CPS solicitors advised cops that any signs saying ‘Scientology is a cult’ could be deemed offensive.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Creationists Launch ‘God Lab’
Set up to search for scientific evidence for intelligent design. Same old ID people, Barbara Forrest notes.
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Ben Goldacre on Why Meta-analysis Matters
Ideas like cumulative meta-analysis from the world of evidence have saved countless lives.
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Kambakhsh Appeals Death Sentence
He hopes to write a book about his experience in Afghan prisons — if he gets out alive.
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Kambakhsh Tells Appeals Court of Torture
Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh was convicted in January of ‘insulting Islam.’
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Why Did the Police Accuse Channel 4?
The best explanation for now lies in Patani’s title: assistant chief constable (security and cohesion).
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Cartoonist Arrested for ‘Insulting’ Cartoons
Many of Gregorius Nekschot’s cartoons make fun of Islam. And that’s illegal?
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NSS Calls for Inquiry
Debate was derailed by zeal of the WMP and the CPS whose action appeared to signal no-go areas of inquiry.
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John Wood Dismantles Some David Brooks
Brooks has no idea what he’s talking about yet he flaunts his ignorance in a respected newspaper.
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Couple Murdered as Village Applauds
Going against the wishes of the community and the family will not be tolerated.
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A Horrible Day in Haryana
The bodies of Sunita Devi, 21, and Jasbir Singh, 22, lie on the ground after they were killed by villagers
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Family Showed No Remorse Over Murders
‘I have no regrets,’ Sunita’s mother Roshni Devi said; her husband and the family had saved its reputation.
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Village Proud After Double Murder
‘From society’s point of view, this is a very good thing. We have removed the blot.’
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Chancellor Defends Schlafly Honorary Degree
Community. Anguish. Diversity. Inclusiveness. All corners. Dialogue. Committed. Damaged. Open. Community.
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Meanwhile, in Zimbabwe
Warning: this is hard to read without falling apart.
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Science Provides a Creation Myth
Let a hundred flowers bloom, tralalala.
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Pakistan: Doctor Charged with ‘Blasphemy’
Dr Robin Sarder is currently in jail.
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Canon Says Sharia Will Influence UK Law
‘I don’t feel threatened by this, but the worry comes when the aims of faith are compromised by the law of the land.’
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Saudi Arabia: Stop Trials for ‘Insulting’ Islam
HRW says courts in Jeddah should dismiss cases against a Saudi web critic and a Turkish barber.
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Freethinker Interviews OB
Deep theological questions are raised, then callously brushed aside.