freedom

Thomas David DuBoisAuthor, 'Religion and the Making of Modern Freedom from state-established religion is among the most cherished of American values. Yet the promotion of religious freedom abroad as an element of American diplomacy is relatively new. It was only with the International...

by MARKANDEY KATJU Part 1 Freedom is important, so is responsibility. In countries like India, the media have a responsibility to fight backward ideas such as casteism and communalism, and help the people fight poverty and other social evils. Freedom of the press and journalistic ethics...

by Rabbi Rachel Kahn What do a minister, a rabbi and a nun have in common? In the case of myself, Reverend David Schilling of the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sister Estrella Castalone of Talitha Kum, it is the fierce desire to see an end to modern slavery. David's...

Admin note: A new thread started. This topic moved from Fools Who Wrangle over Flesh. Spnadmin ji, In a world where in fact there is only a moment of consciousness, one following another, what needs to be known is what the reality is NOW. Moral action is one kind of reality which...

23 March 1931 On 23 March, 1931 freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and his associates were hanged by the British rulers of India YouTube - MAMTA JOSHI SINGING SHAHEED-E-AAZAM BHAGAT SINGH GAMES THEME SONG TERE VARGE PUTT BHAGAT SINGA Shaheed Bhagat Singh Biography: Link...

Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia On Jan. 18, four representatives of the World Sikh Organization of Canada were refused entry into the Quebec National Assembly because they were wearing the kirpan -- a religious requirement of the Sikh Faith for those formally initiated. The Sikhs had gone there to...

David Sehat Author, 'The Myth of American Religious Freedom' Today (Jan. 16) is the National Day of Religious Freedom, a day in which we are supposed both to recognize our nation's heritage of religious liberty and to promote that liberty to the world. But as Walter Lippmann once said...

VOICES FOR FREEDOM (VFF) CONCERNED AT TARGETING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BINAYAK SEN, TEESTA SETALVAD, DALJIT SINGH BITU, BHAI JASPAL SINGH MANJHPUR & PAL SINGH. FREEDOM OF FAITH AND HUMAN DIGNITY ARE AT STAKE. NEW DELHI: 7 January 2011: ... Voices For Freedom (VFF) expresses deep distress at...

By Mark Mercer, Citizen Special There's really no need to count freedom of religion separately among the civil liberties. A culture and legal system that respects freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly, and freedom of conscience, and that doesn't interfere with what...

Rev. Chuck Freeman Founder and President, The Free Souls Project A Jewish elder speaks during the Passover seder: "At each table there is an empty chair, an extra cup of juice, and one remaining piece of matzoh. Jewish history tells of a beloved prophet by the name of Elijah, who...

Ajeet Singh stopped from bringing ceremonial Sikh sword onto premises LAHORE: A Sikh man is planning to file a writ petition against Lahore High Court (LHC) security personnel after he was stopped from entering the court premises with his kirpaan, the ceremonial Sikh sword. Ajeet Singh...

This is a very interesting article. It comes from the United Kingdom, in fact from a blog of a Church of England Official. The posting from the blog was taken from a US State Department report. It describes how religious expression in the United Kingdom looks to officials in the United States...

Realizing Freedom - SikhRI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOF9VzBrAvI

Forwarded for posting by forum member Tejwant Singh ji Malik Many Americans would be happy to wake up tomorrow, and discover an Islamic center was not going to be built near Ground Zero and that they would not have to hear of another pastor planning to burn Qurans. The decisions would be...

Forget about freedom: SC to husbands 1 2 3 4 5 Written by IANS Friday, 11 June 2010 11:16 NEW DELHI: Married men should forget about their freedom after they tie the nuptial knot as restrictions on their independence are like “dividends” they have to pay for matrimony, the...

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Tearing Away the Veil By JEAN-FRANÇOIS COPÉ MOMENTUM is building in Europe for laws forbidding the wearing of garments that cover the face, like the Islamic burqa and niqab, in public. Just last week, the lower house of the Belgian Parliament overwhelmingly passed a ban on face coverings...

World Press Freedom Day TheRecord.com - Editorials - World Press Freedom Day If you’re reading these words it’s a good bet that you rely on journalists to help inform your opinions. Words on this page are brought to you day-in, day-out because The Record’s journalists have the freedom to...

Religious Freedom (Dawn Editorial) DAWN.COM | Editorial | Religious freedom This year’s report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, released on Thursday, puts Pakistan on the list of 13 “countries of particular concern” that are serious violators of religious...

Makhan Singh, The Unsung Sikh Kenyan Freedom Fighter When people speak of Kenyan freedom struggle, few if any, will recall the massive contribution to the independence struggle made by the trade union movement and one pioneer trade unionist in particular, Makhan Singh (1913 Gharjakh...