It included three obscene caricatures that had nothing to do with Jyllands-Posten.
Category: Latest News
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Guys With Guns Continue Tantrum
Threat threat threat, demand demand demand, gun gun gun.
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Dawkins on the Aftermath of ‘Root of all Evil?’
Faith is pernicious because it teaches that believing something without evidence is a virtue.
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Scott McLemee on Oprah Studies
The therapeutic ethos is not antithetical to a deep yearning for authority.
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Danish Tabloid Reports There are ‘Extra’ Cartoons
Akhmad Akkari says extras were added to show ‘how hateful the atmosphere in Denmark is.’
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French Editor Fired for Printing Cartoons
Journalists at the newspaper stood by their editor’s decision.
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Remembering Fadima Shahindale
At conference on globalization of political Islam and its relation to honour killing.
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Le Soir Sacks Managing Editor
As a sign of respect for the intimate beliefs and convictions of every individual. Uh…
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Writers and Comedians Rejoice
Rowan Atkinson, Salman Rushdie, Philip Pullman, Hanif Kureishi cheer Commons vote.
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Maryam Namazie Starts a Blog
No prizes for guessing her opinion of the cartoon tantrum.
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A Fish Called Allah
Deity reveals self by writing own name on a fish in Waterfoot, near Bury.
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Richard Wolin’s The Seduction of Unreason
Stanley Rosen says Wolin is not good at taking seriously the people he dislikes.
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MPs Reject Compromise on Religious Hatred Bill
MPs voted to back a key Lords amendment to the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill.
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Religious Hatred Bill
Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty glad that Parliament spoke up for rights and freedoms.
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Childish Tantrums Continue
Arab ministers urge Denmark to punish newspaper which printed ‘offensive’ cartoons.
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Discussion of Religious Hatred Bill [audio]
Paul Goggins doesn’t get it.
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Fundamental Values are Being Challenged
Totalitarian and authoritarian impulses drive reactions to Jyllands-Posten cartoons.
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Campaign: Release our Fathers
Homa Arjomand campaigns to aid imprisoned strikers and their children in Iran.
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The Cartoons Spread – Across Europe
Seven publications in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain carried some of the drawings.
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Steve Fuller Defends Excluded Marginalized ID
‘We wouldn’t have science as we know it today if it weren’t for monotheism,’ he claims.