‘Certain sections of society found these offensive.’ Away with them then.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Cass Sunstein on Enclave Extremism
Corroboration reduces tentativeness, and an increase in confidence produces extremism.
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Parents Chain Daughter’s Feet
She’s 19; her parents rejected her boyfriend’s marriage proposal.
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Do All Women Need Guardians?
‘No matter how old or educated the woman is, she has to have a man who is responsible for her.’
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Woman Forcibly Divorced Sits in Prison
Her brothers ended her marriage because her husband ‘had lied about his tribal background.’
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Global Attention Makes a Difference
Shock at flogging sentence for Saudi rape victim put pressure on oppressive system.
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Woman Murdered by Husband on Wedding Night
He fumbled, so he decided she wasn’t a virgin, so he killed her.
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Mukhtar Mai Still Being Harassed
These tactics are clear obstacles in her efforts to help the poor women of rural Pakistan.
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Creationist Murders Evolutionist
Lost his temper, you see.
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All Aspects of Diversity?
Politicians must not be allowed to stifle debate on religious issues that matter.
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An Imam Explains
‘This girl, she refused to stay at home and there was the feeling that she was going in the wrong direction.’
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Nigel Warburton and Tom Hurka on The Grasshopper
It’s both philosophically profound and a literary masterpiece.
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Why We Must Continue Writing for Freedom
Many women around the world risk their lives to reveal what they know about violence against women.
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Academic Freedom and Evolution
‘It is not indoctrination for professors of biology to require students to understand principles of evolution.’
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Teenage Rebellion
Parents who don’t want daughters to wear hijab get upset too. Yes but do they kill the daughters?
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Tarek Fatah Asks a Question
‘How many more Muslim girls have to die before the liberal intelligentsia says the hijab is a symbol of oppression?’
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Life in Polygamy
“Living ‘the law’ was like torture. It went beyond self-sacrifice to the point of totally rejecting self.”
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Denial in Action
Not true that ‘the incidence of violence and murder of women is somehow greater in these “other” communities.’
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Farzana Hassan on Saudi Rape Victim
The Saudi justice system renders women voiceless: non-persons without freedom and socially marginalized
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Who killed Aqsa Parvez?
A medieval ethos that treats women as nonpersons, unable to decide for themselves.