The more arbitrary the discipline, the more it works to reinforce belief in the cause. … Read the rest

In a sin culture even the suspicion of hypocrisy in the messenger is enough to harm the message.… Read the rest

Women standing up for their rights against a controlling and often violent religious establishment.… Read the rest

Look, if a woman never leaves home, she’ll never be raped, so if she’s raped, it’s her fault.… Read the rest

‘Violence against women is rightly termed the most common but least punished crime in the world.’… Read the rest

Political satire is good fun, but religious satire makes people scamper away in fear.… Read the rest

The book is being widely read; but it is, in many respects, inaccurate and seriously misleading.… Read the rest

‘Humans may fashion their lives, but in some of their most vital decisions they have no choice.’… Read the rest

A masterclass in how not to resist Islamism.… Read the rest

Evangelical Alliance says regulations will unfairly jeopardise expression of religion and belief.… Read the rest

Talk of ‘the political power of American Jews’ is a very dangerous trope.… Read the rest

Voices of raw class privilege cast off meritocracy to demand privileges for People Like Us.… Read the rest

The barmaid isn’t so sure.… Read the rest

Or at least believing you know them. Good enough.… Read the rest

Only on Thursdays though. Method based on healing properties of seven herbs and Koranic prayers.… Read the rest

‘Does the church see itself as the last bulwark against an encroaching tide of liberalism?’… Read the rest

Canada has the Canadian Council of Muslim Women. … Read the rest

Secular Israelis feel severely constrained by religious strictures. … Read the rest

Sees appeasement of the MB leading to increased religionism in society.… Read the rest

Of racial discrimination for denying that mass killings of Armenians in 1915 amounted to genocide.… Read the rest