She forwarded an e-mail from NCSE about a talk by Barbara Forrest – ‘an offense that calls for termination.’… Read the rest
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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Review of Ibn Warraq’s Leaving Islam
Dec 3rd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Critics of Islam and ‘apostates’ are subject to fatwas and death threats, prison and murder, in many parts of the world.… Read the rest
Sudanese Views Over Mobear Not All the Same
Dec 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some ‘hotheads’ demand the sword, many people are ashamed and angry.… Read the rest
Meet the Sudanese Thinker
Dec 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We’ll make a mosh pit, head bang together and proclaim “down with the infidel teacher”. Yaaay!’… Read the rest
International Appeal to Reinstate Malalai Joya
Dec 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Joya has been an outspoken critic of the heavy presence of warlords in the Afghan parliament.… Read the rest
Dawkins Site’s Favorite 100 Articles
Dec 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Notice numero uno…… Read the rest
Pope Eager to Chat With Muslim ‘Leaders’
Dec 2nd, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Excited about command to love God – yes let’s make everyone do that.… Read the rest
Turkish Publisher Faces Jail for Atheist Book
Dec 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dawkins’s publishers threatened with legal action by prosecutors who accuse TGD of ‘insulting believers.’… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Liberal Condescension
Dec 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
How does Garton Ash know what seeds Hirsi Ali is planting in the minds of Muslim women?… Read the rest
Garton Ash on How to Get Along
Dec 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When a Muslim says the Koran favours free speech, why argue?… Read the rest
Bunglawala: Gibbons Case a ‘Silly Affair’
Dec 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ridiculous case – Sudan already has a poor image – silly affair – Sun readers barbarous too.… Read the rest
UK Peers to Visit Gibbons
Dec 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
FO ‘pleased that they have been able to convey the views of British Muslims to the Sudanese authorities.’… Read the rest
Deborah Lipstadt on Irving at Oxford Union
Dec 1st, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘How does [Tyrl] propose “debating” someone such as David Irving who is a proven falsifier of history?’… Read the rest
Biometrics Will Fix Everything
Nov 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or perhaps not. Ben Goldacre fools the machine.… Read the rest
Freud Not Taught in Psychology Departments
Nov 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why? Lack of evidence. Fine for gender studies, post-colonial studies, Queer theory though.… Read the rest
Pope Attacks ‘Cruel and Unjust’ Atheism
Nov 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
All wrong; only God can do everything; God doesn’t happen to feel like it, that’s all.… Read the rest
Mo is on a Pedestal
Nov 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
You have to say a little prayer every time you say his name. But pictures?! Never!… Read the rest
Taslima Nasreen Will Censor Her Own Book
Nov 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Some people are upset with what I have said, I have decided to drop the controversial portions.’… Read the rest
Demo in Khartoum to Demand Tougher Sentence
Nov 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Some of the protesters chanted “No tolerance – execution” and “Kill her, kill her by firing squad”. … Read the rest
Sudanese Ambassador Called Back to Explain
Nov 30th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Officials at the Foreign Office say the mood has changed as a result of the verdict. … Read the rest
