BBC clings to the notion that only religious believers have thoughts significant enough for the Day.
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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Many Muslim Academics Reject Evolution
Other Muslim academics note that ‘We cannot allow people to go into the 21st century with no understanding of science.’
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Wendy Grossman on Karen Armstrong
The truth is not always polite and compassionate.
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The BBC’s Approach to Religion is Skewed
Whatever happens in the world around it, the BBC’s protective bubble around religion remains undisturbed.
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Hitchens on Nidal Malik Hasan
A depressive person does not have to end up screaming religious slogans while butchering people.
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Somalia: Woman Stoned to Death for ‘Adultery’
Was divorced, had sex, had baby, was buried up to waist and stoned until she was dead.
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Azerbaijan Officials Worried About Early Marriage
Women’s rights activists say mullahs conduct Islamic marriages when the woman is underage for a state service.
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Faisal Gazi on Anwar al-Aulaqi
Some of Aulaqi’s supporters claim he only recently became a jihadist. This is simply not correct.
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Hizb ut-Tahrir Makes Death Threats
Many politicians and civil servants still repeat the wrong-headed platitude that HT is non-violent.
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Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter
A West African mother’s fight for asylum in the U.S. to protect her baby daughter from FGM.
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Australian PM Apologizes to ‘Child Migrants’
The children were taken from single mothers and impoverished families in Britain and sent abroad.
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Background on Child Migrants in Australia
Most were placed in the care of Barnardos, the Church of England, and the Christian Brothers.
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Mark Tully Tells Scientists to Find ‘Balance’
‘Do not dismiss religion and believe in the traditional wisdom of science. We have to be wary of scienticism.’ [link fixed]
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Johann Hari Talks to Ex-jihadis
‘Nobody ever said – you’re equal to us, you’re one of us, and we’ll hold you to the same standards.’
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Johann Hari on Faith in the ‘War on Drugs’
Like all faiths, it can only be maintained by cultivating a deliberate blindness to the evidence.
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UK: Panel of Religious ‘Experts’ to Advise Govt
The ‘communities secretary’ says values of theists are essential in building a ‘progressive society.’
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AC Grayling on Denham’s ‘Faith Group’ Faith
What does the ‘communities secretary’ think he is going to learn from ‘faith groups’?
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Greek Church Upset About Crucifix Ban
Archbishop Ieronymos frets that the court is ignoring ‘the role of Christianity in forming Europe’s identity.’
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A Prisoner of Gender Apartheid
Despite Saudi claims of reform, women continue to be treated as a lower species.
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Nigeria: Humanists Against Witch Killing
Read it and weep.
