Erdoğan said the government will immediately start working on legislation against blasphemous and offensive remarks.… Read the rest

“If you look at the way in which free expression is being attacked by religious extremism, it’s blasphemy, heresy, insult, offence – it’s this medieval vocabulary.”… Read the rest

Jonathan Sacks claims that it’s anti-Semitic to say the Old Testament god is a murderous shit.… Read the rest

“They feel strongly that they think it’s a religion and as such they think the subject
matter shouldn’t be explored.”… Read the rest

He helped to prevent L Ron Hubbard from setting up a university on the island.… Read the rest

Mustafa Akyol called the idea of an Islamic bicycle an “expression of the self-isolating mentality that has stagnated Muslim thought.”… Read the rest

Hisham Qandil said it was “unacceptable to insult our Prophet.”… Read the rest

Adapted from her speech at the Women in Secularism Conference sponsored by the Center for Inquiry and held in Washington, DC, in May 2012.… Read the rest

Those that would abridge freedom of expression, women’s rights, the principle of non-discrimination, and freedom of thought and conscience.… Read the rest

Talk of “white knighting” and “infantilization” is a silencing tactic.… Read the rest

Virginia is the only state that allows families to avoid government intrusion once they are given permission to opt out of public school.… Read the rest

The Wee Frees challenged him to a debate; he replied with the usual quip: ‘That would look great on your CV, not so good on mine.’… Read the rest

The group made it clear they would not speak to female members of our team.… Read the rest

The US ambassador to Libya is killed in the rioting.… Read the rest

We’ve divided the movement because we’re not talking to each other; we’re just insulting each other.… Read the rest

He did not feel that his book was especially critical of Islam, but a religion whose leaders behaved in this way could probably use a little criticism.… Read the rest

A Channel 4 spokeswoman said: “Having taken security advice, we have reluctantly
cancelled a planned screening of the programme.”… Read the rest

He should have said it’s sensible?… Read the rest

Vagina, as has been observed across the mainstream reviewing press this week, is a very silly book.… Read the rest

Aseem Trivedi was arrested on Saturday for a series of cartoons lampooning politicians. He is being charged with sedition.… Read the rest