‘We were actually told in a meeting that if creationism is the party line, we have to abide by it.’
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Iranian Hanged Despite Withdrawal of Accusations
Capital offences in Iran include serious drug trafficking, apostasy, adultery, homosexual acts between men.
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Flabbergasting Mysteries Abound
Waleed Aly asks: what is so offensive about a teddy bear named Muhammad?
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Women’s Rights Activists Stress Secularism
Maghreb Women’s March Towards Equality seminar addressed the marginalisation of the Maghreb woman.
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Egyptian Parliamentarian Shocks Clerics
Zeinab Radwan said ‘the testimony of a woman is legally equal in weight with a man’s testimony.’
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US Tops World in Per Capita Incarcerations
US jails 751 per 100,000. UK 148 per 100,000, Canada 107, France 85, China 119, Iran 212.
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HRW Condemns Blaming of Saudi Rape Victim
‘Ministry of Justice’s response to criticism of its unjust verdict has been appalling,’ said Farida Deif.
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Even Girls Can Enjoy Science!
If you dumb it down and frill it up enough, that is.
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New Humanist ‘Bad Faith’ Awards
Bishop of Carlisle? Westboro Baptist Church? Archbishop Francisco Chimoio? Your vote counts.
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Beware of ‘Christianophobia’
The Christianophobia of the politically correct brigade is – is – oh who knows.
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David Zarnett on Edward Said and Kosovo
Rejecting the imperialism-fascism dichotomy, Said replaced it with an imperialism-fascism equation.
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Listening to Women in Afghanistan
‘Unfortunately, the author listens only to those Afghan women who agree with her.’
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Texas Talibanization
Let’s hope adherents of a sound science education can save Texas from a retreat into the darker ages.
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Austin American-Statesman on Comer Firing
It looks as if the Texas Education Agency has fallen victim to a smelly little orthodoxy.
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34 Unconvincing Arguments for God
The convincing ones will be along later.
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Bullying of Taslima Nasreen Continues
‘It is for the people to decide but she has written not just one book. There are many books.’
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Apologetic Gillian Gibbons Released
Ibrahim Mogra from the MCB said the whole saga had been very damaging for the image of the Muslim faith.
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Sudan’s Image Damaged
First Darfur, now Gibbons – but no matter, China’s still a fan.
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British Women Going to India to Abort Girls
‘It is really not a nice feeling when you are really proud of her and they dismiss her as just another mistake.’
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FGM Actually Glorious and Empowering
Pesky Western feminists just don’t understand.