‘NGOs are involved in un-Islamic activities and it is a sinful act to get treatment from them.’
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Colorado Students Walk Out on Goddy Pledge
The students say the phrase violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
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Myers and Laden Encounter Nesbit and Mooney
A reception in Dinkytown will follow the event. Seriously.
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PZ on That Creationist Documentary
‘I certainly haven’t said that “freedom of thought and freedom of inquiry” aren’t part of the university.’
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Absurd Indictment of Journalist in Niger
What he is alleged to have done are normal activities for a brave and rigorous journalist.
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Teacher Fired for Non-literal Bible Mention
Fired after he told his students the story of Adam and Eve should not be literally interpreted.
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‘Christophobia’ at Universities
Shocking bias against the irrational in academic enclaves.
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‘They Want to Finish With the African People’
Mozambique archbishop claims some European-made condoms are infected with HIV deliberately.
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RSF on Bad State of Press Freedom in Burma
RSF and the Burma Media Association call for the release of five journalists and a photographer.
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Girls Attack Saudi Religious Police
Two cops approached the girls to advise them about their clothes; they got pepper sprayed and yelled at.
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Episcopal Bishops Reject Church’s Orders
Bishops rejected Anglican demands to roll back the church’s liberal stance on homosexuality.
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Papal Rags for Sale on Holy Website
But buying them is sacrilege.
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Dentist Told Patient to Put On Hijab
Admitted he would ask Muslim women to ‘cover up’ ‘in accordance with Islamic law’ before he treated them.
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Catholic Apologist Rebukes Amnesty International
Those women who have suffered rape will not be short of pastoral care from a range of humanitarian groups.
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What the Church Fails to Understand
Forced pregnancy and forced maternity are regarded as war crimes and are breaches of the Geneva convention
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The Greatest Silence: Rape in Congo
Many tens of thousands of women and girls have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured.
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Rape is Cheaper Than Bullets
Soldiers from all sides are targeting and raping women as part of a military strategy.
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Danny Postel on Our Real Iranian Friends
Like Akbar Ganji, who has just issued an Open Letter to Ban Ki Moon refusing ‘the double blackmail.’
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The Difference Between Science and Theology
Some universities have theology departments; what of it?