Says all imams should be made aware of how women are treated in the UK before being allowed in.… 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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Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Cartoons not Published for Fear of Retaliation 
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The prattle about sensitivity is mere smokescreen.… Read the rest
Ten Killed in Libya in Cartoon Riot
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Berlusconi said policy of Italian government was ‘one of respect for the Islamic religion.’ … Read the rest
Hidden Motives Behind Cartoon Riots in Pakistan
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Aamer Ahmed Khan says message may be aimed at liberal government rather than Danish cartoonists.… Read the rest
Qatari Woman Imprisoned by her Parents
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Beaten, deprived of meals, company, light, any book but the Koran. AI fears for her life.… Read the rest
‘Weed out textbooks offensive to Muslims’
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
School textbooks should be reviewed by experts overseen by the EU and Islamic leaders.… Read the rest
AI on Execution of Children in Iran
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Girl sentenced to death for stabbing to death one of three men who attempted to rape her.… Read the rest
The Cartoons are ‘Essentially Racist’
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But are they?… Read the rest
Is This a Parody?
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
No problem, no caving in to pressure, no worry about beheading thing, model of moderation.… Read the rest
Onora O’Neill on Freedom of Speech
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We may doubt that powerful media should enjoy unconditional freedom of expression.… Read the rest
Ronald Dworkin on Free Speech
Feb 18th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Free speech is a condition of legitimate government.’… Read the rest
Peter Strawson
Feb 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Jane O’Grady in the Guardian.… Read the rest
UN Calls for Closure of Guantanamo
Feb 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
One investigator said detention of inmates for years without charge amounted to arbitrary detention. … Read the rest
Irving Trial Tests Free Speech
Feb 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Historian argues Germany and Austria have a moral obligation to fight Holocaust denial.… Read the rest
Not Very Veiled Threats
Feb 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Repercussions, deeper grave, that sort of thing.… Read the rest
Sharia in Malaysia
Feb 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Very difficult and risky publicly to renounce Islam, and above all, to renounce it in favour of secularism. … Read the rest
Neil Berry Breaks the News
Feb 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tony Blair in cahoots with Jews.… Read the rest
Muslim Cultural Institute Dares Ahmadinejad
Feb 16th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
To visit Auschwitz. ‘In this place of horror he can again deny the Holocaust, if he has the courage.’… Read the rest
Peter Strawson 1919-2006
Feb 15th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Oxford philosopher who made influential contributions to problems of language and metaphysics.… Read the rest
