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Debate on Blasphemy Abolition: Column 1118 *

Mar 8th, 2008 | Filed by

York: ‘the protection of society is achieved by ensuring that the Christian religion is treated with respect.’… Read the rest



Lords Approve Abolition Of Blasphemy *

Mar 8th, 2008 | Filed by

After an acrimonious debate in which the bogeyman of secularism was repeatedly invoked.… Read the rest



3,000 UK Women a Year Forced Into Marriage *

Mar 8th, 2008 | Filed by

The study found at least 300 cases in Luton where victims had contacted community organisations.… Read the rest



Afghanistan: Thousands Protest Motoons Again *

Mar 8th, 2008 | Filed by

Good to know they have nothing more important to worry about.… Read the rest



Wired Talks to Philip Zimbardo *

Mar 7th, 2008 | Filed by

Understanding why somebody did something leads to a totally different way of dealing with evil. … Read the rest



Sholto Byrnes Interviews Samantha Power *

Mar 7th, 2008 | Filed by

Author of A Problem From Hell and one of five senior foreign policy advisers to Obama.… Read the rest



Rayyan Al-Shawaf Reviews Desiring Arabs *

Mar 7th, 2008 | Filed by

Joseph Massad portrays Arab violence as inevitable wherever there is gay and lesbian assertiveness.… Read the rest



Jane O’Grady Reviews Revolution in Mind *

Mar 7th, 2008 | Filed by

The unconscious was not Freud’s discovery, but that of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche via Hume and Locke.… Read the rest



Moses Saw God Because He Was Stoned *

Mar 7th, 2008 | Filed by

When Moses climbed Sinai and received the Ten Commandments and the Bible, he was tripping. … Read the rest



Universal Human Rights: Origins and Development *

Mar 7th, 2008 | Filed by

Human rights law is not a product of western hegemony. In fact, Stephen James argues, the opposite is true.… Read the rest



Malaysia: Woman Jailed for Apostasy *

Mar 6th, 2008 | Filed by

She worships a two-story high teapot. But she was ‘born Muslim’ so she’s not allowed to leave.… Read the rest



Bradford’s Missing Girls *

Mar 6th, 2008 | Filed by

More than 200 girls disappear from Bradford schools each year.… Read the rest



33 Girls Missing From Bradford *

Mar 6th, 2008 | Filed by

Authorities suspect they have been taken abroad to be forced into marriage.… Read the rest



Homosexuality is a Capital Crime in Iran *

Mar 6th, 2008 | Filed by

Ahmadinejad said ‘In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals.’ The audience howled.… Read the rest



Gay Iranian Teenager Faces Execution *

Mar 6th, 2008 | Filed by

Mehdi Kazemi, 19, learned his boyfriend had been executed in Iran, requested asylum; UK says No.… Read the rest



Creeping Back to Inequality *

Mar 6th, 2008 | Filed by

Harvard has banned men from a gym for six hours a week at the request of Muslim women.… Read the rest



‘Philosophy Bites’ Interviews Anthony Appiah *

Mar 5th, 2008 | Filed by

How is it possible to combine ethical universalism with acknowledgement of difference?… Read the rest



Flemming Rose on Vatican-al Azhar Statement *

Mar 5th, 2008 | Filed by

It’s the hells angels’ code of ethics: If you don’t respect me I’ll kill you or scare the hell out of anyone you know.… Read the rest



Kenya: Allegations of State-sanctioned Violence *

Mar 5th, 2008 | Filed by

Sources allege that meetings were hosted between the banned Mungiki militia and senior government figures. … Read the rest



Catholic Bishop Endorses the Protocols *

Mar 5th, 2008 | Filed by

Bishop Richard Williamson told The Catholic Herald that the document was authentic.… Read the rest