Tag: islam

Facebook etiquette fail: Are Singaporeans getting fed up with Filipino guest workers?

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 benign0 23 Comments

So while the French are stuck with 5 million Muslims, Singaporeans are stuck with almost 200,000 Filipinos. France, of course, has bigger problems. The Muslim population there is proportionately bigger at 7.5 percent of the population. Filipinos “guests” in Singapore, on the other hand, make up less than 4 percent. Many French Muslims are citizens….

Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Lifestyle, Society, Technology

Let’s Talk World Peace at a Gay Bar in Mecca

January 12, 2015 Hector Gamboa 18 Comments

So in the aftermath of the recent Islamic terrorism events that happened in France last week that shook the world, people ought to be calm and revisit the importance of tolerance (religious or otherwise). A lot of liberals, in their typical peacenik fashion, are trumpeting the idea that if only people learned to understand and…

Culture, Religion, Society

Sex and the Prophet

January 9, 2015 Hector Gamboa 70 Comments

The recent terrorist attack in France has started a flurry of criticisms against Islamic fundamentalism and the intolerance that goes with it. While many people have strongly condemned the heinous acts perpetrated by three masked gunmen purportedly in the name of vengeance for the Islamic prophet Muhammad, there are people like former Democrat leader Howard…

Are Western Europeans fed up with Muslim immigration? #JeSuisCharlie

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 benign0 88 Comments

Is Europe now suffering from years of misguided (albeit, possibly in hindsight) immigration policy? It seems the notion is catching fire across the Continent. The outrage being exhibited by crowds that have gathered across European cities to express solidarity with the 12 people killed in a brutal Islamist attack on the office of French satire…

Crime, Culture, Politics, Religion, Society

Let’s not allow political correctness to get in the way of a real discussion about Islamic terrorism

December 18, 2014 benign0 26 Comments

Down in Australia’s premiere banking district at the heart of Sydney last Monday, Man Haron Monis, a self-styled Islamic cleric took staff and customers of a Lindt cafe in Martin Place hostage and forced them to raise a black flag bearing an Arabic inscription in white that says “There is no god but Allah; Muhammad…

Crime, Culture, Religion, Society

3 dead at conclusion of Martin Place Siege in Sydney

December 16, 2014December 16, 2014 benign0 5 Comments

When I woke up this morning, I turned on the news and found out three people died at about 2 a.m. in a Martin Place cafe at the heart of Sydney’s Central Business District. Around 2 a.m. local time (1500 GMT on Monday), at least six people believed to have been held captive managed to…

Crime, Society

What will the Philippines do if America walks away?

October 31, 2014October 31, 2014 benign0 43 Comments

We already know the answer to that question. Back in 1991, Philippine Congress voted to boot Uncle Sam’s boys out of her shores for good. Since then, the Philippines had undergone a steep decline to irrelevance in the world stage. Along with that came tumbling her ability to defend herself. Indeed, one would have thought…

Civics, Development, Economy, Government, Politics, Society, The South

Php 250m in exchange for 2 German lives: Yes, the Philippines negotiates with terrorists

October 20, 2014 benign0 37 Comments

The Philippines does not negotiate with terrorists. Or so we are told following the miraculous “rescue” of two German hostages Stefan Viktor Okonek and Henrike Dielen held by the Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. According to Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Rami, the ransom they demanded was paid. According to the Philippine Government no such ransom…

Crime, Government, Religion, Society