Why didn’t play’s producers and police tell ‘community leaders’ to get lost? What’s to negotiate?
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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Death Threats Succeed in Silencing Playwright
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti has asked theatre not to stage her play because threats against her have increased.
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Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti in Hiding After Murder Threats
Councillor calls mob’s success at censorship a victory for common sense.
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ACSH Replies to CSPI
A history of going where the science takes them, even when that science is counter to interest of funders.
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Never Mind the Truth, Just Win the Argument
Schopenhauer’s sardonic book gives 38 argument-winning rhetorical tricks.
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Sharia Opponents Criticize Ontario Report
Boyd cites safeguards; critics cite pressure from right-wing Muslim fundamentalists.
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Report Pushes Women’s Rights Back 1400 Years
Boyd’s report encourages spread of Political Islam in Canada, says Homa Arjomand.
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Sharia in Canada a Thoroughly Bad Idea
Should be rejected along with any other impulse to tailor Canada’s justice system to individual cultures.
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The Self-Esteem Myth
Just for a start, separate correlation from causation.
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Paul Edwards 1923-2004
Atheist philosopher lived 81 years, did not convert to theism.
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Sikh Protests Over Play Threaten Continued Run
Birmingham’s Roman Catholic Archbishop called play offensive to all faiths.
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Sikh Protests Succeed in Censoring Play
Executive director of Birmingham Rep admits play’s closure amounts to censorship.
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Theatre Halts Sikh Play Over Safety Fears
Controversial play closed after mini-riot among Sikhs who claimed it demeaned their religion.
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Ugly Violence Causes Free Speech to be Curbed
Rep refused to censor play, abandoned it purely on health and safety grounds.
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Two Women Face Execution in Iran
Human rights groups urge Britons to help save abused women from hanging and stoning.
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The Left’s Retreat from Universal Human Rights
Peter Tatchell on ‘colluding with religious-inspired barbarisms like female genital mutilation.’
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‘Divinely Ordained Justice’ in Iran
For girls of nine and up: stoning, 53 lashes then stoning, 5 years in prison then execution.
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A Tricky Distinction to Maintain
You can say anything you like about beliefs, but not about believers.
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How Disinterested is ACSH?
‘ACSH is heavily financed by corporations with specific and direct interest in ACSH’s chosen battles.’
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In Defence of Militant Secularism
Why is the UK left encouraging communalism?