Azmi v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.… 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.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Museums, Libraries Asked to Create Prayer Rooms 
Apr 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mosques, churches asked to provide paintings and books. No that one’s a joke.… Read the rest
Among the Dead in Virginia
Apr 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Prof K Granata, orthopaedic researcher; Prof GV Loganathan, award-winning teacher; Prof L Librescu, Holocaust survivor.… Read the rest
Iran’s Supreme Court Acquits Murderers
Apr 17th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Vigilantes were not guilty because their victims were involved in un-Islamic activities.… Read the rest
Clive James on Wittgenstein
Apr 16th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A given line of argument could be outright wrong, especially if it sought obsessively for a unity that could not exist. … Read the rest
Group Claims it Has Murdered Alan Johnston
Apr 16th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
BBC said it could not confirm the claims by the previously unknown ‘Tawhid and Jihad brigades.’… Read the rest
Norwegian-Somalian FGM Critic Assaulted
Apr 16th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
They kicked her and screamed that she had trampled on the Koran. She has several broken ribs.… Read the rest
Two Men Arrested in Assault on Kadra
Apr 16th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She told Norwegian newspaper VG that the Koran’s views on women needed to be reinterpreted.… Read the rest
I Beg You, Take Me Away From Here
Apr 16th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I have nothing here. Why should I live in this prison and be forced to marry a man I do not wish to marry?’… Read the rest
Ankara Rally for Secularism
Apr 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Women, especially, are worried.… Read the rest
More Will Mean Worse?
Apr 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Conflict faced by many lecturers teaching students they regard as ill-equipped for degree-level study. … Read the rest
Ben Goldacre on Blaming Big Pharma
Apr 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Only 10% of pharmaceutical research is funded outside the pharmaceutical industry; whose fault is that?… Read the rest
US House Majority Leader Meets MB Leader
Apr 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Steny Hoyer met with the Muslim Brotherhood’s parliamentary leader in Cairo.… Read the rest
Nick Cohen on Noxious Fumes
Apr 15th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
When environmentalists rave and reactionaries cheer, the outlook is grim.… Read the rest
Julian Baggini on the Real Clash of Civilizations
Apr 14th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Middle ground between shoulder-shrugging relativism and dogmatic fundamentalism has been vacated.… Read the rest
Reporters and Readers are Responsible
Apr 13th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Readers want Faye Turney, not some dead Kuwaiti intepreter.… Read the rest
Houzan Mahmoud Says No to a Medieval Kurdistan
Apr 13th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
An important new front in the battle to push sharia law back where it belongs – in the dark ages. … Read the rest
Ann Coulter’s Brilliant Hoax
Apr 13th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A witty parody of attacks on evolution, in the style of the Sokal hoax.… Read the rest
Japan and China: What Children Learn
Apr 12th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not enough, apparently.… Read the rest
Wen Jiabao Urges Japan to Face WWII Actions
Apr 12th, 2007 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Japan’s invasions caused tremendous damage to the Chinese.’ And not just the Chinese.… Read the rest
