Uncommon Ground Archives - Page 49 of 100

What Really Happened With Lesbian Protestors At Pride London Yesterday?

July 8, 2018 | by Jo Bartosch | 54 Comments

A campaigning group, called 'Get the L Out', protesting harassment of young lesbians for same-sex attraction are being smeared in the media as marching against 'against trans women'. Read more

Pride is a Safe Place for LGBT people of Muslim Heritage – A response to Al-Kadhi In The Guardian

July 5, 2018 | by Jimmy Bangash | 1 Comments

Pride is an important, welcoming place for LGBT people of Muslim heritage, including liberal Muslims and ex-Muslims. Amrou Al-Kadhi’s article in The Guardian paints a bleak picture of London Pride. It contains inaccurate citations of placards and, more menacingly, erases the bastion of hope and progress that the parade symbolises for many LGBT people of Muslim heritage. Life […] Read more

Understanding The Lure Of Tommy Robinson In 2018 Britain

July 2, 2018 | by Dana Forrest | 0 Comments

English anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson’s recent imprisonment has caused an uproar in Britain, with thousands protesting his arrest. Are they justified? Read more

Polarization and the Delegitimization of Different Political and Moral Foundations

July 1, 2018 | by Ilana R. Akresh | 0 Comments

Polarization is in part due to an unwillingness to understand differing political and moral foundations of our fellow citizens. Mani was a third century Iranian prophet famous for an eponymous religious movement that saw the world as an ongoing battle between forces of good and evil. Within this framework, human beings were seen as the […] Read more

Andrés Manuel López Obrador: A Mexican Donald Trump?

July 1, 2018 | by Scott Davies | 0 Comments

Mexico is set to vote in left-wing populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador in its election on Sunday, who has been likened to Donald Trump by some observers. Mexico’s federal elections, scheduled for July 1, comes at an important moment for the nation. The incumbent Industrial Revolution Party (PRI) are struggling in the polls and are […] Read more

Science and Faith: Is There Really a Conflict? – A Conversation with Professor Tom McLeish

June 25, 2018 | by Scott Jacobsen | 2 Comments

Science and faith are often seen as battling each other for dominance. Is it possible for them to coexist? Read more

Of Superheroes and Humans: Kimberley Motley’s Fight for Human Rights in Afghanistan

June 22, 2018 | by Sarah Mills | 0 Comments

Attorney Kimberley Motley shares her creative approaches to justice for women in Afghanistan and the psychological toll of her most harrowing cases. Read more

Ramin Hossein Panahi – Kurdish Dissident In Iran To Die Today

June 22, 2018 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

As young Kurdish Iranian dissident Ramin Hossein Panahi heads to his death, a look at the desperate efforts, locally and internationally to save him. According to the Iran Human Rights Monitor, there has been a call to Iran from the United Nations (UN) human rights experts. The call is for an annulment of the death […] Read more

What Does Jordan Peterson’s Enforced Monogamy Actually Look Like?

June 19, 2018 | by CNLifestyle | 16 Comments

Monogamy enforced by social norms is an easily observable phenomenon in many parts of the world–and its consequences are deadly. Read more

The Heartless Hypocrisy of the British Government on Medicinal Cannabis

June 18, 2018 | by Jacob Kishere | 0 Comments

The Home Office continues to refuse a boy suffering epileptic seizures life-saving medicine while conservative elites profit from Cannabis exports. The conservative government and Home Office have refused repeated requests by the mother of a boy suffering from sporadic epileptic fits and autism to get life-saving cannabis oil-based medicine. Billy Caldwell was hospitalised last night in […] Read more

It began with Rene Descartes and was called the Age of Enlightenment-Another Patriarchal mirror of truth.

You can see Hatun regularly on YouTube. They film her ongoing confrontations with Muslim men at Speakers Corner (wearing her…

It's good to be reminded of this courageous woman Stella, and would that the police had acted more alertly when…

Category: Uncommon Ground