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More Delusions About Religion

Heather Hastie — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 04:31:10 +0000

I saw this Letter to the Editor in George Takei’s Facebook feed yesterday. I’m not sure which newspaper it’s from, but it’s probably an Australian one because the writer is from Kalangadoo, which is a tiny settlement in South Australia. It’s not easy to read, so here’s my re-typing of it: If you are worried […]

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Auē Tēnei Wiki: Paris, France

Heather Hastie — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 02:45:08 +0000

What else? France has experienced their 9/11. The Friday 13th myth originated in France, and DAESH has made it a reality. I was happily supermarket shopping on a beautiful sunny morning when the first of seven suicide bombers detonated his vest yesterday morning New Zealand time. I didn’t know what had happened until several hours […]

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What’s Important to Voters in the USA?

Heather Hastie — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:51:09 +0000

On 3 August 2015 Fox News released a survey of the political climate in the United States. Conducted from 30 July to 2 August by Anderson Roberts Research (D) and Shaw and Company Research (R) it has a margin of error of +/- 3 percent. (I was immediately struck by the fact that even some […]

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Bangladesh: Another Atheist Blogger Hacked to Death

Heather Hastie — Thu, 14 May 2015 02:45:02 +0000

On 21 April, Bangladesh’s The Daily Star published an opinion article entitled The extent of freedom of expression. It was written by senior law lecturer Mirza Farzana Iqbal Chowdhury of Daffodil International University, a private university in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. It took the same line I have seen over and over again from Bangladeshi […]

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The War Against Boko Haram

Heather Hastie — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:47:10 +0000

Two days ago Vice News released a short documentary filmed in March. Their reporter Kaj Larsen was embedded with the Nigerian Army as they battled Boko Haram and freed the town of Bama from occupation. In an attempt to increase his popularity leading up to the election, President Jonathan had finally given the army the […]

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Boko Haram: The Scourge of Nigeria

Heather Hastie — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 05:22:29 +0000

It’s been just over a year since 219 girls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria by Boko Haram. That atrocity prompted the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Those girls still aren’t home, although there has been a report that some were seen in Gwoza just three weeks ago. (More on the significance of that […]

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The Effects of Terror

Heather Hastie — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:30:50 +0000

On Tuesday 10 February 2015, Sydney Police arrested two Muslim men. They had received information that they planned to carry out a random murder that day. On raiding the men’s home the police found a hunting knife, a DAESH flag and a self-made video describing their motivations the BBC reports. The men were apparently previously […]

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Calling it like it is: Islamic Terrorism

Heather Hastie — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:06:36 +0000

In the United States there is a growing rift between Democrats and Republicans on how to describe the terrorism in the Middle East and northern Nigeria. (As if politics in America needed any more rifts!) The Obama administration will not use the word “Islamic” in conjunction with “terrorism”. This decision is supported by the far […]

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Netanyahu’s Fantasy

Heather Hastie — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 18:20:59 +0000

In an interview with Fareed Zakaria recently, Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced his commitment to a two-state solution with Palestine, but insisted that the only way it would work is if Israel had a permanent, or at least long-term, military presence in Palestine. This is a preposterous suggestion, and as long as he insists […]

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