Again and again we see it: the world’s worst offenders in denying people religious freedom, the world’s worst human rights abusers, the worst countries in the world for atheists, the worst countries in the world for Christians, the worst countries in the world for women, — it’s always Muslim countries topping the lists, again and again and again. They would be the world’s worst countries in the world for Jews as well, but most Muslim countries expelled their entire Jewish populations after the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. All this data should show people that Islam and the culture it creates are a massive source of human misery. But to say that would be “islamophobic.”
“Top 10 Best, Worst Countries for Atheists Ranked: USA Among Best, Islamic Regimes the Worst,” by Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post, October 30, 2018:
A secular watchdog group has ranked the best and worst countries for atheists and non-religious people, finding the United States to be among the best, with Islamic regimes making up the worst.
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The International Humanist and Ethical Union released on Monday its seventh annual Freedom of Thought Report at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, which for the first time included national rankings.
“This is a world’s first. For the first time our report will show, with authority and accuracy, the discrimination faced by people around the world because of their nonreligious beliefs. This report paints a dark picture, with significant discrimination faced by our nonreligious friends and colleagues around the world,” said Andrew Copson, president of the IHEU.
“At a time of growing nationalism, we continue to see those who are brave enough to criticize and critique conservative religious leaders demonized as ‘unpatriotic’ and ‘subversive,'” he added.
The rankings included considerations such as the approach to religious freedom by governments, as well as educational, societal, and freedom of expression issues.
Belgium, the Netherlands, and Taiwan shared the No. 1 spot in the Top 10 best countries for nonreligious people list, followed by France, Japan, Nauru, São Tomé and Príncipe, Norway, the United States, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Saudi Arabia was identified as the worst country for atheists, followed by Iran, Afghanistan, Maldives, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Mauritania, Malaysia, Sudan, and Brunei.
“In the worst spot, Saudi Arabia comes into particular criticism for a 2014 law defining the ‘promotion of atheist thought in any form’ as terrorism, and for the prosecution of liberal activists and campaigners generally, including a death sentence handed down in 2017 for an alleged ‘apostate,’ Ahmad Al-Shamri, on the accusation of atheism,” IHEU noted…..
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Suresh
5 years ago
And Left/Libs have been bringing jihad right into America.
Atheism (or some prefer non-theism or anti-theism) is as much of a religion to its adherents as popular Christianity and rabbinic Judaism is to their adherents.
Have you read about the number of times that someone would refer to him as “George” or “George Shaw” and he would become irate to the point of being incensed …. “My name is BERNARD.”?
Atheism and Islam are promoted. ANYTHING but Christianity and Old Testament Judaism is promoted. Long story why I did this… but I was looking at courses over at Rutgers University. Beyond the usual way of denigrating Judaism, they have a course called, Violence in the Old Testament.
50:840:215 Gods, Sex, and Violence in the Old Testament (Gen Ed: HAC)
This course introduces select books of the Tanakh (Old Testament), as well as the history behind them, in order to examine some of the most unusual, strange and fascinating stories, legends and folktales in the Bible and try to understand them from the point of view of the cultures in which they were written.
50:840:233 Introduction to Islam
TBA.
Where are the courses on Introduction to Judaism, Christianity Hindu, Buddhism etc.
WHY ONLY ISLAM! BTW Linda Sarsour also attended Rutgers University.
Can you seriously imagine ANYTHING derogatory about Islam?
ALL of their courses are ANTI Judeo Christian.
ALL OF THEM WITH NO EXCEPTION!
This is taking place on more colleges and universities than you want to think about.
In muslim countries, westerners accept muslim demmands or muslims will get angry!
In the West, westerners accept muslim demmands or muslims will get angry! Lol hahaha
Yes, you’re exhibiting all the signs of late stage dementia, with an emphasis on extreme delusions of grandeur. Don’t worry, it won’t be long now. Best to just keep calm and stay off the keyboard at state hospital.
Liatris Spicata
5 years ago
“Top 10 Best, Worst Countries for Atheists Ranked: USA Among Best, Islamic Regimes the Worst,” by Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post, October 30, 2018:
One wonders, did this come as any surprise to readers of the Christian Post?
Sadly, I think a considerable majority of Americans do not care about this. And even to the extent they do, they don’t see the Democrat Party with being a driving force to bring this sort of intolerance to the USA.
Atheism is embraced in America. The outcome of the mid-term elections is proof that atheism is spreading rapidly. Secular education K-Grad School has led the charge. People are still willing fork out enormous sums of money into secular education intended to indoctrinate, not educate, its charges.
In one of the suburbs, in which I own property (too dayammed many), the property tax rates, in the past decade, have gone from 1.96% of assessed market valuation to 5.1%. That means that a two hundred thousand dollar house is now taxed at over Ten Thousand US Yankee Greenback Dollars, per annum. When property tax rates were around 1.6%, it had one of the highest rated school districts in the state. Today, it’s a two, out of a maximum of five, on “Academic Watch”. Each freakin’ levy is “For the Children” ….. The other eastern suburbs have increased rather dramatically, but nothing compared to that one. And, it’s always “For the Children”. When close to 2/3 of rental income goes towards property taxes … Time to sell out … fork the tenants.
Thank G-d for proposition 13 in Caliphornia — but the Communist DemonR@t scumbags still jack up property taxes annually by as much as they possibly can.
It amazes me. When Spooklid’s property tax rates were around 1.6%, the school system had the highest state score (5) possible. When they approached 2%, they still retained the highest rating. When they broke above 2.5% they slipped to a four. Each levy (in nohio all property tax levies must go to public ballot) brought lower school ratings. Each increase had been sold as, “It’s For the Children”. At 3.5%, the school rating broke to a 4. “It’s For the Children” brought in increase upon increase … Finally, when they hit around 4% the rating had fallen to a 2. So, more rounds of “It’s For the Children” took the rate to over 5% … and the school rating was still a 2, but had the added nicety of “On Academic Watch” following it.
And just what, may I ask, do you get in return for that 5.1% you pay in property taxes. Nothing? That’s ok. The idiots in CA just voted to keep the draconian gas tax. We’re damn near $4 gal. For maintaining “the roads” they say.
What do we get? We get a 2 out of 5 school rating, on “Academic Watch”. Other burbs, in which I own properties are under 4%. Shaker Heights, which is around 5.75% … I sold all of my properties in that city, when they crossed 5. Lookin’ to do the same in spooklid. Seriously, I have a property that rents for 1275, The county appraiser just revalued it at 237,000. That’s $12.807.00 in property tax. Insurance runs around twelve hundy …. maintenance, averaged out, runs about around 1200 per year. Assuming that house is ALWAYS rented, I net $213.00 per year. But … hayull, it’s “For the Children”. I’ll put it on the market at 200, take 180 to 190. Then, on to the other two in spooklid. When are interest rates ever going to return to normal levels?
That’s an example of one property, I have multiple others that have done similar. Time to sell out anything valued at 150-250 and just cash out, or buy lesser properties and add to my “slum-lord” portfolio.
I am involved with commercial properties. Residential used to give the best bang for the buck. However, unless you go Section 8, returns are really thin. I refuse to rent Section 8. I may not be a solution, but I don’t want to be a part of the problem. Too many lazy-ass, worthless pieces of drek … I can’t stop my tax dollars from going to them, but I don’t have to let them live in one of my houses. Any of my suburban 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath houses would Section 8 out at around 2100. I rent most for around 1500. Families that work hard for their money deserve a decent place to live. But, after a while …. either join the welfare party or get out of the business.
Correct me if I’m wrong but, if you go the Section 8 route, you are then subject to all kinds of additional gov regulations, etc. The tenants can make complaints ad infinitum and make life a living hell for you.
Not true. Landlord-tenant law, in nohio, is very strict. Moreover, individual cities can place additional requisites. For example, in nohio, if someone simply moves out (skips out) and leaves tons of trash, by law I have to store all of that trash (even garbage bags) for six months, in case they return at a later date, and lay claim to “valuable” possessions. The Section 8 route voids this. I simply have to contact the local agency, that administers HUD for Section 8, and have them give the go-ahead for clean out. In many ways, Section 8 is easy flyin’. A Section 8 inspection is quite loose, in comparison to most of the suburb’s annual inspections … Anyone that told you that …. they were tellin’ “windys”.
I had a friend who managed an apartment bldng. in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. One day some hispanic/latino gangbangers got into an altercation w/his maintenance man (who was black) and threw him off a 4th story balcony. Later that day some black gangbangers showed up, broke down the door into the hispanic/latino gangbangers’ apartment and killed everyone in it. The next day every tenant who wasn’t section eight gave their 30 day notice. At this point my friend also gave notice to his employers. Now the apartment bldng. is nothing but section eights.
Most of my rentals, in the suburbs, are between 2100 sq. ft. and 2600. My goal was to provide nice homes to hard working people. When I purchased them, All bathrooms and kitchens were updated, with stone flooring and nice cabinetry. Section 8 will pay at, or about, $2100 per month. I have been renting them for around $1500, one as low as $1275. It’s hard for working people to throw more than 1500 bucks at rent …. What just pisses me off, beyond measure, is that some non-working so-and-so, with enough children to qualify for a four bedroom home … can do nothing and live in a nice suburban home. It just sucks. But, with taxes being what they are … Turn to welfare residents … or cash out … put the money into houses that I call my “slum lord portfolio”.
ANY philosophy course pushes ATHEISM. at any college or university. I took a philosophy course as an adult to brush up for the LSAT. It was presented as being a course on “logic”. LOL! I will never forget how there was another guy in the class who was also looking at the professor like
Marty Feldman as the professor totally defied logic and preached atheism. At first we thought he was challenging us to give the other side to what he was stating but quickly learned that wasn’t the case. This goes back over 20 years ago! It was in the late 1990’s. They absolutely want us to be either atheists or Muslims.
I’d wager that it did come as a surprise to far too many readers of the Christian Post, based on my experience in more than a few churches. The average person who calls themselves Christian is ten miles wide and one inch deep on the doctrines of the faith and anything outside of their own daily bubble. No friend, they hardly even venture a thought about the Church universal…
Thank the mega churches with their ridiculous, “seeker friendly” services for watering things down. You don’t have to drag in politics. All you have to do is preach what the Bible states. Can you seriously imagine Christ approving of abortion or LBGT? Yet, look how people react to anyone not embracing it. or defending it. I am not suggesting we throw them off rooftops or hang them. Saying it is wrong, is not the equivalent of murdering them. It is a choice! It may even get to the point where being a heterosexual is considered abnormal. Ideally LBGT would love that.
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