At least 43 people were hurt. Critics say she called for the Koran to be changed to give women greater rights.… Read the rest
Riots in Calcutta Over Taslima Nasreen
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAll-India Minority Forum said Nasreen had ‘seriously hurt Muslim sentiments.’ And?… Read the rest
Democratic Candidates Rebuke Saudi, Bush
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonVictim’s husband urges international media to put pressure on Saudi government to reverse decision.… Read the rest
Saudi Rape Victim Tells Her Story
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSaudi Ministry of Justice is defending a sentence of 200 lashes for the victim of a gang rape.… Read the rest
Australia: 5 Liberals Hand Out Fake Pamphlets
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonLeaflets purported to be from an Islamic group thanking Labor for its sympathy for the Bali bombers. … Read the rest
Fake Pamphlet was a ‘Prank’
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt was just a bit of skylarking over a few beers.… Read the rest
Controversy Over Mearsheimer and Walt Book
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe main effect of the lobby, Tony Judt says, has been self-censorship.… Read the rest
Todd Gitlin on What They Think of Us
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTo what degree is anti-Americanism attributable to the ruinous preoccupations of Bush? … Read the rest
Nigel Warburton Recommends The Grasshopper
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBernard Suits combines witty parody of Platonic dialogues with serious philosophy about the nature of games.… Read the rest
Stephen Law on Alain de Botton
Nov 22nd, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSuggests that academic analytic philosophy is a waste of time, then is surprised at response.… Read the rest
Stop that woman before she gets away!
Nov 22nd, 2007 11:44 am | By Ophelia BensonAnother installment of ‘When you have nothing better to do, persecute a woman.’
… Read the restIn an interview in December, the rape victim described to Human Rights Watch her treatment in court:
“At the first session, [the judges] said to me, ‘what kind of relationship did you have with this individual? Why did you leave the house? Do you know these men?’ They asked me to describe the situation. They used to yell at me. They were insulting. The judge refused to allow my husband in the room with me. One judge told me I was a liar because I didn’t remember the dates well. They kept saying, ‘Why did you leave the house? Why didn’t you tell your husband [where you
Normblog on Catch-23 for Atheists
Nov 21st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf you’re an atheist you won’t convince a religious person, and if you’re religious you won’t want to.… Read the rest
Xian Group Demands Blasphemy Prosecution
Nov 21st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBBC’s JSO was ‘offensive, spiteful, systematic mockery and wilful denigration of Christian belief.’… Read the rest
Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Admin
Nov 21st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Unitary executive theory’ makes the president more accountable; secrecy subverts that.… Read the rest
All the President’s Powers
Nov 21st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf we recalled the lessons of the nation’s founding, we’d stop falling for imperially-minded presidents. … Read the rest
Rebecca Goldstein on Mark Lilla
Nov 21st, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSome of us have been taking the European Enlightenment a little bit for granted. … Read the rest
Fadela Amara: a Feminist With Some Power
Nov 20th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe head of Ni Putes ni Soumises is Sarkozy’s junior minister of urban policy.… Read the rest
Spain’s Law of Historic Memory Condemns Franco
Nov 20th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA preamble condemns the rule of a man who ruthlessly disposed of tens of thousands of opponents. … Read the rest
Can Science and Religion Find Common Ground?
Nov 20th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMany scholars believe rapprochement is possible and desirable. A few disagree, and EO Wilson is one of them.… Read the rest
Frederick Crews on Talking Back to Prozac
Nov 20th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA world in which perceived needs are manufactured along with the products that will match them.… Read the rest