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Prior to planning the concert, he registered his complaints against the army’s spiritual fitness test, a campaign that he continues.

‘Social pedagogy’ has its roots in anthroposophy, which holds that children – and adults with learning and developmental disabilities – exist partly in the spirit world.

Kirklees Muslim Action Committee says Ahmadiyya Muslim Association has “no right to put on an exhibition about the Qur’an” because blah blah blah.

Nick mentions Does God Hate Women?

Asking how we might make sense of ethical truth and ethical knowledge can be a valuable initial step toward discovering what ought to be done or what is worth cherishing.

Not only do the affronted themselves kick up an almighty fuss; they are abetted and encouraged by influential figures from other religions and the liberal establishment.

Nasreen has faced protests at the launch of her latest memoir, with an event at the Calcutta Book Fair cancelled.

His accusers argue that while it is permissible to make fun of politicians, you cannot make fun of the state.

Labour’s Johann Lamont, Ruth Davidson of the Conservatives, Willie Rennie of the Lib Dems and the Greens’ Patrick Harvie signed a pledge expressing their backing for gay marriage.

We firmly believe that the LSESU has no right to ban freedom of expression, and if anything is deserving of ridicule, satire, and contempt religion is a sure candidate.

It turns out to be quite short.

ASA told HOTS not to make claims which stated or implied that, by receiving prayer from their volunteers, people could be healed of medical conditions.

First a bill allowing creationism to be taught in public schools; now a bill to allow public schools to start the day with a Christian prayer.

What is crucial is that the quarrel is not closed; and to see that closing quarrels is what lifeless ideologies do.

Rushdie did not become like his enemies. He never replicated the fanaticism they directed against him.

After several right-wing organisations opposed the event, alleging it was “separatist,” Symbiosis University has postponed its seminar, ‘Voices of Kashmir’, indefinitely.

Two of the three had – in liaison with al-Qaida – planned to use explosives against the offices of Jyllands-Posten and to murder Kurt Westergaard.

Where the “spotlight” of discussion and the “burden of change” are placed on the victim instead of the perpetrator.

Reem Khan and Miriam Issa are speaking out against so-called honour killings.

Turkish feminists warn that under the three AKP administrations, long-controversial patriarchal habits have once again become the norm.