“The spell which creates an invisible moat around religion…that whispers, ‘Science Stay Away’.”… Read the rest

‘A good scientist insists that, before one assents to a claim, there must be good evidence for that claim.’… Read the rest

‘Fashion matters and today the fashion is to ignore genocide.’… Read the rest

Badiou’s close questioning of such concepts as evil and democracy have gained attention.… Read the rest

If ideas can be copyrighted, intellectual life is doomed.… Read the rest

Prattling of demonization, disciplinary narrative, uniformly establishmentarian scientific sympathies.… Read the rest

Working on a book that, if it is published, is going to turn the Islamic world upside down.… Read the rest

First head of state indicted for crimes against humanity found dead in cell in The Hague.… Read the rest

‘Whole populations were forced from their homes, for some the fate was far worse.’… Read the rest

‘A philosophical primer that also offers readers a modest critical apparatus.’… Read the rest

The Alliance for Science.… Read the rest

Islamic hour one in a string of demands by a group close to the Muslim Brotherhood.… Read the rest

‘Historical accuracy has prevailed over mythological ideas of history,’ says Michael Witzel.… Read the rest

Danish government has apologised for the distress, but not for the cartoons themselves. … Read the rest

Exam board is accused of confusing pupils by including religion.… Read the rest

Fallas festival in Valencia has survived attacks by Church, Franco, but now self-censors.… Read the rest

Analysts say ‘demonisation’ of Islam by politicians and the media has eroded tolerance.… Read the rest

Having religious convictions is not very much like having either epileptic seizures or blue eyes.… Read the rest

Wole Soyinka says the atavists of religion have expanded the ‘territory of insult’ into a limitless one. … Read the rest

Only by acknowledging where mistakes were made in the past can we avoid making them in the future. … Read the rest