Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson’s views on homosexuality have been condemned by many as “hate speech,” yet his words were infinitely less savage than those contained in the Old Testament. If we are to accept that Robertson’s rhetoric represents hate speech, then the Bible should immediately be banned because it openly incites violence against gays. Compare what Robertson told GQ Magazine... 

Previously, Russian village life used to be associated with rosy village women, fresh air and clean snow. Nowadays, village life in the minds of many Russians brings up such associations as rickety black huts, deserted villages, bad roads, or their absence. What crippled the Russian village? Russia was traditionally considered an agrarian country. Before the Great October Socialist Revolution, revenues... 

During these early days of the 21st Century when hundreds of millions of Christians around the world are facing unprecedented modern day prosecution, and over 100,000 of them are being killed each year for their beliefs, the Sorcha Faal in her latest epic tome unveils the secret hidden truth that the death of Jesus was a deliberate suicide revealing to all humanity the absurdity of physical life when... 

Speculation has been raised that Pope Francis has been venturing out of the Vatican at night, disguised as a priest and meeting with the homeless in Rome. In a recent interview with Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, who has headed up the centuries-old position of seeking out the poor handing out alms for the Catholic Church, Krajewski seemed to imply that Pope Francis has been joining him on his nightly... 

An Israeli woman has been sentenced to paying $140 per day for refusing to circumcise her one year old son until the boy undergoes the procedure as required by Jewish law. “The baby was born with a medical problem, so we couldn’t circumcise him on the eighth day as is customary,” Haaretz has quoted the boy’s mother Elinor as saying. The boy is now over one year old. “As time went on, I started... 

Angola has reportedly banned the religion of Islam and begun destroying mosques, becoming the first country in the world to do so. On Friday, several newspapers in the South African country quoted the Angolan Minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva, as saying that “the process of legalization of Islam has not been approved by the Ministry of Justice and Human rights… Mosques would therefore... 

The biggest inconvenient truth is Al Gore has refused the environmental solutions he has been screaming for since 1994/5. I’ve told Al for a long time now screaming for a solution isn’t a solution, and neither is suppressing the solution you scream for. Al has spent decades announcing that the world needs something that will somehow finally achieve, what everyone else has proven they can’t,... 

For the first time since 2011, the Russian and Syrian presidents spoke on the phone to discuss developments in the Syria crisis. Vladimir Putin called Bashar Assad about the Geneva-2 peace talks and the destruction of Syria’s chemical stockpile. President Putin called President Assad to talk about the preparations for the Syria peace talks, and to share Russia’s concerns over the reports of a... 

Singing songs, clapping hands, praising acts of giving and community work – all the things present in a Church have now found an official home in so-called ‘atheist mega-churches’, a quirky idea spreading like wildfire across the Western world. One of the latest countries to come into contact with the trend is the United States, with dozens of gatherings by those sharing in their non-belief... 

The Catholic Church has lashed out at the Israeli government, after its property in East Jerusalem was bulldozed to the ground. Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinian flats were marked for demolition just before US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit. Last week Israeli security forces arrived with bulldozers at a piece of property owned by the Catholic Church in east Jerusalem, close to the West... 

US President Barrack Obama has told his top aides during the 2012 presidential campaign that he is “really good at killing people”, according to a new book. The book titled “Double Down: Game Change 2012,” is written by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. According to the book, the US president made the remarks while discussing country’s controversial assassination drone... 

On Monday, an alleged terrorist attack took place at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. A passenger vehicle crashed into the crowd and then burst into flames. Five people were killed, 38 injured and hospitalized. Some police sources associate the incident with the Uighurs, a Muslim separatist-minded population of China. Has jihad come to China? On Tuesday, Reuters agency, citing informed sources, reported... 

In an effort to attract a booming class of wealthy Muslim investors, Britain will be the first non-Islamic country to issue sovereign Islamic bonds, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced on Tuesday. Islamic finance is an opportunity not to be missed: Islamic investments have jumped 150 percent in the last seven years, and are due to be worth $2.1 trillion (£1.3 trillion) by 2014; Cameron told... 

The British capital city of London has topped a list of 50 worst places to live in the UK. The British capital city of London has topped a list of 50 worst places to live in the UK. London was rated as the UK’s most hated area in a book identifying the country’s least desirable locations, which is entitled “Crap Towns Returns.” The book was based on online contributions from British people... 

Pavlos of Glyfada, one of the most respected Bishops in the Orthodox church, bravely speaks out against the injustice against the people’s nationalist movement. “There are old politicians who owe money to the state. Yet they have been spared. The people know how many (referring to 0) politicians have been in prison, and instead they lock up the victims.” He then goes on to say: “They were...