Guy kills wife over ‘honour,’ other man’s family gives him 3 young girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest
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Interview With BHL 
Nov 3rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘We must abandon this idea according to which all ideas are like plants, firmly implanted in their original soil.’… Read the rest
Telford Council Thinks Better of Mad Idea
Nov 3rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sorry, says Councillor, all a mistake.… Read the rest
Park Staff Questions Adults Without Children
Nov 3rd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Adults who want to walk in Telford Town Park will be asked to explain themselves.… Read the rest
God-talk as an unstated norm
Nov 3rd, 2008 9:49 am | By Ophelia BensonRon Aronson recently pointed out what secularists have to get used to.
… Read the restIn the vast heartland of suburban and semirural America, they grow accustomed to new acquaintances greeting them by asking what church they go to. At work, they get used to God-talk as an unstated norm…In the news media, they get used to reading or hearing that the appropriate response to stressful situations is to turn to God. They also grow accustomed to putting up with offhand insults,…would-be presidents criticizing them for trying to keep religion out of public places…When will they demand that the spirit of multiculturalism be extended to those who do not pray, instead of the widespread assumption that religious values, norms and practices apply
Rape Victim, 13, Stoned to Death
Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Militia members opened fire when some of the witnesses to the killing attempted to save her life.… Read the rest
AI Reports Stoned ‘Woman’ Was a Girl, 13
Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sources say she had been raped and had attempted to report this rape to the militia who control Kismayo.… Read the rest
Somali Woman Stoned to Death for ‘Adultery’
Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She was buried up to her neck and then pelted to death with stones in front of thousands of people in Kismayo. … Read the rest
No Reiki Without Permission
Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
You need permission on an energetic level to move into the client’s energy field.… Read the rest
Azar Majedi: Religion is Political
Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The media continue to aid the mystification of religion as an untouchable institution.… Read the rest
Desperation
Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Republican representative hoped computer comparison would show Bill Ayers ghosted Obama’s book.… Read the rest
Muslim Police Cook Claims Discrimination
Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says he never enrolled to cook pork. Cops want their sausages.… Read the rest
Creationism From the US to Turkey
Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When a Turkish human rights group published a critical piece, Yahya told them to remove it.… Read the rest
A breath from the pit
Nov 2nd, 2008 11:48 am | By Ophelia BensonBastards bastards bastards.
It can tip you right over the edge sometimes, contemplating how unfathomably foul people can be.
… Read the restA girl stoned to death in Somalia this week was 13 years old, not 23, contrary to earlier news reports. She had been accused of adultery in breach of Islamic law. Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow was killed on Monday 27 October, by a group of 50 men in a stadium in the southern port of Kismayu, in front of around 1,000 spectators…Inside the stadium, militia members opened fire when some of the witnesses to the killing attempted to save her life, and shot dead a boy who was a bystander…[N]urses were instructed to check whether Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow was still
Potential President Gets First Amendment Wrong
Nov 1st, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Thinks it protects ‘our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.’… Read the rest
Museum Head Angers Pope, Is Sacked
Nov 1st, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pope, Vatican, local pol pitched fits over frog that ‘injured the religious feeling of many people.’… Read the rest
Susan Jacoby on Religion and US Politics
Nov 1st, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Republicans have tapped into fundamentalist resentment of educated, sceptical ‘elites.’… Read the rest
Muslim Artist Gets Muslim Death Threats
Nov 1st, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Some sections of the Muslim community’ are pissed off at Sarah Maples.… Read the rest
‘She’s Godless!’ ‘I Am Not Godless!’
Nov 1st, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Notion that it’s actually permissible to be godless does not get a hearing.… Read the rest
Studs Terkel 1912-2008
Nov 1st, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
His searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre.… Read the rest
