Punishment of Apostate in Islam is Killing by Beheading!
In Islam, "Apostasy" (Arabic: irtidad or ridda or Murtadd) means the rejection of Islam in word or deed by a person who has been a Muslim. An apostate in any pure Islamic country is deserved to be killed, period. Any Muslim who deny this fact is stealthily engaged in Taqiyya (lie and deceptions) or, utterly ignorant about real Islam. Islam is the most intolerant religion on Earth. There are plenty of glaring examples or records of utter intolerance and intimidations from the past and present history of Islam. And this intolerance is rooted in the Quran and Sunnah (Ahadiths-traditions of Prophet Muhammad) and also by the deeds and practices of the early disciples of Prophet Muhammad. In all Sharia-ruled pure Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Kuwait, Sudan etc, all apostates are punished by death penalty.
Islamic embryology - overblown balderdash
Courtesy- Dr. PZ Myers. This article can be read in his personal blog Pharyngula as well as in Panda's Thumb.
Are We So SPECIAL?
(Are we, the humans, so special that our souls would live forever, and, we have the right to be reckless to nature?)
Why this Happened
Oh! The alluvial land of Bangladesh, where I was born, my parents were born, and their ancestors were born too. This is our homeland, and I love this place so much. Here I am living thousands of miles away from my motherland but, my mind always wonders around every nook and corner I have ever loitered on that land. My sweet memories play back in my dreams every night. When I gaze at the map of this land, I see faces of my departed parents plastered on it for eternity. All these memories follow me and haunt me down no matter where I go or what I do. Yet, recently, I am slowly losing my faith and affection for this land. Why is this happening to me? This was not supposed to happen. Who do I blame for this?
The 15th Amendment - A Mockery of Secularism
By dint of their brute majority in the Parliament, AL-led grand alliance has enacted the 15th amendment of the constitution unilaterally without much debate in the house. The scraping of Caretaker Government provision of the constitution following the verdict of the apex court on the 13th amendment partially (the verdict has made the Caretaker Government void but assessing the reality it has suggested to conduct two more general elections under this provision) may bring the pre 1/11 confrontational politics back and the country may fall in another volatile situation. Only time will say whether AL will be able to resolve this self-created, though foreseeable crisis in a peaceful manner or not. However, there are other aspects of this amendment, for instance secularism and nationality are also crucial to be scrutinised closely. Especially, the restoration of secularism retaining 'Bismillahir Rahmaner Rahim' and the provision of the state religion of this amendment is to be analysed critically as it will have a long term impact on the future course of the country,
Religion & Blind-Faith
Religious faith is embraced without questions or doubts, based on the belief that religious messages have come from the God. There is no problem in believing whatever we like. What puzzles me is the religious edict that forbids anyone from questioning his/her faith, and the so called blasphemy law that enforce this edict in many countries. This is how a religion becomes a blind-faith.