‘To believe something in the face of evidence and against reason is ignoble, irresponsible and ignorant.’… Read the rest

Next up: a pill that increases housework, reduces talk. The ideal woman is on the way.… Read the rest

Women’s rights or multiculturalism? You can’t have both, Johann Hari notes; you have to choose.… Read the rest

Add your voice to those calling for change in Kurdistan and Iraq and for an end to the oppression of ‘honour’. … Read the rest

Relatives stripped her, beat and kicked her, and killed her by crushing her body with rocks and concrete blocks.… Read the rest

Of Du’a Khalil Aswad, 17 year old Kurdish girl murdered by public stoning after running away from home. … Read the rest

Each of us is aware of a light, of something fundamentally good. This something is…Jesus. … Read the rest

There’s a story in which the Enlightenment version of reason is oppressive and leads to the Holocaust.… Read the rest

Leviticus 27 says a man is worth 50 shekels, a woman is worth 30. Because?… Read the rest

First they came for the bigots, but I did not speak out, for I was not a bigot.… Read the rest

Swedish group tries to change the patriarchal view of women still held by many men.… Read the rest

‘Many girls in immigrant communities are trapped in rigid patriarchal structures and live in fear of their families.’… Read the rest

Why should there not be pure intellects, with no admixture of matter, who are located wherever they act?… Read the rest

‘What the creationist alternative does to students is to intercept and deaden curiosity.’… Read the rest

Like Muhammad, Smith could produce divine revelations at short notice and often simply to suit himself.… Read the rest

Thanks for all the music.… Read the rest

Complex manner in which he expresses himself does not imply that his thought is itself subtle or complex.… Read the rest

Thousands cautioned. Shopkeeper told to saw off the breasts of mannequins.… Read the rest