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November 2016

November 10, 2016

Angry Christians launch 'Bible bomb' attack on UNESCO

The offices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Paris are...

November 06, 2016

Indonesian Islamists riot over Governor's alleged blasphemy

Indonesian police used tear gas and water cannon at the weekend to quell a violent...

November 05, 2016

Britain First deputy leader convicted of religious hatred

Jayda Fransen, 30, above right, deputy leader of a far-right outfit called Britain First, has...

November 04, 2016

Transgender Muslim bride hacked to death in Moscow

Raina Aliev, pictured above with her husband Viktor, was brutally slain days after her father...

November 03, 2016

Swiss imam incited slaughter of Muslims who don't pray

Last year award-winning Swiss journalist Kurt Pelder, above, warned that the An’Nur mosque in Winterhur,...

November 03, 2016

Prime Minister Theresa May questioned over Smith ban

It's good to see free speech advocates vigorously fighting back against the ludicrous suspensions imposed...

November 02, 2016

Muslim chaplain expressed 'appalling' views about women

Musleh Khan, a newly-appointed chaplain for Toronto police, claims that views he expressed about women in...

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...

November 01, 2016

One-year ban imposed on doctor who beat his daughter

A Muslim doctor, Gohar Rahman, above, has been banned from practising for a year following...

October 2016

October 29, 2016

London Imam Shakeel Begg loses case against the BBC

A London judge ruled yesterday that the BBC had been correct in asserting that Shakeel...

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...

October 27, 2016

Iran's top Koran reciter stands accused of raping his students

Saeed Toosi, 46, above, one of Iran’s most celebrated Koran readers, has been accused of...

October 25, 2016

Christian horror comic creator Jack Chick is dead aged 92

In 2015, trailing a little-known 2008 indie documentary – God’s Cartoonist: The Comic Crusade of...

October 22, 2016

'Twisted' Muslim school needs cash to appeal closure order

The Jamia al-Hudaa Residential College in Nottingham is trying to raise £200,000 to fight a...

October 21, 2016

Muslim TV presenter slams press watchdog's ruling

Fatima Manji, above, claims that a 'green light for newspapers to attack minorities and Muslims...

October 20, 2016

Malaysia made to look 'stupid' and 'backwards' over hot dogs

The Malaysian Islamic Development Department – the Malay government’s religious authority – has become the...

October 19, 2016

Former Charlie Hebdo religion editor attacks 'fascist' Islam

Zineb El Rhazoui, above, has published a book in France entitled Detruire Le Fascisme Islamique...

October 19, 2016

Contrite gymnast Louis Smith misses parade to visit mosques

Louis Smith, above right, the UK gymnast who offended Muslims by ridiculing Islamic prayer, missed...

October 18, 2016

Islamic girls boarding school could be forced to close

Aliyah Saleem, above, who was expelled from the Jamia Al Hudaa girls’ school in Nottingham...

October 16, 2016

Islam's Non-Believers

A new film by Deeyah Khan, above – Islam's Non-Believers – follows the Council of...

October 16, 2016

Christian terrorist plot to kill Muslims foiled by the FBI

Three Kansas men who were allegedly part of a domestic terrorist group called 'the Crusaders'...

October 13, 2016

Judge rules that two Muslim teachers were treated unfairly

Lifetime bans imposed on Inamulhaq Anwar, above, and Akeel Ahmed following the "Trojan Horse" inquiry...

October 13, 2016

Imam, convicted of sex offences, flees from the UK

Hifiz Rahman, 58, above, vanished at the weekend after being found guilty of assaulting two...

October 12, 2016

Blasphemy acquittal is no guarantee of Asia Bibi's safety

If Pakistan's Supreme Court decides tomorrow (Thursday) to quash the death sentence imposed in 2010...

October 10, 2016

UK gymnast learns mumbo jumbo is not to be mocked

A short parody of an Islamic prayer session, complete with 'magic carpet', landed Louis Smith...

October 09, 2016

'Sharia über alles' says Saudi Human rights commissioner

Bandar Bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, above, chairman of the Saudi Human Rights Commission, has told a...

October 08, 2016

Muslim preacher denies involvement with hate booklet

Police in London launched a hate crime probe this week after literature saying those who...

October 07, 2016

Muslim hate preacher should be booted out of the UK

Human rights activist Peter Tatchell has called on the UK authorities to revoke the visa...

October 06, 2016

Pakistani man shoots sister dead for marrying a Christian

In a video just released by Associated Press, Mubeen Rajhu, above, claims he was goaded...

October 05, 2016

Ruled by fear: young Muslims who choose to abandon Islam

In a new documentary that exposes the fear felt by young Muslims wanting to leave...