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February 2017

February 24, 2017

Christians say no to a condom factory on 'holy' ground

At the end of last year, 120 Orthodox Christians in the village of Bogolyubovo (a...

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...

February 16, 2017

Orthodox Jewish hooligans create havoc on easyJet flight

Back in 2014, bad behaviour by Orthodox Jewish men who refuse to sit next to...

February 15, 2017

Valentine's Day in Indonesia sees condoms confiscated

Acting on complaints from residents, police in the city of Makassar on Sulawesi island, yesterday raided shops and seized condoms....

February 13, 2017

Malaysian 'purity police' swoop on pig bristle paint brushes

Thousands of paint brushes suspected of containing pig bristles were seized last week by Malaysian...

February 11, 2017

Ark Encounter's rainbow stunt will be a permanent feature

At the end of last year, creationist Ken Ham turned his ridiculous Christian theme park...

February 02, 2017

God spake unto Australia, saying 'build me a giant cross'

Acting on an order allegedly received from Him Upstairs, a dotty Christian outfit called the...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Scots cleric claims gays invite bullying with their behaviour

Chief Executive of Humanist Society Scotland, Gordon MacRae, above, has reacted angrily to an attack...

January 27, 2017

'Religious cabal' holds fast to Lewis Sabbath swimming ban

When The National reported last December that Scotland's Isle of Lewis Council had decided to...

January 24, 2017

Birmingham sets aside burial space for damaged Korans

Damaged Korans that need to be disposed of will soon have their own burial ground,...

January 21, 2017

Day 1 of Trump: gold curtains in, gays & climate change out

Within hours of Trump's inauguration, which for all the world looked like the first steps...

January 19, 2017

Two US magazines blasted over gay and transgender folk

Recently the American Family Association found something new shriek about: the January issue of National...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

US Christian group prayed for George Michael's death

Back in 2011, after it was reported that George Michael had been hospitalised in Vienna...

December 27, 2016

No true Muslim takes joy in the tragic death of innocent souls

This week Hussam Aylous, above, the Los Angeles Director of CAIR, the Council on American–Islamic Relations, outraged...

December 21, 2016

Goat sacrificed to ensure the safety of a Pakistan plane

PIA, Pakistan’s national airline, has been roundly mocked after officials sacrificed a black goat to...

December 14, 2016

What a surprise: study found that prayer won't cure AIDS

The Chicago Tribune today carries a shocking report detailing the amount of taxpayers' money used...

December 12, 2016

Pro-equality US retailers are ruining Xmas for Christians

Another day, and another Moaning Minnie steps into the limelight to complain about Christian 'persecution'...

December 09, 2016

US Jewelry chain is branded 'demonic' by Christian fanatic

On his 'Pray In Jesus Name' programme this week, unhinged Christian and Colorado state Representative...

December 08, 2016

German court told that burkinis violate Islamic dress codes

Although they provide full body cover, burkinis still breach Islam’s ethic of decency, Germany's constitutional...

December 08, 2016

Peppa Pig unsuitable for young Australian Muslims, says cleric

A controversial Muslim leader in Australia, Sheik Shady Alsuleiman, above, is a key figure in...

December 07, 2016

Pastor seizes & shakes trouser snakes to make them bigger

Want a whopping great chopper? Or a larger butt? Well, the man who can provide...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

'What Hitler did to the Jews, Trump will do to Muslims'

Police in San Jose, California are investigating a letter threatening a local mosque and telling...

November 25, 2016

The war on thinking

It’s hard to decide what I hate most about Donald Trump, pictured above with UKIP's...

November 25, 2016

Pope gives Patriarch Kirill of Moscow a grisly birthday gift

The picture above shows His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, with...

November 24, 2016

Phone retailer's 'pro-choice' ads infuriate anti-abortionists

Carphone Warehouse has been forced to apologise to anti-abortionists over advdertisements that it insisted was...

November 22, 2016

SA pastor of Doom uses pesticide as a 'miracle' cure

Back in August, we reported that a young woman died in South Africa after submitting...

November 20, 2016

Poland becomes a monarchy, with Jesus Christ as King

Ten years ago Polish politicians shelved a silly suggestion that Jesus should be crowned king...

November 08, 2016

Sick stunt: US priest places aborted foetus on an altar

Catholic priest Frank Pavone is at the centre of a firestorm after he placed an...

November 01, 2016

Religion begs to be mocked, so why punish those who do so?

In a sane world, gymnast Louis Smith's grovelling apologies for taking the mick out of...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

Utter lunacy: critics of Islamists are branded as 'extremists'

Two prominent critics of Islamic extremism – Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Maajid Nawaz, above, have...