Aziz Sheikh says yes.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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Should Muslims have faith based health services?
Aneez Esmail says no.
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On Hegel and George Bush
Hegel calls history the slaughter bench at which the happiness of peoples has been victimized.
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Bloggers at the MLA
Kaufman, Holbo, Osell, Bérubé discuss the old-boy network in blog-world.
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Bérubé Rolls Up the Carpet
‘I still think this here blogosphere is a great venue for public intellectual work.’
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BBC Fella Says Truth Matters
Says Jeremy deals with various challenges to truth in the interview. A likely story.
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Oh Good, Another Identity Community
Deaf is the new ethnic.
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Historian Roughed Up, Jailed for Jaywalking
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tried to cross street in middle of block. The horror!
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Nature as Book Metaphor Has its Dangers
The image suggests that the ‘text’ of the book of nature has a divine origin.
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French Intellectuals Sold Out Redeker
Editorial board of Le Monde called his remarks about Muhammad ‘a blasphemy.’ Adieu, secularism.
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Innocent People Fear Fanatical Lesbian Wings
Peers crushed attempts to block new gay rights laws despite fears of ‘a charter for suing Christians.’
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Paul Boghossian’s Fear of Knowledge Reviewed
Fine job of assessing the sort of relativism/constructivism advocated by Rorty and fans.
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Elizabeth Fox-Genovese 1941-2007
She ascribed her political transformation in part to her growing embrace of religion.
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Pat Robertson the Mad Mullah
Says god told him there would be mass killing in US late in 2007. God told me Pat’s a chump.
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Fred Halliday on the World’s Twelve Worst Ideas
‘Post’-feminism, anti-secularism, no need for condoms, force is all ‘they’ understand.
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Religions Unite in Opposing Gay Rights
And citing own ‘right’ to discriminate in provision of goods and services.
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ID is a Science
And ‘Darwinism’ is a religion.
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Graffiti of the Wandjina not Allowed
Depicting the Wandjina without permission would traditionally have resulted in spearing.
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Polly Toynbee on Interfaith Homophobia
Good reasons why the state should step back from infatuation with faith provision of social services.
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Challenge to Gay Rights Law Fails 3 to 1
Call to annul the regulations was defeated by 199 votes to 68.