Fundamentalism

Christmas, as well as Easter, is a time for church primates to send out spiritual messages to the faithful.

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos said on Sunday that it was every person’s right to choose to have his or her body cremated, but this decision would be contrary to the beliefs of the Orthodox Church and therefore crematoriums could not operate within Greek Church cemeteries.

A group of masked, machete-wielding men killed an independent atheist blogger in Bangladesh. This is the third blogger slaughtered in a few months, according to local police authorities.

The blogger wrote for “Free Thought” blog. He had received threats by extremists on his texts within the last few months and was clearly targeted, according to a friend of the victim.

By Pantelis Boukalas

Even if we have difficulty grappling with complex and complicated notions, and even if we are ruled by an urge to divide the world into Good and Evil, Light and Darkness, Civilized and Barbaric, it is still necessary to turn an ear to the lessons of history.

Pope Francis on Jan. 12 slammed "deviant forms of religion" following deadly attacks by Islamist militants in France last week which left 17 people dead.
      

In the first day of his historic visit, Pope Francis warned against 'fanaticism and fundamentalism,' while Turkish President Erdoğan slammed both Islamophobia and terrorism, as well as the 'double-standards' of the West Pope Francis has arrived in Turkey for a three-day visit that many are billing as an opportunity to increase dialogue between the Muslim and Christian worlds at a time of incr

On the anniversary of his death, many are remembering the late writer Aziz Nesin. Many reminisce about his wonderful and timeless takes on the Turkish people, while others remember him for his fight against injustice and oppression, especially fundamentalism. Others cherish him as Grandpa Aziz, the philanthropist who opened his heart to children for their social inclusion