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June 2016

June 27, 2016

Hospital slammed for leaking imam's cucumber extraction

A Turkish hospital that let it be known that it had treated an imam who...

June 25, 2016

Censorship is being forced on Facebook over atheist pages

A coordinated campaign by fundamentalist Islamic groups has led to Facebook shutting down a number...

June 22, 2016

Atheists winning over Muslims with seductive reasoning

Sheik Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, above, the Grand Imam of Egypt’s Sunni institute of learning, al-Azhar University,...

June 21, 2016

A challenge to the Islamists

On June, 24, 2016, the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain is calling for a day...

June 19, 2016

Ramadan attack on Turkish record store leads to backlash

Turkish police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets late last night to disperse...

June 16, 2016

Islamic 'smartphone' promoter lectures on music and dancing

In search of a picture to illustrate a report about leaflets found at a Muslim...

June 15, 2016

Islam's 'Mr Bean' flees Oz ahead of visa cancellation

Hate preacher Farrokh Sekaleshfar, above, has scarpered out of Australia after comments he made against...

June 14, 2016

Grounded: Malaysia's first sharia-compliant airline

It offered everything devout Muslims could wish for: pre-flight prayers, female crew cocooned in 'modest'...

June 14, 2016

It's God's job to punish gays, says Orlando killer's father

Seddique Mateen, above, said in a video posted on Facebook yesterday that he was saddened...

June 13, 2016

Peter Tatchell invites people to join vigil for Orlando victims

Londoners have organised a vigil tonight, beginning at 7pm, in honour of the victims of the...

June 13, 2016

Dutch woman convicted under Islamic law … for being raped!

An unnamed 22-year-old Dutch visitor to Qatar has been given a suspended sentence and fined...

June 12, 2016

Gay club shooter pledged alliance to IS before massacre

An attack today on a gay nightclub in Florida that killed 50 and injured a...

June 12, 2016

Iranian imam says 'immodest women' are destroying a river

Seyyed Youssef Tabatabi-Nejad, above, is a 'prominent' imam . . . and a misogynistic prat....

June 11, 2016

Fears expressed by German nudists over refugee centre

A German nudist colony in Mortizburg is protesting against a plan to locate a €1.5...

June 09, 2016

Lashes & prison for Saudi man who posted atheist messages

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and...

June 09, 2016

Ramadan attack: 'dirty whore' assaulted for serving alcohol

Police in the famous French resort of Nice are reportedly investigating an attack on a...

June 07, 2016

Louisiana resolution angers Muslim advocacy group

The Louisiana State Legislature has passed a resolution urging law enforcement and government agencies in...

June 07, 2016

Police Commissioner sides with bigots against gay sauna

Homophobes in the UK town of Luton found an ally in Police and Crime Commissioner...

June 06, 2016

Despicable culture of blaming victims persists in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has become 'one of the most dangerous places on Earth to suggest in public...

June 05, 2016

Technology + religion = a phallic Islamic smartphone

Dr Zakir Naik, an anti-Semitic Salafist hate preacher, has released 'Peace Mobile 2', the second...

June 03, 2016

Muslim cleric sounds warning over prison training manual

Sheikh Musa Admani, above, claims that a manual used by imams to teach prison inmates...

June 02, 2016

An 'uncomfortable' truth: Islamic State is … Islamic

Professor Aaqil Ahmed, above, the first Muslim to hold the post of the BBC's Head...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

Turkish President Erdogan tells Muslims: 'Go forth and multiply'

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has equated birth control to treason and harshly opposed gender equality,...

May 30, 2016

Swiss ruling: Muslim pupils must shake teachers' hands

Muslim schoolboys in Switzerland have been told they must shake their female teachers’ hands or see...

May 28, 2016

Singapore authorities still gunning for atheist blogger

A further eight charges have been brought against Amos Yee, 17, who was convicted last...

May 26, 2016

Saudi cleric says Islam forbids folk being pictured with cats

The delightful picture above accompanies an article in the Daily Sabah about the 'peaceful cohabition'...

May 25, 2016

The test of spirituality

You know how Karen Armstrong, above, likes to say that compassion is at the heart...

May 22, 2016

New website exposes dangers of a 'faith-based' education

Launched earlier this month, Faith Schoolers Anonymous sets out to to document the experiences of...

May 19, 2016

Center for Inquiry helps blogger escape from Bangladesh

Shammi Haque, 22, a secular writer and activist threatened by militant Islamists in Bangladesh has...

May 18, 2016

Idiots who taunted Muslims with pig's head are in the clear

The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals bench has ruled that a bunch of Christian...