Tag Archives: India
India: Skeptic charged with “blasphemy” for revealing the truth
Boing Boing Sanal Edamaruku, an Indian skeptic, went to Mumbai and revealed that a “miraculous” weeping cross was really just a bit of statuary located near a leaky drain whose liquid reached it by way of capillary action. The local … Continue reading
India: Woman killed for refusing to withdraw rape charge
Indian Express A month-and-a-half after a schoolgirl was reportedly raped in Betul, her mother was allegedly shot dead by the accused and his friends on Friday night. No arrests have been made so far. Imarti Uike, a 45-year-old tribal woman, … Continue reading
US: Mormons Baptise Gandhi!
…and Mitt Romney needs a Vice-Presidential running mate. Coincidence? Huffington Post Helen Radkey, a former Mormon who has until now has focused on researching incidents of proxy baptisms being proposed for or performed on dead Jews, discovered the Gandhi records … Continue reading
Filed under Human rights abuse, Mormonism, Non-believers, Stupidity
India: Do as I say, not as I do..
…and what I do is watch porn in parliament. Slate Indian newspapers and television stations are having a field day covering what they have dubbed “Porngate,” the scandalous news that three ministers from the Indian state of Karnataka were caught … Continue reading
India: Showing picture of man who criticises Islam is wrong! Violent thugs win again!
NYTimes.com Salman Rushdie’s virtual participation at the Jaipur Literature Festival was canceled at the last minute Tuesday, after Muslim groups attending the festival threatened violence if his image was shown. Mr. Rushdie was scheduled to address thousands of Lit Fest … Continue reading
India: Murderers sentenced for ‘honour killings’ from 1991
BBC News A judge in India has sentenced eight men to death and 20 others to life imprisonment for three so-called honour killings that took place in 1991. The men were found guilty of murdering a Dalit boy and a … Continue reading
India: High Court bomb kills nine
SMH A bomb outside New Delhi’s High Court killed at least nine people and injured 45. Ambulances evacuated wounded to nearby hospitals and the blast site was sealed off by police. No word yet on the motivation: but does anybody … Continue reading
India: First they came for the human sacrificers…
CHANTING to cure snakebites, claiming to be a reincarnated spouse to obtain sex, and charging for miracles could soon be banned by an Indian state seeking to stop charlatans preying on the vulnerable. Many superstitions are widely held in India … Continue reading
India: Islamic bombing kills 21
SMH. Three bombs ripped through India’s commercial capital Mumbai on Wednesday, killing 21 people and injuring more than 100 in the deadliest attack in the city since the 2008 assault by Islamist militants.
Filed under Islamicism, Non-believers, Religious wars, Threats and exploitation, Women
India: Guru who ‘never accepted gifts’ dies with 8-billion-dollar fortune
SMH. A lifetime of claiming to be the incarnation of God had brought him an $8.2 billion fortune and a worldwide following of 50 million people. It also brought accusations that he molested his young acolytes and passed off cheap … Continue reading
Filed under Fellow-believers, Hindism, Mega-Lunacy, Mystical woo, Officials, Women
