“A lot of people had gathered,” Rimsha’s sister said, “and they were saying: ‘We will cut off the hands of the people who burned the Koran.'”… Read the rest

“I was doing something spiritually and morally wrong that I would be punished for in the afterlife. And so there was a lot of fear and terrible desperation.”… Read the rest

“I announce today that this blasphemer who has abused the holy prophet, if somebody will kill him, I will give that person a prize of $100,000,” the railways minister said.… Read the rest

Campaigners say the true number of abuse victims could be up to 10,000.… Read the rest

The uproar over ‘Innocence of Muslims’ video is incredibly convenient and timely for OIC countries still bent on introducing an international ‘blasphemy’ law.… Read the rest

Produced and directed by Deeyah, this documentary chronicles the brutal murder of Banaz Mahmod in suburban London in 2006, killed and “disappeared” by her own family.… Read the rest

It’s a good rule of thumb that any treatment that would have to violate the laws of physics to be viable is probably unlikely to be biologically effective… Read the rest

The boy, 16, died in pain from a burst appendix; his parents prayed instead of getting medical treatment.… Read the rest

There is growing evidence that young children – some as young at 5 years old – are being “married” to older men in Sharia courts across Britain.… Read the rest

Indeed, just the verbal incantations of power, like law and code and everything else that made the world.… Read the rest

“There is no reason to extend protections to beliefs, the reputations of figures dead for millennia, or the feelings of religious believers.”… Read the rest

Because it doesn’t make a joke about Islam.… Read the rest

They depend on government, they think they’re victims, they pay no income tax, it’s not Romney’s job to worry about them.… Read the rest

The Tea Party ranks “dead last” in a CBS poll, after even atheists.… Read the rest

At the 21^st session of the UN Human Rights Council Sept 12, Roy Brown read a text by Leo Igwe, pointing out discrimination, oppression and violence against the non-religious.… Read the rest

One way is to say let’s get more women into programming because that will make it more attractive for the men.… Read the rest

Student protesters were also mobilized to denounce the film in Iran, where Khamenei blamed the West’s “Islamophobic policies of arrogance and Zionism.”… Read the rest

A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down nearly all of the state law that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers.… Read the rest

Acupuncture, “for the treatment of nausea or as part of a comprehensive pain management program,” is included with a $30 copay per visit.… Read the rest

Iran has seized on the current movie-rage to revive the death threat against Rushdie, raising the reward for killing him by $500,000.… Read the rest