Confessions of a would-be Egyptian revolutionary
Returning to Egypt for the first time since the revolution, an expat desktop rebel discovers the inspirational, the troubling and the simply bizarre.
Read MoreReturning to Egypt for the first time since the revolution, an expat desktop rebel discovers the inspirational, the troubling and the simply bizarre.
Read MoreIs Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?
Read MoreJailing Egyptians for insulting religion and the military goes against the revolution’s spirit, and violates people’s secular and sacred rights.
Read MoreEgyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.
Read MoreIf God wants to reach out to humanity, why rely on prophets and scripture when he presumably has the power to connect with each of us directly?
Read MoreIf you don’t fast during Ramadan in Egypt, lie about it; hide it. Otherwise, you might land in jail.
Read MoreMuch as we’d like our children to hold the same things dear as we do, we should have enough faith in them to let them choose their own belief system.
Read MoreA new search engine claims to filter out ‘haram’ (sinful) content for the faithful. Should non-believers now demand their own version – let’s call it Godpile – that blocks religious content?
Read MoreRamadan possesses a certain secular appeal but fasting requires the non-believer to square the philosophical circle.
Read MoreBritain is not entirely godless – but whether you or I believe in God is up to us to decide, not the cardinals, imams or rabbis.
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