‘NGOs are involved in un-Islamic activities and it is a sinful act to get treatment from them.’… Read the rest
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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Colorado Students Walk Out on Goddy Pledge
Sep 28th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe students say the phrase violates the constitutional separation of church and state.… Read the rest
Myers and Laden Encounter Nesbit and Mooney
Sep 28th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonA reception in Dinkytown will follow the event. Seriously.… Read the rest
PZ on That Creationist Documentary
Sep 28th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘I certainly haven’t said that “freedom of thought and freedom of inquiry” aren’t part of the university.’… Read the rest
‘They Want to Finish With the African People’
Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMozambique archbishop claims some European-made condoms are infected with HIV deliberately.… Read the rest
RSF on Bad State of Press Freedom in Burma
Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRSF and the Burma Media Association call for the release of five journalists and a photographer.… Read the rest
Absurd Indictment of Journalist in Niger
Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWhat he is alleged to have done are normal activities for a brave and rigorous journalist.… Read the rest
Teacher Fired for Non-literal Bible Mention
Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonFired after he told his students the story of Adam and Eve should not be literally interpreted.… Read the rest
‘Christophobia’ at Universities
Sep 27th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonShocking bias against the irrational in academic enclaves.… Read the rest
Girls Attack Saudi Religious Police
Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTwo cops approached the girls to advise them about their clothes; they got pepper sprayed and yelled at.… Read the rest
Episcopal Bishops Reject Church’s Orders
Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBishops rejected Anglican demands to roll back the church’s liberal stance on homosexuality.… Read the rest
Papal Rags for Sale on Holy Website
Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonBut buying them is sacrilege.… Read the rest
Dentist Told Patient to Put On Hijab
Sep 26th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAdmitted he would ask Muslim women to ‘cover up’ ‘in accordance with Islamic law’ before he treated them.… Read the rest
Catholic Apologist Rebukes Amnesty International
Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThose women who have suffered rape will not be short of pastoral care from a range of humanitarian groups.… Read the rest
What the Church Fails to Understand
Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonForced pregnancy and forced maternity are regarded as war crimes and are breaches of the Geneva convention… Read the rest
The Greatest Silence: Rape in Congo
Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMany tens of thousands of women and girls have been systematically kidnapped, raped, mutilated and tortured.… Read the rest
Rape is Cheaper Than Bullets
Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSoldiers from all sides are targeting and raping women as part of a military strategy.… Read the rest
Danny Postel on Our Real Iranian Friends
Sep 25th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonLike Akbar Ganji, who has just issued an Open Letter to Ban Ki Moon refusing ‘the double blackmail.’… Read the rest
Vatican Incredulous About Our Lady of Surbiton
Sep 24th, 2007 | Filed by Ophelia BensonArchbishop says the supposed revelations are highly questionable. Tsk.… Read the rest