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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Peshawar: Woman Murdered for Singing
Ayman Udas’s family believed it was sinful for a woman to perform on television.
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Theo Hobson Wants to Be a Christian, But
But he doesn’t want all the pesky baggage.
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Afghan Men Surprised by Protest at Marriage Law
‘It was unexpected because already 99 per cent of Afghan women only leave the house with their husband’s permission.’
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Tariq Ramadan Accused of Homophobia Again
And sexism – tells women to keep their eyes fixed always on the ground.
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UAE Torture-tape Prince Accused of More Attacks
New tapes may show police taking part in Issa’s attacks; some victims believed to be Sudanese immigrants.
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Interrogation Debate Split Bush White House
The CIA got very nervous; some Bush officials got nervous; lots of people got nervous.
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The Madrasa Problem in Pakistan
The state has forgotten children and the mullahs have not.
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Iran Has Executed Delara Derabi
Early Friday morning Darabi made a desperate phone call to her parents, saying she could see the hangman’s noose.
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Amnesty International Outraged at Execution
Darabi was executed despite having been given a two-month stay of execution by the Head of the Judiciary on 19 April.
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EU Condemns Execution of Darabi
International agreements prohibit death sentences being carried out on minors.
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No One Can Escape Religion, No One At All
‘While science, logic and reason are on the side of the nonreligious, the cold, hard facts are just so cold and hard.’
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Irish Constitution Requires Offence of Blasphemy
The blasphemy has to be intentional. So that’s all right then.
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Rosary-chanters Shut Down Euthanasia Debate
Protesters shouted that euthanasia was state-sponsored murder; Gardai were called, did not intervene.
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Pitcairn Island’s History of Sex Abuse of Girls
‘It’s ingrained in the mentality of the men in Pitcairn that this is an OK thing to do.’
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Working in a Sexist Environment
Calling sexism a joke or ‘edgy’ or a way to stick it to the suits is not good enough.
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Melanie Phillips Says Judge Jones was Wrong
The decision in Kitzmiller v Dover Area School District was wrong; ID ‘comes out of science.’
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Kristof Asks: Is Rape Serious?
The refusal to test rape kits seems a throwback to antediluvian skepticism about rape as a traumatic crime.
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HRW on Testing Justice
The backlog of untested rape kits in Los Angeles County is larger than previously reported.
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Spanish Court To Investigate Bush’s ‘Torture Team’
Chuckie Taylor was convicted in the US for crimes committed in Liberia.