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Dawkins, Dennett, Coyne, Myers to New Scientist *

Feb 19th, 2009 | Filed by

What on earth were you thinking when you produced a garish cover proclaiming that ‘Darwin was wrong’?… Read the rest



Andrew Brown Notes That Differences Matter *

Feb 19th, 2009 | Filed by

The difference between a theocracy and a secular state with bits of religious ornament is important.… Read the rest



Richard Wilson on Alison Des Forges *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

A personal connection.… Read the rest



A Unique Psychic Force *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

‘It is a proven scientific fact that thinking about something often causes it to happen. Some call this quantum physics.’… Read the rest



Salil Tripathi on Disturbing the Universe *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

The Satanic Verses destabilizes the moral certainties of a universe set in stone; it celebrates imagination. … Read the rest



Cleric Says Islam Abhors Domestic Violence *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

‘We categorically denounce it in all forms.’ Sura 4:34 not mentioned.… Read the rest



Another Stereotype Defeated *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Man who founded tv station to fight Muslim stereotypes is charged with decapitating his wife.… Read the rest



Taliban and Fazlullah Stalk Swat Valley *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Little reason to hope Fazlullah and Taliban will be satisfied with agreement for limited application of sharia.… Read the rest



March for ‘Peace’ in Mingora *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Thousands of men marched for peace in Swat, led by the cleric who signed a deal to enforce Sharia.… Read the rest



Graun: Local ‘Hero’ Brings Sharia to Swat *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Sufi Mohammad is not quite as bad as Fazlullah, oh hooray.… Read the rest



Baggini on Hume on Faith or Reason *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Faith does not simply plug a gap where reason fears to tread; it actively goes against all that reason tells us.… Read the rest



Maryam Namazie on Sharia *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Sharia is why so many of us have fled and are fleeing Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. … Read the rest



Westboro Church Explains *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Oh look, it’s illiterate. Now there’s a surprise.… Read the rest



Valentine’s Day: Shiv Sena Men Attack Couples *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Bullies blackened the faces of many couples ‘behaving inappropriately’ in Aurangabad and Bijnaur. … Read the rest



An Indian Blogger on Hari and Freedom of Speech *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Statesman editors probably did not realize India’s secular Constitution is just a sham.… Read the rest



Obama Sends Churchill Bust Back to UK *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

They said he could keep it another four years, but he said no thanks.… Read the rest



Westboro Baptist Church Arrives in UK *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Plans to picket sixth form college in Basingstoke for not hating fags.… Read the rest



Boy Struck by Lightning Becomes Healer *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Magic stone cures depression.… Read the rest



Sharia in Malakand *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

‘This is definitely a surrender,’ said Khadim Hussain of Aryana Institute for Regional Research and Advocacy.… Read the rest



Asylum for Pegah Emambakhsh *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

After a campaign by gay rights groups and MPs the Home Secretary agreed to reconsider her case.… Read the rest