Saudi Arabia eases rules for women in hotels, paper

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi authorities, breaking with religious codes that require women to be accompanied by a male guardian, have decided to allow women to stay in hotels on their own, a newspaper reported on Monday. A royal decree allowed the Ministry of Commerce and...

Christian Attempt To Rewrite History - completely insane

"Whereas the United States Supreme Court has declared throughout the course of our Nation's history that the United States is 'a Christian country', 'a Christian nation', 'a Christian people', 'a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being' and that...

Afghan Prison Looks Like Another Guantanamo

"Afghan Prison Looks Like Another Guantanamo By William Fisher A sketch by Thomas V. Curtis, a former Reserve M.P. sergeant, showing how a 22-year-old Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar was allegedly chained to the ceiling of his cell. He later died in custody. NEW YORK, Jan...

Religious Affairs minister denounces violence against deviant sects

""Such acts are criminal," the minister said on the occasion of the Religious Affairs Ministry`s 62nd Service Day here Thursday. He said the law-enforcing agencies would deal with followers of those religious sects in accordance with prevailing regulations and laws. The...

Professor Cites Bible in Faulting Tax Policies

"At a time when some voters are asking how the religious views of candidates will shape their policies, a professor’s discovery of how little tax the biggest landowners in her state paid to finance the government has prompted some other legal scholars to scour religious...

Yudhoyono asks Indonesian haj pilgrims to pray for nation

"Religious Affairs Minister M Maftuh Basyuni said President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono has congratulated Indonesian haj pilgrims in Mecca and asked them to pray for the safety and welfare of the Indonesian nation.Speaking before Indonesian haj pilgrimage personnel and officials...

Minister: staying permits in Saudi Arabia often abused

"In 2007, the number of Indonesians already deported had reached 22,116. The deportation cost was covered by the Saudi Arabian government including for the deportation of 600 Indonesians who were arrested in Aziziah, Mekkah, last Friday. As to the newly arrested Indonesians,...

Freethought Society Mocks Christmas Tree Tradition

A Tree of KnowledgeAtheists in Philadelphia have apparently chosen Christmas time to start their own tradition of putting up a cut pine tree…only instead of Christmas decorations, the tree is adorned with book covers.The Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia's ‘A...

Security situation in areas berdering PNG under control

"He expressed hope that with good communication and coordination among the relevant parties, no "Bintang Kejora" (Morning Star) flag (of the OPM) would be hoisted anywhere in the region."Our region is indeed vulnerable to security disturbances as it borders on PNG while...

Dawkins publisher may be tried for attack on 'sacred values'

"A Turkish prosecutor is considering whether to prosecute the Turkish publisher of Richard Dawkins' bestselling atheist polemic, The God Delusion, on the grounds that it incites religious hatred. The publisher, Erol Karaaslan, said today that he expected to be questioned on...