Tag: religion
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The Canadian obsession with the face veil
Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands against the notion of Canadian women wearing a face veil during the oath of citizenship. His comments on the niqab have triggered a social media storm. Harper’s…
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Why is there an anti-Islamic community in Germany?
In the city of Dresden in the former East Germany a protest broke out recently by a new grassroots movement called Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West). This group…
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The line between freedoms of speech, religion and belief
According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, satire is “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize a people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary…
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Making space for prayer at Laurier Brantford
What do you think of the word ‘spirituality?’ How about ‘prayer space?’ Whether you are religious or not, Laurier Brantford’s newly created prayer space will allow you to embrace your religious and…
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To the extreme: A look at religious extremism in the west
What’s the first image that comes to mind when the word ‘terrorist’ is mentioned? Are the first thoughts that come to mind Taliban, Osama Bin Laden, the Middle East? Since that fateful…
