has refused to overturn a ruling that declared the arranged marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a 47-year-old man legal, a relative says.
The judge, Sheikh Habib Habib, ruled for the second time Saturday in Onaiza that the girl’s marriage to a friend of her [...]
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