Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.

Katha Pollitt talks to Der Spiegel *

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Feminism created a new normal. … Read the rest

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M V Ramana on gay rights in South Asia *

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The strongly patriarchal nature of South Asian societies ensures even worse treatment for lesbians than for gay men.… Read the rest

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Right to Offend *

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‘Today, the open society is challenged by Islamism’… Read the rest

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Pigliucci on Fish on atheism *

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He has to reduce science to just another faith in order to salvage the “reasonableness” of religious belief.… Read the rest

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Natasha Walter on women in Afghanistan *

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“Every day women are sacrificed for their family or tribe,” Nilab Mobarez tells me angrily. … Read the rest

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WHO study on risks of FGM *

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WHO study shows FGM exposes women and babies to significant risk at childbirth.… Read the rest

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The Candidate *

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The New Yorker on Obama in May 2004… Read the rest

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‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls *

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Guy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest

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Richard Carrier: Why I am not a Christian *

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God is silent and inert, the evidence is inadequate, and the universe is not the one predicted.… Read the rest

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Carl Sagan on Pseudoscience *

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On NPR’s Science Friday in 1996, the rising popularity of pseudoscience and the importance of critical thinking.… Read the rest

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Debunking Edward Said *

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Ibn Warraq on a one-eyed view of the relationship between the Arab and Western worlds.… Read the rest

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Clever teenagers don’t have sex *

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Sexual behavior may compete with the time and resources required for other goals.… Read the rest

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The Religious Policeman on the ‘Muslim Offense Level’ *

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Reasons not to talk about stampedes where “several” poor Third-World Muslims died.… Read the rest

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Who should be able to stop a forced marriage? *

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Bridget Prentice and Jasvinder Sanghera discuss on Woman’s Hour.… Read the rest

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Got a complaint? Call 1-800-Human-Rights. *

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The Canadian Islamic Congress has a new partner in its censorship campaign: the state … Read the rest

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Flora Terah: beaten and tortured for running for office *

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‘In Kenya, and especially in the Ameru community I belong to, women are not supposed to get leadership positions.’… Read the rest

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Afghanistan: a Just Intervention *

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Chris Bertram asks why the British left reacted the way it did.… Read the rest

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A History of Neglect *

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Paddy Doyle’s timeline of Irish Industrial Schools and failed attempts to reform them.… Read the rest

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Religious Schools: the Case Against *

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Extracts from Humanist Philosophers’ Group pamphlet.… Read the rest

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