A co-ordinated global hunger strike from July 14 through July 16, 2006.
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Inevitably links go out of date.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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AI Renews Calls for Release of Prisoners
Amnesty International calls for release of Ossanlu, Jahanbegloo, Mousavi-Kho’ini.
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Review of Why Truth Matters
Reference made to authors’ immense talents. Well exactly.
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Two Sentenced for ‘Honour’ Killing
Samaira Nazir was stabbed to death by her brother and cousin.
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Reliance on MCB May be Convenient But…
Government is making a mistake if it hands the franchise of dialogue over to a single organisation.
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Pastors Charge Government With Christianophobia
‘The latest discrimination against Christians is the new law called the Sexual Orientation Regulations.’
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Letters Reject Communalism
‘Racial and religious divides can go too far and lead us away from good community relations.’
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Hindus ‘Yearn to be Understood as a Community’
Everyone else is a community, in fact the community, so Hindus want to be the community too.
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Manly Men
Manliness needs women to be inferior and subordinate, and cute when angry.
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Norm Geras and Nick Cohen Debate Front Page
And give up in exasperation.
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Pickled Politics on ‘Connecting British Hindus’
The report seems little more than an exercise by the Hindu Forum to make some noise.
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Faisal Bodi Gives a Cheer for ‘Religious Communities’
And finds no one to agree with him.
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Human Rights Watch on ‘Night Letters’
3,000 (8%) of the 37,743 officially enrolled students in Zabul were girls in March 2006.
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Indian Newspapers React to Mumbai Bombings
‘We almost never apprehend those who kill in the name of politics and faith…’
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France Observes Dreyfus Centenary
‘The fight against the dark forces of intolerance and hate is never definitively won.’
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Aaronovitch on ‘Mission Creep’ in Afghanistan
You go in to get rid of the Taleban and you end up risking lives just to educate women.
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HRW on Threats to Girls’ Education in Afghanistan
HRW documented 204 incidents of attacks on teachers, students and schools since January 2005.
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Kenan Malik on a Bad Bargain in the Mosque
Self-appointed community leaders with no democratic mandate gain power.
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Hindus Unhappy at Being Called Asians
Identity, race, community, faith, community groups, faith communities, blrrghhhakkk.
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The Taliban War on Knowledge
‘Girls going to school need to be careful.’ If Taliban put acid on their faces, blame their parents.