11/23/2018

SETI@home Fall / Winter 2018 Funding Drive has started

The Fall / Winter 2018 Funding Drive has started !
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=83569&postid=1966059#1966059

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10/25/2015

6/09/2015

Books burning at the Mosul public library (source)
Mariam, a gynaecologist : "I'm known to be an avid reader and own a large collection of books. My collection kept on growing as friends and family leaving Iraq used to send me their books because they knew I wasn't going to leave and that I would take care of them.
"I was threatened and harassed [by Sunni extremists] before the capture of Mosul, but I kept on delivering babies for women from all religions and sects. I never differentiate between my patients as I believe everyone deserves equal care.
"However, I had to flee as Mosul fell. I escaped with my body unharmed, but my soul remained where I had left it: at home with my books.


"After moving to Irbil [in Iraq's Kurdistan region] I received shocking news: Islamic State had confiscated my house and marked it with the letter 'N' [for Nasrani - a word used by IS to refer to Christians]. I immediately telephoned my friends in Mosul and begged them to save my books.

"But it was too late. They called back saying my library had been emptied onto the street. However, some of my neighbours were able to rescue some precious books that remain hidden."
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Excerpt from "Inside Mosul: What's life like under Islamic State?"(2015.06.09)
See also "Iraqi libraries ransacked, books burned by Islamic State in Mosul" (2015.01.31)


6/03/2015

Please support Taslima Nasrin

After the recent murders by muslim terrorists of bengladeshi secular bloggers Avijit Roy, Washiqur
Rahman and Ananta Bijoy Das, Taslima Nasrin is now being targetted. Please help CFI support Taslima Nasrin by contributing to the Freethought Emergency Fund.