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Interviews

Interview: Dr. Eugenie Scott on Science, Religion and Creationism

Posted  February 7, 2013  by  Admininistrator

Today on Rational Hub, we have Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director at NCSE, who was kind enough to give us an interview despite her busy schedule. One of the most popular critics of Creationism and advocates teaching of evolution in the public schools, she is also the author of various books, including Evolution vs. Creationism: [...]

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Interviews

Interview: Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy on Science, Religion and Politics

Posted  January 21, 2013  by  Admininistrator

Eminent Pakistani physicist and activist, Professor Hoodbhoy wages a lone battle for secularism, rationalism and skepticism in Pakistan. We are proud to have him here on Rational Hub.

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Wicked Monk

All teenagers need to rebel in order to grow up

Posted  December 17, 2012  by  Wicked Monk

When I came back home this evening , my elder daughter of 13 years showed me an argumentative essay she wrote for her English homework. Topic she was given was , “All teenagers need to rebel in order to grow up”. Needless to say i was stunned. This is how it goes in-her-words as it [...]

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The Superstitious Naked Ape

Let’s bake a God!

Posted  December 11, 2012  by  John Zande

Let’s cook up a god, a capital “G” God. Seriously. Let’s bake one right here, right now, and let’s make our God one that’ll be disconcertingly hard not to believe in. It can’t be that challenging. Tens of thousands of gods have been glued together by people far stupider than me and the ingredients to build another [...]

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Womens rights Pakistan
Sobek's Digest

The Women of Pakistan – You Have a Voice, Use it

Posted  November 28, 2012  by  Pakistani Feminist

I have only ever suffered one horrific attack in my life that will probably scar me forever. But it didn’t destroy me. I suppose I consider myself luckier than many other women in the world especially in my own ethnic-origins country. I have always been well-fed, cared for (despite some family ups and downs), had [...]

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Interview: Dr. Eugenie Scott on Science, Religion and Creationism

Today on Rational Hub, we have Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director at NCSE, who was kind enough to give us an interview despite her busy schedule. One of the most popular critics of Creationism and advocates teaching of evolu...
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Women are deficient in intelligence? Sexism in Islam

“Women Are Deficient In Intelligence”…

When I used to be Sunni I remember how the immense love for religion caused me such blindness. Sort of like justice. Justice is blind and so is love. But neither is completely deaf. When something is said enough you will believ...
by Pakistani Feminist
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Hijab and Sexual Assault

Hijab, Sexual Assualt and Rape Apologism

My friend introduced me to a new article on sexual harassment in Pakistan. Having been there myself, I knew what was coming, but the sickening amount of rape apologia was still shocking.
by Pakistani Feminist
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The True ‘Islamic’ Wife

I must say I wrote this a while ago and was very apologetic to different views on the Quran, but it is a matter of opinion. I must have been seventeen when my friend gave me Islamic advice on marriage. It was a book called “H...
by Pakistani Feminist
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