‘Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians have insisted for centuries that God does not exist.’
Category: Flashback
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.
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The Hunt for the Hat Gene
If there’s a God gene, there must be a hat gene, and a jeans gene, and a singing gene, and…
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FGM group kidnaps female journalists
The female kidnappers accused the journalists of insulting their traditions by criticising the practice.
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Polish woman was refused an abortion
Despite warnings that having a baby could make her go blind.
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On misogynist language
‘Racial slurs would not be tolerated or defended, but the use of sexist language was acceptable.’
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Journalists in shock after abduction by FGM group
Head of group said the women were taken into “our custody because they spoke unfavourably on radio against FGM”
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Susan Haack on ‘Irreconcilable Differences’
Between science and law.
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Role of US evangelists in Uganda’s ‘kill the gays’ bill
It is not being homosexual but the prevailing atmosphere of homophobia that makes some people miserable.
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The Tragic Human Cost of Political Idiocy and AIDS Pseudoscience
The desperate consequences of delusional thinking about medicine…when the deluded are the people running the country.
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Afghan women protest law despite bullies screaming ‘whores!’
One provision makes it illegal for a woman to refuse to “make herself up” or “dress up” if that is what her husband wants.
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The War on Women: Afghanistan and Eastern Congo
There are certain realities we should not lose sight of and certain people we should not sell out.
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Columbia University ‘Miracle’ Study: Flawed and Fraud
Even a cursory review of the report reveals many potential flaws.
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Nepotistic succession in the political class
Nepotism diminishes the role of merit and the need for democratic persuasion in how elected leaders are chosen.
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Fuambai Ahmadu cheers Bondo women
For protesting ‘a brazen attack by anti-FGM activists against female initiation.’
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Tehran Plans to Execute Protesters
The news of death sentences sparked immediate condemnation from international human rights groups.
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Anthony Gottlieb on Gods and Gardens
If the idea of God is inexpressible, just get on with the gardening.
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Goldenbridge orphanage
She was regularly beaten, left to sleep in her own urine, had her teeth knocked out, was hospitalised after a beating when she tried to break out of the orphanage.
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Hearings into child abuse at Goldenbridge
Chills the blood.
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Muslim-born woman detained for ‘rehabilitation’ from Hinduism
Islamic officials seized her 15-month-old daughter from her Hindu husband, Suresh Veerappan, last month and handed the child to Revathi’s Muslim mother.
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Marieme Helie Lucas on the fundamentalist political agenda.
Fundamentalists want to impose a religious identity on all citizens, by virtue of their birth place rather than by choice, thus denying freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of consciousness.