‘If the pupils are looking up, the demons in possession are scorpions. If looking down, they are serpents.’… Read the rest

The sentiments expressed by the archbishop are indicative of those who call themselves “progressive” or “liberal” but who are often the most insidious. … Read the rest

A democratic country cannot tolerate a monarch whose views command notice not because of expertise, but because of his birth.… Read the rest

Debate human nature.… Read the rest

Hundreds of Iranian online journals have been protesting against media censorship by renaming their blogs after pro-reformist newspapers and websites that have been banned or shut down by the authorities.… Read the rest

Delegates from countries like Bangladesh, Iran, India and Sri Lanka – which have similar female suicide rates – discussed the problem at a conference in Afghanistan in November 2006.… Read the rest

We Have No Orders To Save You.… Read the rest

Shukria Barakzai, founder and editor of a newspaper for Afghan women, was named Worldpress.org’s 2004 International Editor of the Year. … Read the rest

Anyone baptised using terms such as “Creator”, “Redeemer” and “Sanctifier” would have to be re-baptised using the traditional ceremony.… Read the rest

There’s the fun of watching conservative pundits scramble to deny the obvious.… Read the rest

Relativity has been attacked in the name of US pragmatism, German idealism, English Hegelianism, French Bergsonianism (by fellow Jew Henri Bergson!), Soviet “diamat” (dialectical materialism) and Nazi “Deutsche Physik”… Read the rest

Cites sorrow and anger, demands apology for insult to honour of prophet. … Read the rest

‘Historians are always making up figures,’ said Lyndall Ryan. Oh really?… Read the rest

Emboldened by their growing political power, religious conservatives are once again storming the barricades of science education. … Read the rest

The state cannot protect women and ensure that they can go about their work safely. … Read the rest

Service providers cannot help them because they’re minors and runaways. … Read the rest

The last thing we need are more pointy-headed intellectuals running the government.… Read the rest

Being gay in Bangladesh isn’t easy.… Read the rest

We have needed Sagan ever since Copernicus removed us from the center of the universe.… Read the rest

Natalie Angier unimpressed by Bush’s assumption that prayer is some sort of miracle Vicks Vapo Rub for the national charley horse.… Read the rest