Last week, BNA’s Electronic Commerce & Law Reporter [subscription required] reported on a decision by a French court ordering Facebook to take down a page that the court found violated the privacy of a French bishop. It was also ordered to ensure that the page was not reposted. Facebook apparently failed to appear in the case, and had no attorney present at the hearing.
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French Court Orders Facebook To Remove Page That Is Insulting To Bishop
I say Bill Maher sounds like an Americanized Pat Condell here, but whether that’s true or not, the substance of his remarks is worth highlighting: To review, the following are not negotiable, and will be found in any society of people deserving to be called civilized: freedom of speech; the separation of religious authority and state authority; equal rights without regard to sex, race, or creed. That’s not the end of the list of non-negotiable first principles, but it’s a fine start.
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Bill Maher’s Bill of Rights
Iraqi troops on Monday arrested the head of the Ansar al-Islam insurgent group in Baghdad, US forces said in a statement.
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Iraqi troops arrest head of Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Islam: US
As the old saying goes, there are two kinds of people in the world. There are people who think that there are only two kinds of people in the world and people who do not think that there are only two kinds of people in the world.
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Church of the New York Times (updated)
The publisher of a children’s book series on Islam that faced criticism from a Muslim civil rights group has received what it calls a positive review for the set.
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Publisher of criticized Islam books touts review
If you’re not caught up to season 3 episode 7 of Breaking Bad , don’t dare watch this brief video review of it — instead, drop whatever trifling thing you’re doing and find a way to watch every episode starting with season 1 episode 1, then come back to this once you’re as caught up as you should be: Apart from the usual excellent acting and searing turns of events, one sees in this episode the willingness to leave motivations opaque: the viewer can entertain guesses about why Jesse refused and then accepted Walt’s offer of partnership; about why Walt made this offer in the first place; about who called Hank to warn him of the assassins and why; about why these brother assassins are so mindlessly cavalier in their dealings with everyone except one another, even parties with whom they should be able to see an alignment of interests (“la familia es todo” notwithstanding); etc. The latter is especially vexing and ironic in the context of this drama, which has unfolded into such an elaborate shape starting from a man’s commitment to the principle of “la familia es todo.” Walt started there, but he has watched the principle warp and wend in a way that, by now, he is hyper-alert to the boundaries of family and business. He can’t seem to stop drawing and re-drawing the line.
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Breaking Bad – La Familia Es Todo
Raipur, May 3 (ANI): Police have arrested a suspected Sikh militant of the Khalistan Commando Force from Raipur district on Sunday. Acting on intelligence inputs, the police laid a siege and nabbed Nirmal Singh alias Nimma and handed over the 44-year-old to the Punjab Police
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Police nab suspected Sikh militant in Raipur
A few weeks ago, The Miami Herald ’s executive editor Anders Gyllenhaal had high praise for one of his many reporters. He noted that—like many religion reporters—as many people were on vacation during Holy Week and Passover, Jaweed Kaleem was at his busiest.
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5Q+1: Welcoming Jaweed Kaleem to the beat
Fighters of Somalia’s feared Islamic militant group al-Shabab have killed another Somali Christian as part of an apparent crackdown on “non-Islamic culture,” rights activists said. He is among over a dozen Christians known to have been killed by militants within a year, U.S.-based advocacy group International Christian Concern ICC said.
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Somalia Militants Kill Christian As Attacks Spread
Harris Hui posted a photo: There was a wedding ceremony going on in the temple. It so happened that I noticed this lady with her camera and she may be the wedding photographer? I always find photographers as interesting subject
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Wedding Photographer – Nanaksar Gursikh Temple N1927e