Aggressive, self-indulgent, noisy – and as for ‘family values’…… Read the rest

Putative moral majority has been downsized.… Read the rest

A crackdown by the Pakistani government to prevent a national demonstration collapsed. … Read the rest

‘Every woman, Muslim or non-Muslim, would have to cover everything apart from her face and hands in public.’… Read the rest

Chairman said at least some bonuses were needed to keep the most skilled executives.… Read the rest

A fascinating insight into the minds of people who wholeheartedly believe that HIV does not cause AIDS.… Read the rest

Brian Marshall has allegedly been selling bottled water as a cure for the virus since late last year.… Read the rest

Sara Azmeh Rasmussen burned her hijab to protest the oppression of women in Islam. [French]… Read the rest

Mo says there must be an international law against defamation of religion.… Read the rest

Says his parents would not have approved.… Read the rest

‘Kambakhsh has committed no crime. Now it is up to President Karzai to act on principle and free him.’… Read the rest

Three established journalists have left Kandahar after receiving threats from the Taliban.… Read the rest

Journalists flourished in the post-Taliban years but now are increasingly pressured by fundamentalists.… Read the rest

Man who shot up a church told police he was a nice fellow ‘but hated gays, liberals and Democrats.’… Read the rest

Rachel Maddow’s humor is, actually, pretty serious stuff.… Read the rest

With admirable clarity, this VSI shows us how wobbly, hazy, but unavoidable that line turns out to be.… Read the rest

New studies suggest that global warming could strike harder and sooner than expected.… Read the rest

Waters could rise by over a metre across the world with huge impacts for hundreds of millions of people. … Read the rest

Kretschmer was a woman-hater who killed to take revenge on the whole female sex, a neighbour said.… Read the rest