Communities of interest are not born; they are made, and construct themselves, according to prevalent ideologies.… Read the rest

Her life was bound by prohibitions: no swimming, no sports, no playing outdoors and no German friends because they were infidels. She ran away the day her father threatened her with an ax. … Read the rest

Secularists, women’s rights campaigners, minorities not pleased.… Read the rest

New Islamic family law in Malaysia undermines women’s rights.… Read the rest

In 1968, women and men occupied the barricades.… Read the rest

Rehman has been thrashed by her father, threatened at gunpoint by her uncle and forced to marry a complete stranger… Read the rest

Collection of articles on on the ways Hindutva propagandists distort ancient Indian history. … Read the rest

K N Panikkar on the politics of rewriting history in India. … Read the rest

Creationists sense they’re playing a losing game.… Read the rest

‘I found a dimpled spider, fat and white…’… Read the rest

How ID creationism is wedging its way into the cultural and academic mainstream.… Read the rest

‘Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive.’… Read the rest

Vardy schools accord equal importance to both creationism and theories of evolution.… Read the rest

Reviews and Criticisms of Michael Behe’s book: Darwin’s Black Box:
The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution… Read the rest

Irreducible complexity is a term invented by Behe. It is a myth: there is no irreducible complexity in living organisms.… Read the rest

Irreducible complexity is a term invented by Behe. It is a myth: there is no irreducible complexity in living organisms.… Read the rest

‘You have no excuse to carry a woman who is neither your wife nor your mother on a motorcycle.’… Read the rest

If there are two cultures involved in the Sokal affair they are shoddy scholarship on the one side and an attempt at rational thought on the other. … Read the rest

Alister McGrath says Richard Dawkins is a crude religious propagandist… Read the rest

The Vatican’s fictive statehood allows it to promote its retrograde gender values in multilateral forums as well… Read the rest