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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.
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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Inevitably links go out of date.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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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.
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Asians in Media on Channel 4 Documentary
Martin Bright tells AIM the government fails to represent diversity of opinion among British Muslims.
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Spanish PM a No-show for Papal Nag
Pope gave a homily praising traditional family, marriage between a man and a woman – geddit?
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Define ‘Islamophobia’
Rational fear of certain Islamic ideas is different from hatred of, or incitement against, Muslims.
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The Economics of Immigration
Do unskilled immigrants drive wages down? Evidence has been hard to find.
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Jeff Weintraub on Stickling for International Law
Including the Genocide Convention.
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Iran Sends Human Rights Abuser to UN HRC
Saeed Mortazavi has been accused of direct participation in the murder of Zahra Kazemi.
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Defense of ‘Feminist’ Ghettoization
When women self-obsess, that’s ‘political’. Is it?
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Nick Cohen on the FO and the Muslim Brotherhood
Don’t miss Inayat’s charming comment.
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Researchers Say 7/7 Was About Machismo
‘Suicide bombing in general is understandable in terms that are pretty ordinary.’
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Canadian Book Chain Bans ‘Free Inquiry’
Indigo books banned Harper’s after learning June issue had all 12 prophet cartoons; FI came next.
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Machismo? Moi?
Muslim ‘cleric’ jokes about bombings, hopes not to die in bed like old woman.
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Colin McGinn Talks to Bill Moyers
‘I think there’s too much tolerance of faith, and there’s not enough respect for reason.’
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Karen Armstrong Takes Oddly Selective View
Seems to assume that all Muslim suffering is at the hands of non-Muslims. Not quite right.
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Vatican Heading Back to Inquisition
Italy’s leading expert on cloning likens the Vatican to the Taliban.
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Anger at Cardinal’s Excommunication Promise
Other planet residence suggested.
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Salman Rushdie Talks to Bill Moyers
‘The big change may come because Muslim women reject the oppression that they’ve been subjected to.’
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Guardian Has Fun Riling its Readers
7/7 was Blair’s fault, and the Muslim community has had just about enough.