Susan Haack on ‘Irreconcilable Differences’ *

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Between science and law.… Read the rest



Polish woman was refused an abortion *

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Despite warnings that having a baby could make her go blind. … Read the rest



Karen Armstrong explains about God. *

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‘Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians have insisted for centuries that God does not exist.’… Read the rest



Controversy over Tariq Ramadan *

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Ramadan, integration advisor for Rotterdam council and a guest professor at the city’s Erasmus university, is under fire for presenting a weekly talk show on the Iranian channel Press TV.… Read the rest



IHEU on superstition and witchcraft in Africa *

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Attacks on witches, persecution and killings still take place. Most of the victims are women and children.… Read the rest



Stepping Stones Nigeria on Child Witches *

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An increasing number of children in the Niger Delta are being forced to the streets and trafficked as a result of a deeply held belief in child “witches”… Read the rest



Free Speech and its Postmodern Adversaries *

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The theoretical stimuli for multiculturalism owe something to theories about “difference”… Read the rest



David Colquhoun on the problem of causality *

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The problem is traded on by the vast and unscrupulous alternative medicine industry.… Read the rest



Sholto Byrnes criticizes secularism on the left. *

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For all the talk of tolerance, there are some who believe that certain subjects simply cannot be aired. And foremost among them is God.… Read the rest



Letter from a Birmingham jail *

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‘Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.’… Read the rest



Fadela Amara and ‘Ni putes ni soumises’ *

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“The veil symbolises submission to male dominance,” Fadela Amara explains.… Read the rest



Christine Toomey on gender genocide *

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Far from the shortage of women increasing their worth and standing in society, as some might imagine, the result is the opposite. … Read the rest



Turkey’s forced ‘suicides’ *

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A growing number of girls and women are being locked in rooms by their families, with a gun, poison or a noose, and left there until they kill themselves. … Read the rest



Catholic Bishops and Sex Abuse *

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19 of the bishops are among the 61 who signed a petition against Obama’s honorary degree at Notre Dame.… Read the rest



Fuambai Ahmadu cheers Bondo women *

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For protesting ‘a brazen attack by anti-FGM activists against female initiation.’… Read the rest



Afghan women protest law despite bullies screaming ‘whores!’ *

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One provision makes it illegal for a woman to refuse to “make herself up” or “dress up” if that is what her husband wants.… Read the rest



Journalists in shock after abduction by FGM group *

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Head of group said the women were taken into “our custody because they spoke unfavourably on radio against FGM”… Read the rest



FGM group kidnaps female journalists *

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The female kidnappers accused the journalists of insulting their traditions by criticising the practice. … Read the rest



Sierra Leone: women journalists kidnapped by pro-FGM group *

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The group regarded their questions and comments as a sign of disrespect for their traditions.… Read the rest



Escaping the Amish *

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Rape, incest, sexual abuse; physical and verbal abuse; women have no rights; rudimentary education; animal abuse.… Read the rest