There should be no room for violence, intimidation and threats in the Muslim discourse.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Atheists Can Only Trust Their Reason
In these newly religious times, it no longer seems superfluous to rearm the atheists with arguments.
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Canadian Muslims Rebuke Death Threat
Muslim Canadian Congress supports equality for women, separation of religion and state.
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Death Threat to Muslim Canadian Congress
‘We want people to know such a problem exists in Canada. People thought we were exaggerating.’
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The Muslim Canadian Congress
‘The MCC takes a stand for justice, equality and human rights.’
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Watching ‘Little Mosque on the Prairie’
‘CBC has validated the image painted by Islamist groups that Muslim lives revolve around mosques.’
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UN Human Rights Council is a Disappointment
Council’s reaction to the massacres in Darfur is an example of why.
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Three Books on Consciousness and Free Will
If we had free will, we would all choose to be funnier. We’re not, so we don’t.
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Farzana Hassan on Playing Soccer in a Hijab
Insistence on a distinct Muslim identity is often promoted as a political statement.
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The Fictions of Foucault’s Scholarship
If extraordinarily large claims rested on a shaky empirical foundation, this was not immediately evident.
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Court Rules Charlie Hebdo Did Not Incite Hatred
Case brought by Muslim World League, Mosque of Paris, Union of Islamic Organisations of France.
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Boiling Babies is Wrong
Unless it’s not. How do we know?
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Inequality Matters
Nancy Birdsall on why globalization doesn’t lift all boats.
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Not Science But Antiscience
Homoeopathy BScs worse than Mickey Mouse; subject matter is founded on faith, not science.
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Students in Nigeria Murder Teacher
After apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, police say.
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Peter Tatchell on the Left and Human Rights
Unlike global anti-apartheid movement, no global protests to support Zimbabwean struggle for democracy.
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German Judge Cites ‘Right to Castigate’
He beat and threatened her; she wanted out; judge said wait a year, cited Koran.
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‘Alternative’ Medicine Taught as if Science
There are now 61 complementary medicine courses of which 45 are science degrees.
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A Pseudoscience Claims Scientific Status
Several British universities offer bachelor of science degrees in alternative medicine.
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Indian Women Branded as Witches
Those not killed face humiliation, torture; belief is that shaming a woman weakens her evil powers.