Ibrahim Mogra from the MCB said the whole saga had been very damaging for the image of the Muslim faith.
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.
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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Sudan’s Image Damaged
First Darfur, now Gibbons – but no matter, China’s still a fan.
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Sudanese Views Over Mobear Not All the Same
Some ‘hotheads’ demand the sword, many people are ashamed and angry.
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Meet the Sudanese Thinker
‘We’ll make a mosh pit, head bang together and proclaim “down with the infidel teacher”. Yaaay!’
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International Appeal to Reinstate Malalai Joya
Joya has been an outspoken critic of the heavy presence of warlords in the Afghan parliament.
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Dawkins Site’s Favorite 100 Articles
Notice numero uno…
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Pope Eager to Chat With Muslim ‘Leaders’
Excited about command to love God – yes let’s make everyone do that.
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Turkish Publisher Faces Jail for Atheist Book
Dawkins’s publishers threatened with legal action by prosecutors who accuse TGD of ‘insulting believers.’
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Nick Cohen on Liberal Condescension
How does Garton Ash know what seeds Hirsi Ali is planting in the minds of Muslim women?
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Garton Ash on How to Get Along
When a Muslim says the Koran favours free speech, why argue?
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Bunglawala: Gibbons Case a ‘Silly Affair’
Ridiculous case – Sudan already has a poor image – silly affair – Sun readers barbarous too.
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UK Peers to Visit Gibbons
FO ‘pleased that they have been able to convey the views of British Muslims to the Sudanese authorities.’
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Deborah Lipstadt on Irving at Oxford Union
‘How does [Tyrl] propose “debating” someone such as David Irving who is a proven falsifier of history?’
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Pope Attacks ‘Cruel and Unjust’ Atheism
All wrong; only God can do everything; God doesn’t happen to feel like it, that’s all.
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Mo is on a Pedestal
You have to say a little prayer every time you say his name. But pictures?! Never!
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Taslima Nasreen Will Censor Her Own Book
‘Some people are upset with what I have said, I have decided to drop the controversial portions.’
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Demo in Khartoum to Demand Tougher Sentence
Some of the protesters chanted “No tolerance – execution” and “Kill her, kill her by firing squad”.
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Sudanese Ambassador Called Back to Explain
Officials at the Foreign Office say the mood has changed as a result of the verdict.
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Foreign Office Seeks Gibbons’s Release
The FO was in contact with Sudan’s government overnight and will repeat demands for her release.
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Biometrics Will Fix Everything
Or perhaps not. Ben Goldacre fools the machine.