Project Reason is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. The foundation draws on the talents of prominent and creative thinkers in a wide range of disciplines to encourage critical thinking and erode the influence of dogmatism, superstition, and bigotry in our world.

Donate to Project Reason

Join the Mailing List

Sign up to receive email updates from Project Reason.

Log in

 
not a member? Join here.
Forgot your password?

Twitter and Facebook

Follow Project Reason on Twitter

The Scripture Project

Browse the Bible, Qur’an or Book of Mormon for scriptural criticism, insights and careful annotation.

Most Recently Updated Passages

Newsfeed

Stockholm blasts: Sweden probes ‘terrorist attack’


Posted: December 12, 2010.

Print: BBC News

excerpt:

The e-mails, with MP3 audio files in Swedish and Arabic, were sent to the Swedish security service and the TT news agency.

They called for “mujahideen” - or Islamist fighters - to rise up in Sweden and Europe, promising Swedes would “die like our brothers and sisters”.

They also attacked the country for caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad drawn by Swedish artist Lars Vilks.

“The mail was about one man,” police spokesman Ulf Goranzon told a press conference on Sunday.

“He was not satisfied with developments in Sweden regarding [the fact] that we have military troops in other countries, that there had been protests and that there have been said bad things about the Prophet [Muhammad].”

Read the full article | Print this article

Comments (3)

This is so scary and insane. I live in central Stockholm and heard about this when I was at a party last night. My parents had been in that area just an hour or two before it happened. The “religion of peace” is on the march it seems…

posted on December 12, 2010
report this as inappropriate

You don't have permission to flag this entry.

Scandinavia is a sanctuary of rationalism and secularism.  It’s too bad that even they are getting sucked into this mess caused by religion.

posted on December 12, 2010
report this as inappropriate

You don't have permission to flag this entry.

link to this comment
3. bananapeel

According to the New York Times, the suspect’s profile on a Muslim dating site says:

“I am married since 2004,” he said on his dating profile, according to a translation of the original Arabic. He described himself as “very religious” and said that he had two daughters, aged three and one. “I want to get married again,” he said, “and would like to have a BIG family. My wife agreed to this. I am looking for a practicing Muslim, Sunni, who loves children and wants to please Allah before me,” he said. “I am looking mostly for religion.”

posted on December 12, 2010
report this as inappropriate

You don't have permission to flag this entry.

Comment Form and Tags

Leave a comment

Tags

Add a new tag

Separate each tag with a comma

About  |  Projects  |  Media  |  Resources  |  Contact  |  Forum  |  Donate  |  Submissions
Privacy Policy  |  Credits  |  Terms of Use

Project Reason is a charitable foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society.
It was founded by Sam Harris and Annaka Harris.

rss feedRSS Feed
© 2012 Project Reason