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October 2018

October 17, 2018

Complaints about ‘irreverent’ organ donation ad may get it banned

Australia's national watchdog, Ad Standards, is reportedly considering banning a 'Monty Pythonesque' TV ad featuring...

October 02, 2018

New Polish film about Catholic abuse riles the religious right

What could possibly have inspired a movie about drunken priests and clerical paedophila? True facts...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Christian v Christian in a spat over a Ramadan message

The Rev Alexa Gilmour of the Windermere United Church in Toronto annoyed the Christian owner...

September 20, 2018

Ireland to vote next month on abolishing blasphemy law

Following a call last month by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) for the...

September 19, 2018

Pastors made to look fools during Banned Book Week

To mark America's national Banned Book Week – an anti-censorship initiative launched in the 1980s...

April 2018

April 19, 2018

Indian cartoonist who 'hurt Hindu feelings' faces charges

The Hyderabad police have registered a case against Swathi Vadlamudi, a journalist working for an...

April 09, 2018

Plane insane: airport rejects women's rights campaign ads

The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has refused to to display adverts informing female airline passengers...

March 2018

March 16, 2018

Texas editor Phillip Hamilton exposed as a hateful bigot

Back in 2015 a local Texas newspaper, The Olton Enterprise run by Phillip Hamilton and...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

There is a tsunami of atheism in the 'Muslim world'

I was recently interviewed by Thomas Mahler for the French Le Point. The Freethinker is...

January 01, 2018

Clerics to get new powers to monitor TV output in Indonesia

Self-censorship in Indonesia has reached absurd heights in Indonesia, spurred by the fears that stations...

December 2017

December 24, 2017

Vatican's Christmas display is too gay, say shocked observers

Banned by Facebook, but accepted by Twitter, a photograph of a section of the Vatican's...

November 2017

November 20, 2017

Indian politician wants an actress and filmmaker killed

Suraj Pal Amu, above, a member of India's Hindu nationalist ruling party, yesterday (Sunday) offered...

November 04, 2017

Kenyan censor appalled by photograph of 'crazy gay lions'

When Ezekiel Mutua, the head of the Kenya Film Classification Board, saw a photo of...

October 2017

October 16, 2017

Jesuit priest slams church over canceled human rights festival

Rev James Martin, above, has waded into a row over the cancellation of a human...

September 2017

September 20, 2017

Abuse in the Catholic Church: seven priests to go on trial

Philippe Barbarin, the Archbishop of Lyon, above – along with six other priests – is to...

September 15, 2017

Portland, Tennessee, to be targeted by angry drag queens

Back in 2014, Portland – a city of about 12,000 with 42 churches – found...

September 12, 2017

Jesus turns wine into water – Catholics in India are appalled

An amusing ad for Australian meat was attacked today by the the Catholic Secular Forum...

September 09, 2017

Malaysia cracks down on fighting Jesus video game

A company called Steam has incurred the wrath of the Malaysian authorities by promoting a...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

Californians will get to hear Dawkins promote his new book

Just days after Berkeley public radio station KPFA abruptly cancelled a talk by Professor Richard...

May 2017

May 12, 2017

Why is Facebook silencing atheist and ex-Muslim voices?

The answer, according to Muhammad Syed, above, President of the Ex-Muslims of North America, is that...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

Ultra-Orthodox Jews are spared the sight of a female Smurf

The billboard above – advertising a a new Smurf movie – has been censored to...

March 15, 2017

Disney pulls Beauty and the Beast out of Malaysia

The Walt Disney Company has indefinitely pulled Beauty and the Beast from theaters in Malaysia...

February 2017

February 22, 2017

'You can't touch saints': zealots threaten to torch cinemas

Orthodox Christians in Russia have began a campaign of intimidation against a movie it regards...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

'Keep your mouth shut!'

On Wednesday The New York Times talked to Donald Trump’s chief White House strategist, Steve...

January 07, 2017

Charlie Hebdo has 'gone soft' on Islamic extremists

Despite the fact that French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo continues to flourish – it has...

January 04, 2017

Shiva party poster censored in the wake of Hindu fury

A grovelling apology has been issued to the Hindus in the UK after outrage was...

December 2016

December 25, 2016

Homosexual 'bullies' force removal of Lord Carey portrait

The Christian Institute has vented it's anger over a decision by King's College in London...

December 02, 2016

Expelled from Boston Atheists for Thought Crime

I have written for the atheist/secular humanist press since 1974, when my first article appeared...

November 2016

November 27, 2016

Vatican gets all prissy over Anne Boleyn's 'pritty duckys'

The Vatican has reportedly denied the BBC permission to film a letter written by Henry...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

Jewish newspaper publishes 'modest' photo of Clinton

An Orthodox Jewish newpaper based in Monsey, New York, has become the target of scorn...