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The Changing Face of Martyrdom

Posted in Politics, Social Media, tagged , , on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We don’t know much about Neda Agha Soltan. We know she was 26 years old. Some reports say she was a philosophy student. We do know that on June 20, 2009, she was watching a protest in Tehran when she was shot to death. Because today’s world is radically different from that of the Chinese [...]

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Young Girl Dying in Iran

Posted in Politics, Social Media, tagged , , , , on June 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »

The young woman’s name is ندا آقا .سلطان Neda Agha Soltan. She was a 26-year-old student. She’d studied religion and philosophy, but was most interested in music and travel. On June 20, 2009 she was watching a protest with her music teacher. At 7:05 PM she was standing on Kargar Avenue at its intersection with [...]

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An Atheist Says: God Be With You

Posted in Politics, Social Media, tagged , , on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The protests in Iran have got me thinking about religion, a subject I usually avoid. I don’t like the label of atheist. I’d rather be defined by what I do believe in than by what I don’t. Besides, people hate atheists. I mean hate. When a 2007 Gallup poll revealed that Americans would sooner elect [...]

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