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Morality & persecution - an excellent post!

My own system of morality, however, regards the following as immoral acts: Perpetuating institutionalised discrimination.

Indulging in the sophistry of equating morality with sexuality.

Perpetuating the deeply unhealthy doctrine of priestly celibacy, thus creating highly damaged, disturbed and repressed human beings.

Perpetuating sexist and homophobic attitudes under the guise of fabricated divine will.

Perpetuating the monstrous and intellectually criminal assertion that morality is conferred by faith, and absent without it.

Aiming the slander of ‘immorality’ against a harmless and normal state of being.

the White House said any proposed legislation “must not tamper with the technical architecture of the Internet.”

… and isn’t that good news!

It’s very seldom I get excited by what our prime minister has to say and this is one of those times. As Muslims we also believe in the Bible. We believe in the teachings of Jesus. Not only that, but in the teachings of all the biblical prophets, including Moses in the Torah. So this is something that we feel is absolutely in tune with the Muslim thinking. We have to base our behaviour according to scripture, God’s revealed message. “For a long time Muslims have been trying to express this idea, that for us as Muslims Islam is not just a religion but a way of life. To divorce politics from religion is not something we are able to do, we cannot leave our religion at home or in the mosques, it comes with us wherever we go. So it’s refreshing to hear the prime minister say Christians should do the same. I agree Britain is the best country for Muslims to live in, at least in Europe.

Muslim Council of Britain member and imam from Leicester, Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra

BBC News - David Cameron on Christianity - views

The Press Association: Miliband party 'not fit to govern'

- not too much of a surprise there.  I liked

The statistics revealed that only 12% believe Mr Miliband has improved Labour, down from 36% last year, while six out of 10 said they thought political party has still not “faced up to the damage they did to the British economy”.