She was to be mutilated at the behest of a man who wanted to make her his fourth wife.… Read the rest
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.
Friendly Feudalism: the Tibet Myth
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Young Tibetan boys were regularly taken from their peasant families and brought into the monasteries to be trained as monks. Once there, they were bonded for life. … Read the rest
Swimming in Saudi Arabia
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Foreign woman demands to use pool in international hotel, succeeds.… Read the rest
Religious police prevented schoolgirls from escaping fire
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Saudi Arabia’s religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress; fifteen died.… Read the rest
A Conversation with Akbar Ganji and Martha Nussbaum [audio]
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Iran’s most prominent political dissident talks to the philosopher.… Read the rest
Spanish women’s groups sue imam
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
His book gives advice on wife-beating. Not too hard, not on the tender bits; do it right.… Read the rest
Aids Denialists [pdf]
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
AIDS denial plays a corrosive role in the health policies of many countries, but nowhere has the damage been as extreme or as enduring as in South Africa.… Read the rest
Syed Soharwardy’s complaint to AHRC
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
against the publishers of Jewish Free Press and the Western Standards for sighting [sic]hate against Muslims… Read the rest
Hanan Dover notes that homosexuality is haram in Islam.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The acceptance of one’s God-given sex is a form of surrender to God or sumission to Allah.’… Read the rest
Saudi Arabia: more female graduates, no more jobs.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Only 16% of Saudi women work, mostly teaching in segregated classrooms.… Read the rest
George Scialabba on Jacoby, Bernstein and Multiculturalism
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Books by a superb (albeit incorrigibly centrist) reporter and a radical social critic.… Read the rest
The new Taliban codex
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It is forbidden to work as a teacher under the current puppet regime. Teachers must recieve a warning; next time, a beating; next, death.… Read the rest
Young Afghan women turn to suicide
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Driven to desperation by forced marriages and abusive husbands, more and more are seeking release through self-immolation.… Read the rest
AIDS Denial is Pseudoscience
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The scientific evidence is overwhelming and has been published in peer-reviewed medical journals, the way science is supposed to be done. … Read the rest
A chat with Rome’s Exorcist
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘If the pupils are looking up, the demons in possession are scorpions. If looking down, they are serpents.’… Read the rest
Pragna Patel: Failed by religious law
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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
Dick Taverne rebukes Prince Charles
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A democratic country cannot tolerate a monarch whose views command notice not because of expertise, but because of his birth.… Read the rest
Denis Donoghue Reviews Illness as Metaphor.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Impatient with nuances and discriminations that would impede the march of her argument.… Read the rest
Arguments from Incredulity and Gödel
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Basically, Godel’s theorems prove the Doctrine of Original Sin, the need for the sacrament of penance, and that there is a future eternity.’… Read the rest
About Patrick Henry College
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Socialism is a violation of God’s creation order.… Read the rest
