‘Atheism has become more vocal and aggressive.’ It’s an outrage! Atheism should be silent and passive!… Read the rest
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Anti-abortion Rights Campaigners v Cherie Blair 
Dec 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Blair giving a lecture titled ‘Religion as a Force in protecting Women’s Human Rights.’ Yeah right.… Read the rest
Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Dec 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ooh naughty – smirking incredulity, casually derogatory remark, provocation, tut tut.… Read the rest
Tariq Ramadan Issues Some Instructions
Dec 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘No one can deny that some individuals do face discrimination because of their “religion”.’… Read the rest
Race to Rescue Doctor from Forced Marriage
Dec 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dr Abedin is being held captive by her family in Dhaka; she is thought to have been violently beaten.… Read the rest
Conscience and belief is it
Dec 7th, 2008 11:16 am | By Ophelia BensonThe Cardinal talks the usual familiar self-pitying self-serving bullshit.
“Although the tone of public discussion is sceptical or dismissive rather than antireligious, atheism has become more vocal and aggressive.” Britain’s most senior Catholic leader says that the “unfriendly climate for people of all faiths” has united the country’s three major faiths, Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
In complaining about people who don’t share their baseless ‘faiths’ having the gall to speak up. Touching to see them unite though, when in the good old days they used to slaughter each other at every opportunity.
… Read the rest“The vocal minority who argue that religion has no role in modern British society portray Catholic teaching on the family as prejudiced and intolerant to those pursuing
Other people far away
Dec 5th, 2008 12:22 pm | By Ophelia BensonNorm makes a very sharp and telling point.
Periodically, the Guardian newspaper carries an op-ed piece on how somebody or other, typically a Western government, is sowing fear for some nefarious purpose. If the piece isn’t by Madeleine Bunting, then it’s likely to be by Simon Jenkins. And so it is today. He’s talking ‘scaremongering’, ‘politics of fear’, ‘fear politics’, ‘the pervasiveness of fear’…
Yes isn’t he just:
… Read the restThe media’s fondness for describing any explosion as “al-Qaeda-linked” has turned what was a tiny, if efficient, cabal of fanatics into a global menace, ridiculously on a par with Hitler and postwar communism…At least organised crime and communism posed genuine threats to American liberties. Al-Qaida does not, yet it has
Normblog on Simon Jenkins on ‘Scaremongering’
Dec 5th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
As long as the bombers announce their hatred of secular law and liberty, the Simon Jenkinses can’t wait to urge you to relax.… Read the rest
Many Opposition Activists Missing in Zimbabwe
Dec 5th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The whereabouts of 14 MDC activists and a baby are still unknown more than a month since they disappeared. … Read the rest
Cries for Help From Congo’s War Victims
Dec 5th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We have been abandoned. Who will protect us? Who will help us?’… Read the rest
HRW to Zimbabwe: Where is Mukoko?
Dec 5th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Mukoko has been abducted in suspicious and alarming circumstances, and we are profoundly concerned about her well-being.’… Read the rest
COSATU Condemns Union Arrests in Zimbabwe
Dec 5th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
COSATU condemns arrest of dozens of union leaders and the abduction of Jestina Mukoko.… Read the rest
AI Demands Release of Jestina Mukoko
Dec 5th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mukoko is the director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project, was grabbed by gunmen December 3.… Read the rest
Nigeria: Child ‘Witch’ Killer Arrested
Dec 5th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Police in south-east Nigeria have arrested a man who claimed to have killed 110 child ‘witches.’… Read the rest
Odinga, Tutu Say Mugabe Must Go
Dec 5th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Collapse of health systems and water supply in Harare are major reasons for the cholera deaths.… Read the rest
Study Shows Physical ‘Self’ is a Trick of the Mind
Dec 4th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Neuroscientists induced ‘out of body’ experiences; will help researchers understand how the brain constructs a sense of physical self.… Read the rest
Launch of Campaign Against Sharia in UK
Dec 4th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Campaign organiser Maryam Namazie says sharia’s voluntary nature is a sham: many women will be forced. … Read the rest
Romania Removes Evolution From Curriculum
Dec 4th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Minister of Education says it’s implicit. Nonsense, say critics: if it’s not there it’s not there.… Read the rest
Aid Worker Murdered in Sri Lanka
Dec 4th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A Vigneswaran worked for the Norwegian Refugee Council, was killed by gunmen in Batticaloa last week.… Read the rest
UNESCO Deplores Killings of Journalists
Dec 4th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
UNESCO has called on India, Mexico and Pakistan to take greater steps to protect reporters.… Read the rest
