‘We are committed to the freedom of the press but I am against publishing cartoons that hurt the feelings of others.’… Read the rest
Radio 4: Can People Stop Being Muslim?
Apr 14th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonShiraz Maher campaigned for a state in which execution for leaving Islam would be written into the constitution.… Read the rest
The Secular Army is Going to Destroy Art!
Apr 14th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe Dawkins army wants to stop everyone painting! Stop them! Help!… Read the rest
Islamists Protest Women’s Rights Policy
Apr 14th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonProtesters against a new women’s rights policy fought police in Dhaka after Friday prayers.… Read the rest
Sentenced to Death for Swearing at God
Apr 14th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBoğday’s neighbor told the police he had sworn at God. Good enough for the Saudi authorities.… Read the rest
‘Expelled’ Ripped Off ‘Inner Life of the Cell’ Animation
Apr 13th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhich belongs to Harvard. That’s a no-no.… Read the rest
Police List Documents Seized From Polygamists
Apr 13th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSect had a bed in its temple where girls were required to consummate their marriages immediately.… Read the rest
Let’s Make the UN More Religious, Esp. Catholic
Apr 13th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe ‘Holy See’ has great influence in UN debates on population and HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately.… Read the rest
Atheist and Bishop Go Head to Head
Apr 13th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhenever we abandon reason and balk at the advance of knowledge, reaction and chaos ensue.… Read the rest
Public Pool Reserved for ‘Muslim Male Swimming’
Apr 13th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhat next? Separate hours for Catholic men, Jewish women, Buddhist men, Sikh women?… Read the rest
Yemen: 8-year-old Girl Seeks Divorce
Apr 12th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘My father beat me and told me that I must marry this man, and if I did not, I would be raped and no law and no sheikh in this country would help me.’… Read the rest
HRC Rapporteur Thinks Neocons Behind 9/11
Apr 12th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFalk wrote foreword to The New Pearl Harbor, which claims 9/11 was likely an inside job.… Read the rest
Wear a Hijab to Support Battered Women!
Apr 12th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonStony Brook Muslim Student Association says: volunteer to wear a hijab all day in solidarity with battered women.… Read the rest
Anguish Over Hu Jia’s Sentence
Apr 12th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHe was convicted for writing five articles and giving two interviews.… Read the rest
Chinese Rights Activist Sentenced Last Week
Apr 12th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHu Jia campaigned for the environment, religious freedom and the rights of people with HIV and Aids. … Read the rest
Free at last, free at last
Apr 12th, 2008 11:26 am | By Ophelia BensonOh so that’s how you combat violence against women – by volunteering to wear a hijab.
The purpose of Scarves for Solidarity is to help save battered women while spreading awareness about Islam. The Muslim Student Association is working with sponsors who plan to donate $5 to Battered Women’s Shelter for every female who volunteers to wear a head-scarf/hijab on Monday, April 7th 2007.
That helps ‘save’ battered women because…because…because the hijab broadcasts the message that women need to be concealed. No. Because it conveys the message that women are a distraction to men and therefore have to be muffled from head to foot so that men can get on with their work. No. Because it shows that women are … Read the rest
Jesus and Mo Fall Out
Apr 11th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMo called Jesus’s conscience a bullshitter.… Read the rest
Stanley Fish on French Theory in America
Apr 11th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhat was involved was less the rejection of the rationalist tradition than an interrogation of its key components.… Read the rest
Andrew Anthony Interviews Salman Rushdie
Apr 11th, 2008 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThere is no getting away from the current relevance of subjects like foreignness, belonging and group loyalty.… Read the rest