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Another bridge built

Mar 13th, 2008 12:01 pm | By

Another bishop heard from.

The Rt Rev Patrick O’Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster, told MPs that books critical of the Catholic faith should be banned from school libraries…Fiona McTaggart, the Labour MP for Slough, said she was extremely concerned that Catholic sixth-formers would be denied access to great works of fiction as well as non-fiction if the bishop’s ban were implemented…But Bishop O’Donoghue defended his stance. “I think there has to be a vetting of material given the age range of children in schools,” he said. “There is certain material that you do not put in front of them.”

Such as for instance books critical of the Catholic ‘faith.’ You don’t put those in front of children in schools; God … Read the rest



Mehdi Kazemi’s Deportation Being Reviewed *

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Jacqui Smith has now granted him a temporary reprieve from deportation while she reconsiders his case. … Read the rest



OIC versus Human Rights and Free Speech *

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Islamic states say outright criticism of religion violates the rights of believers to enjoy respect.… Read the rest



Bishop Says Ban Books Critical of Catholicism *

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Bishop of Lancaster told MPs books critical of Catholicism should be banned from school libraries.… Read the rest



Worries at Forced Marriage Levels *

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Forced Marriage Unit sees 300 cases annually in UK, but study records 300 reports a year in Luton alone. … Read the rest



When It’s Bad to Talk *

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Belief in the innocuousness of psychotherapy is persistent and prevalent. That’s a mistake.… Read the rest



First Online Free Expression Day Launched *

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Join cyberdemo in Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, North Korea, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia.… Read the rest



UNESCO Unsupports Free Expression Day *

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Several governments on the list of 15 ‘Internet Enemies’ pressured the office of the UNESCO director.… Read the rest



Journalist to be Executed in Iran *

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Yaghub Mehrnehad is a journalist for the reformist newspaper Mardomsalari (Democracy).… Read the rest



John Allen Paulos on Order and God *

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How can order arise out of nothing? It can’t, so God. How can God arise out of nothing? Because God.… Read the rest



Mehdi Kazemi Loses Asylum Plea *

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Says his life will be in danger if he is sent back to Iran, because he has been named as a homosexual.… Read the rest



Catholic MPs to Rebel Over Embryo Bill *

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Cite their religious beliefs.… Read the rest



Jesus and Mo Discuss Vatican’s New Sins *

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Listen, paedophilia was cool in those days.… Read the rest



On the Media on Libel Tourism *

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UK libel law gets books withdrawn at the mere threat of a suit.… Read the rest



Let’s Just Ban Everything Offensive! *

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Think of all the time we could save.… Read the rest



BBC Raises Eyebrow at ‘Anti-Islam Film’ *

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Points censoriously at Kurt Westergaard for dissing ‘Islam’s holiest prophet.’… Read the rest



Nicolaus Mills on Samantha Power *

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Genocide is alive and well in the world—but of secondary interest to the nations that might actually stop it.… Read the rest



Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus *

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Jesus’ disciples were convinced they had seen the resurrected Jesus. That’s the evidence.… Read the rest



Antony Flew at Westminster Chapel *

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Flew will join Bishop of Durham in ‘giving evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.’… Read the rest



The BBC’s holiest prophet

Mar 11th, 2008 11:47 am | By

Does the BBC call in someone from the MCB to write some of its news articles, or what?

The Danish cartoonist behind drawings satirising the Prophet Muhammad has urged a Dutch lawmaker to air an anti-Islam film despite Muslim outrage…Mr Westergaard’s cartoons in a Danish paper triggered riots by Muslims in many countries in 2006.

Where to begin? Kurt Westergaard wasn’t ‘behind’ all the Motoons; he drew one of them, that’s all. And there’s the unqualifed censoriousness of ‘anti-Islam film’ – the silent but obtrusive assumption that Islam should be immune from opposition. And then the usual, indeed obligatory, distortion in which the cartoons ‘triggered riots’ as if the cartoons were to blame, along with the repetition of the claim … Read the rest