The prosecutor said Alexander’s atheism was against the five tenets of state ideology, especially the first tenet “Belief in one God.”

It’s not about religious symbols, it’s about getting more privilege.

Crystal Cox supports free speech for Crystal Cox, but for her own critics, Crystal Cox is a vigorous (if mostly incoherent) advocate for broad and unprincipled censorship.

What was apparently important was not how mild he was but how mild-mannered he  could present himself as being.

The mother has said three-month-old Afreen was beaten by her father because he was upset
at having a daughter instead of a son.

He believed that he had to be compensated if his wife gave birth to a girl. When his wife and her parents failed to pay the Rs1 lakh he demanded, he tried to punch the baby to death.

“I don’t reject criminal bylaws, because clerics have agreed to them. I want Aceh as a model of Islamic Sharia for Indonesia and Southeast Asia,” one candidate said.

Including In Mala Fide and the subreddit Men’s Rights.

The girl was sold to an agency by her uncle. She was paid nothing; the couple barely fed her and beat her if her work did not meet expectations.

Says look, the pope was just here and he said religion is a good thing not a bad thing, so it must be true. Wear a cross every day.

According to the council, residents living near the church have been complaining about the noise levels for four years.

“When I am referred to as the ‘Female Rushdie’, these days I ask back, why aren’t you calling Salman Rushdie the ‘Male Nasreen’ instead?”

Justin Griffith explains why this is a big, big deal.

Skeptics don’t worry about spurious health claims because they’re big meanies.

Do today’s freethinkers even stand a chance in correcting the courses of their regressing nations?

Father Tony Flannery, a Catholic priest who has been outspoken in his criticism  of the abuse crisis in Ireland, has found himself under investigation by the  Vatican for his liberal views.

The Frankfurt authorities responsible for public order have banned everything that needed banning.

She is suing the homeopath who persuaded the cancer victim to ignore conventional treatment in favour of fighting the deadly disease with alternative medicine.

Wow, that dude is so contrarian!

So tough shit, people who think the state should stay out of religion.