Boğday’s neighbor told the police he had sworn at God. Good enough for the Saudi authorities.… Read the rest
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‘Expelled’ Ripped Off ‘Inner Life of the Cell’ Animation
Apr 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Which belongs to Harvard. That’s a no-no.… Read the rest
Police List Documents Seized From Polygamists
Apr 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sect had a bed in its temple where girls were required to consummate their marriages immediately.… Read the rest
Let’s Make the UN More Religious, Esp. Catholic
Apr 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The ‘Holy See’ has great influence in UN debates on population and HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately.… Read the rest
Atheist and Bishop Go Head to Head
Apr 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Whenever we abandon reason and balk at the advance of knowledge, reaction and chaos ensue.… Read the rest
Public Pool Reserved for ‘Muslim Male Swimming’
Apr 13th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What next? Separate hours for Catholic men, Jewish women, Buddhist men, Sikh women?… Read the rest
Yemen: 8-year-old Girl Seeks Divorce
Apr 12th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘My father beat me and told me that I must marry this man, and if I did not, I would be raped and no law and no sheikh in this country would help me.’… Read the rest
HRC Rapporteur Thinks Neocons Behind 9/11
Apr 12th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Falk wrote foreword to The New Pearl Harbor, which claims 9/11 was likely an inside job.… Read the rest
Wear a Hijab to Support Battered Women!
Apr 12th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Stony Brook Muslim Student Association says: volunteer to wear a hijab all day in solidarity with battered women.… Read the rest
Anguish Over Hu Jia’s Sentence
Apr 12th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He was convicted for writing five articles and giving two interviews.… Read the rest
Chinese Rights Activist Sentenced Last Week
Apr 12th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hu Jia campaigned for the environment, religious freedom and the rights of people with HIV and Aids. … Read the rest
Free at last, free at last
Apr 12th, 2008 11:26 am | By Ophelia BensonOh so that’s how you combat violence against women – by volunteering to wear a hijab.
The purpose of Scarves for Solidarity is to help save battered women while spreading awareness about Islam. The Muslim Student Association is working with sponsors who plan to donate $5 to Battered Women’s Shelter for every female who volunteers to wear a head-scarf/hijab on Monday, April 7th 2007.
That helps ‘save’ battered women because…because…because the hijab broadcasts the message that women need to be concealed. No. Because it conveys the message that women are a distraction to men and therefore have to be muffled from head to foot so that men can get on with their work. No. Because it shows that women are … Read the rest
Jesus and Mo Fall Out
Apr 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mo called Jesus’s conscience a bullshitter.… Read the rest
Stanley Fish on French Theory in America
Apr 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
What was involved was less the rejection of the rationalist tradition than an interrogation of its key components.… Read the rest
Andrew Anthony Interviews Salman Rushdie
Apr 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
There is no getting away from the current relevance of subjects like foreignness, belonging and group loyalty.… Read the rest
Raymond Tallis on the Neuroscience Delusion
Apr 11th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Academic literary critics now place the firing of neurons rather than signifiers at the heart of lit crit.… Read the rest
Breaking Open the Temple
Apr 10th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
FLDS lawyers said members were praying in front of the temple as officers dragged them out of the way.… Read the rest
Oh That Kind of Temple
Apr 10th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The kind that provides a bed where men rape underage girls.… Read the rest
What Kind of Extremism Does Blair Have in Mind?
Apr 10th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Catholic church’s attitudes to gender equality makes development goals almost impossible. … Read the rest
