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More Vatican Wisdom on ‘Sin’ *

Feb 19th, 2009 | Filed by

How each sex scores on ‘the seven deadly sins.’ Does the Vatican have nothing better to do?… Read the rest



HRW on Censhorship and Repression in Sudan *

Feb 19th, 2009 | Filed by

It is unsafe to criticize the Khartoum government or call for justice for victims of horrific crimes in Darfur.… Read the rest



Dawkins, Dennett, Coyne, Myers to New Scientist *

Feb 19th, 2009 | Filed by

What on earth were you thinking when you produced a garish cover proclaiming that ‘Darwin was wrong’?… Read the rest



Andrew Brown Notes That Differences Matter *

Feb 19th, 2009 | Filed by

The difference between a theocracy and a secular state with bits of religious ornament is important.… Read the rest



Richard Wilson on Alison Des Forges *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

A personal connection.… Read the rest



A Unique Psychic Force *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

‘It is a proven scientific fact that thinking about something often causes it to happen. Some call this quantum physics.’… Read the rest



Salil Tripathi on Disturbing the Universe *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

The Satanic Verses destabilizes the moral certainties of a universe set in stone; it celebrates imagination. … Read the rest



Cleric Says Islam Abhors Domestic Violence *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

‘We categorically denounce it in all forms.’ Sura 4:34 not mentioned.… Read the rest



Another Stereotype Defeated *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Man who founded tv station to fight Muslim stereotypes is charged with decapitating his wife.… Read the rest



Taliban and Fazlullah Stalk Swat Valley *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Little reason to hope Fazlullah and Taliban will be satisfied with agreement for limited application of sharia.… Read the rest



March for ‘Peace’ in Mingora *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Thousands of men marched for peace in Swat, led by the cleric who signed a deal to enforce Sharia.… Read the rest



Graun: Local ‘Hero’ Brings Sharia to Swat *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Sufi Mohammad is not quite as bad as Fazlullah, oh hooray.… Read the rest



Baggini on Hume on Faith or Reason *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Faith does not simply plug a gap where reason fears to tread; it actively goes against all that reason tells us.… Read the rest



Maryam Namazie on Sharia *

Feb 18th, 2009 | Filed by

Sharia is why so many of us have fled and are fleeing Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. … Read the rest



Westboro Church Explains *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Oh look, it’s illiterate. Now there’s a surprise.… Read the rest



Valentine’s Day: Shiv Sena Men Attack Couples *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Bullies blackened the faces of many couples ‘behaving inappropriately’ in Aurangabad and Bijnaur. … Read the rest



An Indian Blogger on Hari and Freedom of Speech *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Statesman editors probably did not realize India’s secular Constitution is just a sham.… Read the rest



Obama Sends Churchill Bust Back to UK *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

They said he could keep it another four years, but he said no thanks.… Read the rest



Westboro Baptist Church Arrives in UK *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Plans to picket sixth form college in Basingstoke for not hating fags.… Read the rest



Boy Struck by Lightning Becomes Healer *

Feb 17th, 2009 | Filed by

Magic stone cures depression.… Read the rest