‘We must go beyond the headline-grabbing confrontations between religious and atheist extremists.’
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Dutch Foreign Minister Talks Woolly Drivel
If freedom of expression means anything at all, it means the right to offend.
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Blears Urges Muslim Women to Take the Lead
Time to give the silent majority a voice.
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Judge Says Forced Marriage is Undercounted
Official statistics on forced marriage reflect only the tip of the iceberg of a much larger problem in Britain.
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Social Attitudes Change
Attitudes to gays and single parents are more liberal, those to poor people are less so.
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Large Increase in Rapes in Kenya
‘At any time of unrest, of violence, or rioting, women and children are targeted.’
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RSF Shock at Death Sentence for Journalist
The deputy provincial prosecutor threatened to imprison all journalists who support Kambakhsh.
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Mullahs Called for Death Penalty for Journalist
Afghan journalists exposed to threats from religious fundamentalists who try to prevent any debate about Islam and the status of women.
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‘Three Little Pigs’ Too Offensive
Oh come on, this is a joke, right? No, apparently not.
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Merlin John on the Offensive Three Builders
Judges asked: ‘Is it true that all builders are cowboys?’
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Journalist Sentenced to Death for ‘Blasphemy’
Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, 23, downloaded internet material about the role of women in Islamic societies.
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Woman Allows Boyfriend to Collar and Leash Her
‘Goth’ wears collar and leash and lets her ‘Goth’ boyfriend carry the leash.
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UNFPA Tackles Teenage Pregnancy in Ghana
‘Men go on with their lives without consequences. Men have all the power and don’t ask women what they think or want.’
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‘This Disease is From God’
Men who don’t desert wives who have fistulas are a small minority in Sudan.
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UNFPA Helping Pregnant Women in Kenya
UNFPA is particularly concerned about reports of increased sexual violence in the displacement settlements.
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The Pope and Exorcism
The church tells mentally ill people they invited the Devil in.
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Meet the Chief Exorcist of Rome
Be afraid.
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Johann Hari Talks to Peter Tatchell
Ken Livingstone has never thrown open the doors of City Hall to liberal and progressive Muslims.
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Jesus and Mo Try the ‘Offensive’ Ploy
But as predicted, the barmaid has a reply.
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Cutting Little Girls in Indonesia
Three benefits: stabilizes her libido, makes her pretty in husband’s eyes, balances her psychology.