Rushdie’s censoring-out from the ongoing literary festival in Jaipur will be remembered as a milestone that marked the slow motion disintegration of India’s secular state.… Read the rest

A cleric’s description of Rushdie as having “hurt the sentiments of Muslims all over the world” was widely reported in India, and prompted calls for Rushdie to be denied a visa.

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Enenche Akogwu, 31, was shot by unidentified gunmen as he attempted to interview witnesses of a deadly terrorist attack in Kano.… Read the rest

Hundreds of people have protested in Blantyre including Vice-President Joyce Banda, the gender minister, several MPs, church leaders, university lecturers and activists.… Read the rest

An Indonesian man who said that God did not exist in a posting on a Facebook page for atheists was attacked by a mob, could face jail and loss of his job.… Read the rest

Kenan Malik, Austin Dacey, Andrew Copson, Jacob Mchangma, Maryam Namazie speaking informatively and provocatively on this controversial topic.… Read the rest

Rushdie’s staying away from Jaipur sets a dreadful precedent for its artists who are deemed by religious groups to be producing “blasphemous” material.… Read the rest

Complaints about economic inequality are inconsistent with the concept of “one nation under God,” but only because the “1%” of an earlier era intended it that way.… Read the rest

They face a backlash in the form of persecution, intimidation and death threats.… Read the rest

That’s telling her!… Read the rest

According to the Courthouse News Service, an elderly cancer patient is suing Burzynski for allegedly “bilking her of nearly $100,000″.… Read the rest

Adam Walker of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association: “There is no need to print these things other than to cause offence and history has told us that these things cause offence.”… Read the rest

Yunus Ali, the Head Teacher of KC Technical and Business Management College of Pirojpur, was arrested for having allegedly kept a copy of “Lajja” (“Shame”) in the college library.… Read the rest

Do we really need a deity to tell us that a life spent curing cancer is more worthwhile than one spent drinking in the gutter?

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Senator Beth Moura tweets: “Look at ACLU sweetheart’s Twitter acct and rhetoric of her followers. Not good.”… Read the rest

Enquiries by Tower Hamlets police are ongoing.… Read the rest

It is no longer just the religious who would inhibit our freedom of expression: increasingly, secular bodies are buying into this invidious idea too, all in the name of ‘tolerance’ or ‘community relations’ or ‘respect’.… Read the rest

Criticising the motivations of public figures, or calling on them to be more candid about their motivations, should not be actionable.… Read the rest

Ann Marie Waters asks, is it the role of speakers and students to face off against potentially violent Islamists in defence of our free speech?… Read the rest

His sixth form college is considering expelling him if he doesn’t remove the cartoon from his profile.… Read the rest