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Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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Oliver Kamm: PC’s views are pure mumbo-jumbo
The Prince’s prescriptions are not a call for humility but a recipe for the suppression of knowledge.
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P. Charles rebukes Galileo
Said at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies that the West had been been “de-souled” by consumerism.
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Eve Garrard on Israel and common humanity
Does Israel lack humanity while Sudan, Congo, Sri Lanka, Iran, France, the US and UK all have it?
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AI on human rights abuses in Iran
At least six people remain on death row charged with “enmity against God” for their alleged involvement in demonstrations.
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Shirin Ebadi on rebellious women in Iran
For 31 years the women’s movement has resided in every Iranian household that cares about human rights.
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Religion’s regressive hold on animal rights issues
Religions tend to preserve attitudes that have become obsolete and often are positively harmful.
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LA Times reviews Stephen Prothero on religion
And of course ends with the obligatory swipe at “New” atheists.
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Sholto Byrnes says why sharia is nice
In the New Statesman blog!
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Vatican to invade Ireland and re-impose theocracy
No more secularism for you, orders pope.
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Jesus and Mo on the unity among religions
They all hate atheists.
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Jesus and Mo tell the barmaid about NOMA
Science and religion are totally different, so religion has to keep science on a short leash.
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Egypt: Islamist lawyers go after 1001 Nights
Books are subject to “street censorship” when the media and religious groups rouse public indignation and the authorities intervene.
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Salman Rushdie on the threat to free speech
Respect is being redefined as agreement, and censorship disguised as a virtuous defence of diversity.
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Catholic church finally dealing with Ireland!
They’re cracking down on liberals.
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Islam is not homophobic
Or maybe it is but so are we, or maybe we’re not but we were a few minutes ago, and besides, Islamophobia.
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Get ‘inspired by Islam’
Oh look, a poster saying Mo thought just what I think. I’m convinced!
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Mohammed the fan of women’s rights
UK campaign to make everyone love Islam via posters saying Mo was lovely.
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Telegraph reports its own hatred and parochialism
Media reporter informs us of fury of Odone at C4 documentary on pope.
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Jesus and Mo find the common thread in religions
We all hate atheists. And compassion. We all hate atheists and compassion.