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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.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Jordanian Poet Imprisoned for ‘Ridiculing Islam’
A campaign led by the Muslim Brotherhood and Jordanian Mufti accused him of blasphemy.
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New Atheist Says Religion Can’t Be Replaced
Commenters say how dare you, Andrew Brown has a good laugh; all very amusing.
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Iran: Authorities Torment Family of Neda Soltan
They were forced to move, the police kept her body, her funeral was cancelled, mourning was forbidden.
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Iran Like a War Zone
One woman told CNN that men armed with clubs emerged from a mosque and beat people savagely.
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On the Burqa
Taj Hargey says ‘The French president should be applauded for initiating this debate.’
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Ireland: Congregations Must Open the Books
The congregations have agreed to contribute to a trust for former inmates of the institutions.
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Massoumeh Torfeh: How Iran Betrayed its Young
Their aim in killing a young girl is clear: to frighten other girls away from coming to the streets.
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Iranians Killed or Detained Since 12 June
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran gives an annotated list.
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Iranian Government Says It’s a Foreign Plot
It’s the BBC, Voice of America, Zionists and non-Zionists, the UN, the G-8, foreign powers, terrorists…
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The Prince’s Thinking is Depressingly Woolly
Reith lecture a muddle of scientific reasoning, appeals to “instinctive, heart-felt awareness”, and bunkum about God’s will.
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Segregation Lives on in Rural Georgia
In a handful of Southern towns, parents still insist on whites-only proms which blacks are not allowed to attend.
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Maryam Namazie on Neda Agha-Soltan
She wanted freedom for everyone.
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Sarkozy on Religious Misogyny
“The burka is not a sign of religion, it is a sign of subservience,” he told lawmakers.
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A Problem of Liberty and Women’s Dignity
Critics warned that the government risks stigmatising Muslims over a minor and marginal issue.
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Jesus and Mo Are Running Out of Space
There may soon be no more room for God in the universe. What to do?
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Science and Religion are Not Compatible
They reach incompatible conclusions. This incompatibility is evident to any fair-minded person who looks.
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H E Baber on Whether Religion is Replaceable
What once was religion has already been parcelled out to a variety of different institutions and agents.
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Resisting Templeton
Daniel Dennett and Anthony Grayling decline to participate in a Templeton programme.
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Christian Brother Jailed for Orphanage Abuse
The judge said that as a ward of the state, there was no one the victim could turn to for help.