He has to reduce science to just another faith in order to salvage the “reasonableness” of religious belief.… Read the rest
Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.
Natasha Walter on women in Afghanistan 
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
“Every day women are sacrificed for their family or tribe,” Nilab Mobarez tells me angrily. … Read the rest
WHO study on risks of FGM
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
WHO study shows FGM exposes women and babies to significant risk at childbirth.… Read the rest
The Candidate
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The New Yorker on Obama in May 2004… Read the rest
‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Guy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest
Richard Carrier: Why I am not a Christian
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
God is silent and inert, the evidence is inadequate, and the universe is not the one predicted.… Read the rest
Carl Sagan on Pseudoscience
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
On NPR’s Science Friday in 1996, the rising popularity of pseudoscience and the importance of critical thinking.… Read the rest
Debunking Edward Said
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ibn Warraq on a one-eyed view of the relationship between the Arab and Western worlds.… Read the rest
Clever teenagers don’t have sex
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Sexual behavior may compete with the time and resources required for other goals.… Read the rest
The Religious Policeman on the ‘Muslim Offense Level’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reasons not to talk about stampedes where “several” poor Third-World Muslims died.… Read the rest
Who should be able to stop a forced marriage?
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bridget Prentice and Jasvinder Sanghera discuss on Woman’s Hour.… Read the rest
Got a complaint? Call 1-800-Human-Rights.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Canadian Islamic Congress has a new partner in its censorship campaign: the state … Read the rest
Flora Terah: beaten and tortured for running for office
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘In Kenya, and especially in the Ameru community I belong to, women are not supposed to get leadership positions.’… Read the rest
Afghanistan: a Just Intervention
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Chris Bertram asks why the British left reacted the way it did.… Read the rest
A History of Neglect
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Paddy Doyle’s timeline of Irish Industrial Schools and failed attempts to reform them.… Read the rest
Religious Schools: the Case Against
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Extracts from Humanist Philosophers’ Group pamphlet.… Read the rest
Would Steve Gould have signed the ‘Steves’ list?
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘There is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence.’… Read the rest
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust marks FGM Zero Tolerance day
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It is estimated that as many as 74,000 women in the UK have had FGM and that every year a further 7,000 are at risk. … Read the rest
Shazia Qayum is spokeswoman for the Forced Marriage Unit.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She was locked in a room for a year for refusing a forced marriage, spent five years living in shelters hiding from her family.… Read the rest
Muslim students file rights complaint against Maclean’s
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Faisal Joseph, a lawyer from the Canadian Islamic Congress who is representing the four students, argued that journalists can’t write just anything.… Read the rest
