‘Some people are upset with what I have said, I have decided to drop the controversial portions.’… Read the rest
Mo is on a Pedestal 
Nov 30th, 2007 |
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You have to say a little prayer every time you say his name. But pictures?! Never!… Read the rest
Pope Attacks ‘Cruel and Unjust’ Atheism
Nov 30th, 2007 |
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All wrong; only God can do everything; God doesn’t happen to feel like it, that’s all.… Read the rest
Freud Not Taught in Psychology Departments
Nov 30th, 2007 |
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Why? Lack of evidence. Fine for gender studies, post-colonial studies, Queer theory though.… Read the rest
Biometrics Will Fix Everything
Nov 30th, 2007 |
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Or perhaps not. Ben Goldacre fools the machine.… Read the rest
Foreign Office Seeks Gibbons’s Release
Nov 30th, 2007 |
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The FO was in contact with Sudan’s government overnight and will repeat demands for her release. … Read the rest
Sudanese Ambassador Called Back to Explain
Nov 30th, 2007 |
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Officials at the Foreign Office say the mood has changed as a result of the verdict. … Read the rest
Demo in Khartoum to Demand Tougher Sentence
Nov 30th, 2007 |
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Some of the protesters chanted “No tolerance – execution” and “Kill her, kill her by firing squad”. … Read the rest
Tell them we’re overflowing with respect
Nov 29th, 2007 12:15 pm | By Ophelia BensonJoan Smith nails the problem.
… Read the restIn the past, Catholics and Protestants took turns to slaughter each other as Sunni and Shia are doing now, but Christianity has to a large extent been secularised…At the heart of this process is an alteration in the status of religious texts…The idea that a single book written centuries ago has unique authority – in effect, a veto over all other ideas – makes no sense in societies where intellectual curiosity is valued and encouraged. Yesterday Inayat Bunglawala, assistant general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, criticised the arrest of Ms Gibbons in Sudan and described it as a “quite horrible misunderstanding”. But during a public debate in London two weeks ago, he
Normblog on Human Dignity
Nov 29th, 2007 |
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‘Degrade’ carries on its face that there is a standard in light of which some person is being reduced.… Read the rest
Indian Government Will Shelter Nasreen – If
Nov 29th, 2007 |
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Expected that the guests will refrain from activities and expressions that may hurt the sentiments of our people.… Read the rest
Tom Clark on The Specter of Scientism
Nov 29th, 2007 |
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Tikkun also worries about the supposed dangers of scientism and the need for a spiritual way of knowing.… Read the rest
Turkish Prosecutor Ponders The God Delusion
Nov 29th, 2007 |
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Publisher could go on trial if the prosecutor concludes the book incites religious hatred and insults religious values.… Read the rest
‘What can’t be named Muhammad?’
Nov 29th, 2007 |
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‘What are the rules on using the name?’ Step one: wring hands. Step two: call the MCB.… Read the rest
Gillian Gibbons Taken to Court
Nov 29th, 2007 |
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‘Miliband said he emphasised Britain’s respect of Islam.’ Grovel grovel.… Read the rest
Bunglawala Refused to Condemn Stoning
Nov 28th, 2007 |
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It had happened during the lifetime of the Prophet, he said, ‘so you are asking me to condemn my Prophet.’… Read the rest
Fundamentalist Christianity in the US Military
Nov 28th, 2007 |
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Many Dominionist soldiers want the US to invade Iran, thereby triggering the Rapture.… Read the rest
Who’s Afraid of ‘Soulless Scientism’?
Nov 28th, 2007 |
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We alone among the animals have the power to create a straw man and spend an entire evening knocking it down. … Read the rest
Jean Kazez on Ishiguro on Compliance
Nov 28th, 2007 |
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Why do his clones comply? Why do the women of Saudi Arabia?… Read the rest
Gillian Gibbons Now Charged With Insulting Religion
Nov 28th, 2007 |
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Teacher charged with insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs. … Read the rest
