Stories about Religion from July, 2008
India: Angry Hindus
Indian Muslims Blog on the concept of an “Angry Hindu” who complains when concessions are made for Muslims on religious grounds, not quite realizing that Hindus receive similar concessions as well.
Bulgaria: Intolerance and Gay Pride
Kyle Grady of What's Going Down? writes about “Sofia's week of intolerance” leading up to Bulgaria's first gay pride parade: “The parade itself, which was marked by confusion, anxiety, and tension, felt more like a final verdict than the main event, and I'm happy to report that in spite of...
Pakistan: Comparing Weddings
An email forward with photographs of weddings of the sons of the Pakistani Prime Minister the Iranian President (Ahmadinejad) has A Jaywalker's Diary thinking.
Vietnam: Dissident monk passes away
Ven. Thich Huyen Quang, the Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam has passed away. Vietnam Human Rights Journal comments: “It is sad that a man of Thich Huyen Quang's stature could have been forced into a form of internal exile in central Vietnam, essentially cut off from...
Tunisia: Muslim While Flying
Blogger Tunisianbelle shares a horrific story of being searched, her clothes being torn, and subsequently missing her flight, all due to the way she was dressed.
Bahrain: Bloggers’ Code of Ethics Against Sectarianism
With the political divide in Bahrain usually framed in sectarian terms, blogger Mahmood Al Yousif has posted a code of ethics aimed at stopping the propagation of hate online.
Jamaica: Biblical concerns
A project of the Bible Society of the West Indies to translate The Bible into “Patois” and have it published, is getting much attention in Jamaica. Living in Barbados joins the debate.
Egypt: The Lollipop and The Flies
The image above is been circulated for a while via email. It's one of those campaigns targeting women in order to cover their body and get veiled. But many bloggers in Egypt found it offensive and pathetic. The Egyptian SandMonkey wrote a post about it entitled boys are flies, girls...
Israel's fan in Tunisia
Zizou from Djerba recently introduced his readers [Fr] to Souheil Ftouh, whom he describes as "surely the most pro-Jewish and admiring of Israel of all Tunisian Arabs :-)", a man whose perspectives, unorthodox for a Tunisian, left Zizou's readers respond a bit appalled.
