John Mack claimed that he could think of no better explanation for his patient’s abduction stories than that they were true.… Read the rest
Flashback
Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.
IHEU against OIC censorship at the UN
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
EU will not accept that the notion of defamation of religion be integrated into the framework of human rights… Read the rest
Journalists in shock after abduction by FGM group
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Head of group said the women were taken into “our custody because they spoke unfavourably on radio against FGM”… Read the rest
Controversy over Tariq Ramadan
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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
Communal justice in Bolivia
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cases include death sentences for women accused of adultery and the beating, stoning, hanging, and burning of an elected official accused of corruption.… Read the rest
Alaina Podmorow in action, age 11.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Canadian government matches funds raised by Little Women For Little Women in Afghanistan.… Read the rest
IHEU and CFI defend the rights of women
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
IHEU also attacked the culture of censorship that now prevails in the UN HRC.… Read the rest
Afghan women protest law despite bullies screaming ‘whores!’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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
Karen Armstrong explains about God.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians have insisted for centuries that God does not exist.’… Read the rest
John Hartung on ‘Love thy Neighbor’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thy neighbor is not everyone, it is thy group.… Read the rest
Steiner racism and state funding
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
At Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship ‘special pre-election seminar’ … Read the rest
Prince of Wales joins ‘detox’ fraud
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The word detox has no agreed meaning. It is a marketing word, designed to separate the gullible from their money… Read the rest
Fuambai Ahmadu cheers Bondo women
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
For protesting ‘a brazen attack by anti-FGM activists against female initiation.’… Read the rest
Polish woman was refused an abortion
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Despite warnings that having a baby could make her go blind. … Read the rest
Lawyers for victims say pope obstructed justice.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
In 2001 Ratzinger issued an order ensuring the church’s investigations into child sex abuse claims be carried out in secret.… Read the rest
Gerald Weissmann on Homeopathy and the Prince of Wales
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When Prince Charles uses terms such as ‘integrated therapy’ he is following the lead of creationists who hide under the term ‘intelligent design.’… Read the rest
Catholic Bishops and Sex Abuse
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
19 of the bishops are among the 61 who signed a petition against Obama’s honorary degree at Notre Dame.… Read the rest
Susan Haack on ‘Irreconcilable Differences’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Between science and law.… Read the rest
Ratzinger’s 2001 letter to the bishops
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
More concerned about the ‘eucharist’ than about the molested ‘minors.’… Read the rest
Colorado senator opposes AIDS testing.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If the baby has AIDS, the mother will feel guilty, and that will be good.… Read the rest
