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Why is there an anti-Islamic community in Germany?

February 5, 2015

In the city of Dresden in the former East Germany a protest broke out recently by a new grassroots movement called Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West). This group has been holding events for the last couple…

The line between freedoms of speech, religion and belief

January 22, 2015

Sony Pictures servers were hacked by a group that is tied to the North Korean government. Art by Neha Sekhon

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, satire is “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize a people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.” Yet, some people…