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July 2017

July 03, 2017

Poles apart: religion and the real world

When I was growing up in a religious Polish family I found myself really close...

July 02, 2017

Muslim leader calls for a boycott of pro-gay Starbucks

Anwar Abbas, above, of Muhammadiyah, the second-largest Islamic group in Indonesia, has called for a...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

UK mum forces investigation into son's circumcision

A British mother has set up a petition calling on the authorities to prevent an...

June 27, 2017

Escape the monolith

The day after the terror attack near Finsbury Park Mosque, the BBC interviewed Massoud Shadjareh,...

June 25, 2017

Turkish police break up gay pride event with rubber bullets

Under the guise of 'protecting' LGBT people, police in Istanbul today broke up a pride...

June 24, 2017

Evolution is 'too complicated' for young minds in Turkey

The chair of Turkey's Board of Education, Alpaslan Durmus, above, announced this week that evolution...

June 22, 2017

Ramadan provocation: woman punished for wearing shorts

Ercan Kizilates, pictured in police custody in Turkey, played the provocation card after he allegedly...

June 19, 2017

Terror attack was UK's 'worst example of Islamophobia'

Following a terrorist attack in London that targeted Muslims near a mosque in the early...

June 18, 2017

Christians angered by Muslims praying at Virgin Mary statue

A row has broken out in the Spanish city of Grenada, where Muslims gathered last...

June 18, 2017

Saudi exile Manal al-Sharif lashes out at Ivanka Trump

Al-Sharif, best known for challenging laws and traditions that keep women pinned down in Saudi Arabia,...

June 16, 2017

No burqas, no hate preaching at Germany's newest mosque

Seyran Ates, above, a well-known Turkish women’s rights activist and lawyer, today unveiled a 'liberal'...

June 13, 2017

Muslims in India riot over 'blasphemous' underpants

AT least nine people, including five policemen, were injured after violent protests erupted in different...

June 12, 2017

Richard Dawkins: 'Islam is the most evil religion in the world'

Speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival, the evolutionary biologist claimed that moderate Muslims were the...

June 11, 2017

Death sentence for man who blasphemed on Facebook

In a week that saw Canada ditch its 90-year-old blasphemy law, an anti-terrorism court in...

June 07, 2017

Islamists want their terrorism to become the new normal

Since 1 June – that's one week – there have been 25 terrorist attacks, including...

June 07, 2017

'Horrible' Mohammed billboard angers Muslims in Indiana

A billboard that appeared in Indiana at the start of Ramadan has been condemned by...

June 06, 2017

Judge jails Muslim couples for exposing their kids to terrorism

Eclipsed by worldwide reports of the Islamic terrorist attack in London at the weekend was...

June 06, 2017

Muslim clerics will say no prayers for London terrorists

A group of 130 imams and religious leaders have refused to perform the traditional Islamic...

June 05, 2017

Muslim doctors refused to treat 'ugly Christian' sewer worker

A police investigation has been launched in Pakistan following the death of Irfan Masih, 30,...

June 04, 2017

Latest London terror attack a 'perversion of Islam' says PM

Following last night's terror attack in London that claimed the lives of seven and injured...

June 01, 2017

Muslim convert flees Scotland after Manchester bombing rant

Street preacher Hamza Siddiq – Andrew Calladine, before he went mad and converted to Islam...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Muslims raise $500,000 for victims of white supremacist

In the wake of a murderous attack last Friday on three men who tried to...

May 30, 2017

Muslim cleric engulfed in Indonesian porn scandal

Rizieq Shihab, the man who helped get Jakarta's former governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama jailed for blasphemy,...

May 28, 2017

Disabled Saudi man sentenced to death for attending a protest

Apparently emboldened by President Trump's failure to raise concerns about human rights abuses on his...

May 27, 2017

Devout Michigan Muslim sues pizza company for $100-million

Mohamad Bazzi's enormous claim for damages on the eve of Ramadan yesterday came after he...

May 26, 2017

Islamists demand the removal of ALL statues in Bangladesh

In April this year a writ was filed with the High Court demanding removal of...

May 25, 2017

Idiots of the week: Matt Archbold and Andy Burnham

Archbold, a Catholic commentator, and Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, qualify for this spot for...

May 25, 2017

Religion is fundamentally patriarchal and anti-woman

As US suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton once said: You may go over the world and...

May 24, 2017

The Trump Effect: religious fervour engulfs armed forces

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), headed by Michael 'Mikey' Weinstein, above, is alleging that...

May 23, 2017

Muslim Council of Britain chief condemns Manchester atrocity

In the wake of last night's terrorist attack which killed 22, including children, and injured...