Cases include death sentences for women accused of adultery and the beating, stoning, hanging, and burning of an elected official accused of corruption.… 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.
Pitcairn Island: 6 Found Guilty Of Sex Abuse
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSix men were convicted of charges including rape and indecent assault in trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on Pitcairn.… Read the rest
Stepping Stones Nigeria on Child Witches
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAn increasing number of children in the Niger Delta are being forced to the streets and trafficked as a result of a deeply held belief in child “witches”… Read the rest
John Hartung on ‘Love thy Neighbor’
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThy neighbor is not everyone, it is thy group.… Read the rest
Submission in advance
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA gigantic taboo zone has been created, repeatedly reiterated and expanded with the well-intentioned collaboration of Western intellectuals.… Read the rest
IHEU on superstition and witchcraft in Africa
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAttacks on witches, persecution and killings still take place. Most of the victims are women and children.… Read the rest
Lawyers for victims say pope obstructed justice.
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIn 2001 Ratzinger issued an order ensuring the church’s investigations into child sex abuse claims be carried out in secret.… Read the rest
Escaping the Amish
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRape, incest, sexual abuse; physical and verbal abuse; women have no rights; rudimentary education; animal abuse.… Read the rest
Controversy over Tariq Ramadan
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRamadan, integration advisor for Rotterdam council and a guest professor at the city’s Erasmus university, is under fire for presenting a weekly talk show on the Iranian channel Press TV.… Read the rest
Ratzinger’s 2001 letter to the bishops
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMore concerned about the ‘eucharist’ than about the molested ‘minors.’… Read the rest
Sierra Leone: women journalists kidnapped by pro-FGM group
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe group regarded their questions and comments as a sign of disrespect for their traditions.… Read the rest
Karen Armstrong explains about God.
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians have insisted for centuries that God does not exist.’… Read the rest
The Hunt for the Hat Gene
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIf there’s a God gene, there must be a hat gene, and a jeans gene, and a singing gene, and…… Read the rest
FGM group kidnaps female journalists
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe female kidnappers accused the journalists of insulting their traditions by criticising the practice. … Read the rest
Polish woman was refused an abortion
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDespite warnings that having a baby could make her go blind. … Read the rest
On misogynist language
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Racial slurs would not be tolerated or defended, but the use of sexist language was acceptable.’… Read the rest
Emily Bourgeois helps children in Uganda
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonShe houses, feeds, clothes and pays for the schooling of orphans in Uganda.… Read the rest
Feynman on the Challenger
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAppendix F – a must read.… Read the rest
Woman in burqa horrified by woman in chador
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonJust look how she dresses, the bridge of her nose visible for all the world to see.’… Read the rest
Saudi women’s rights activist Wajeha al-Huwaider banned
Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTo mark international women’s day 2004, International Pen Writers in Prison Committee focused on al-Huwaider.… Read the rest