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‘Nigeria: Waiting for the Hangman’ says those sentenced to death are poor; most confessed under torture.

Saudi executed at least 158 in 2007; almost half were foreign nationals from poor and developing countries.

To 20 years in prison for downloading material from the internet on women’s rights in Islam.

Taleban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told AFP that they killed Gayle Williams.

Outdated Orientalist reading; marriage for girls in early teens normal; offended; hurt; empathy; respect.

When will they demand that the spirit of multiculturalism be extended to those who do not pray?

Palin has positioned herself as an insurgent but has routinely turned to Washington’s Old Guard for help.

Nationalists are frequently contemptuous of the individual rights beloved of liberals.

‘Libraries could hardly not be about books,’ but they can damn well give it their best shot.

Domestic violence would not be crime in sharia courts, so that would be good for Muslim men.

Once we let some miracles in the door, there is no consistent way to exclude others.

‘If you go on being Christians, we will burn your houses and your children in front of you.’

Her great-uncle, a conservative Muslim, told police he was enraged at the girl for being ‘scantily dressed.’

Muslims want prayer breaks, non-Muslims don’t want to do their work; impasse.

Your mental life is a product of your brain. If you want to call that a soul…whatever.

One problem with turning out the atheist vote is finding it.

Opponents say Washington State Initiative 1000 is ‘against God’s will.’ So suffering is God’s will.

For every voter added in the past two months in some states, election officials have removed two.

Planetaria educate and inspire people; they are worth spending money on.

Jonathan Groubert talks to Farnaz Seifi and Fataneh Farahani about hijab and protest.