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May 2016

May 18, 2016

London Mayor flies rainbow flag in a show of tolerance

Yesterday, May 17, was International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and – in a move...

May 17, 2016

Muslim cleric claims Christians worship Jesus Christ's penis

I cracked up laughing, and you will probably too, when you watch Egyptian cleric Ahmed...

May 16, 2016

'Illegal' schools are unsafe and provide sub-standard education

Following a report earlier this month that New York rabbis are strongly resisting official attempts...

May 16, 2016

Gay man attacked: assailant shouted 'Muslim stuff' at him

Aaron Woods suffered a broken jaw in the UK seaside resort of Brighton after he...

May 13, 2016

Internet brings Dawkins' The God Delusion to the Arab world

Millions are reading The God Delusion in Arabic, according to Kacem El Ghazzali, above, an atheist...

May 10, 2016

'Allahu Akbar' – police sorry for linking terror exercise to Islam

A fake bomber, participating in an anti-terror exercise in a Manchester shopping centre, screamed 'Allahu...

May 10, 2016

Islamic bus ads are 'proof' of bias against UK Christians

Still seething over the fact that a Christian prayer ad had been banned a while...

May 09, 2016

Human rights activist Khurram Zaki, 40, shot dead in Pakistan

The former journalist and blogger died at the weekend when two gunmen opened fire on...

May 06, 2016

Poll shows that 60% believe Islam has no place in Germany

Conducted by the newspaper Bild together with research institute INSA, the poll shows a dramatic...

May 05, 2016

eBay removes award-winning Mohammed cartoon listing

Bosch Fawstin, a former Muslim who won the 'Draw Mohammed' cartoon contest attacked by terrorists...

May 03, 2016

Educated for murder

This piece first appeared in the May/July 2016 issue of the Australian Humanist, and is...

May 01, 2016

C of E faith schooling edged me towards atheism

I had the misfortune of going to a Church of England first school. Christianity was...

May 01, 2016

Latest Bangladesh slaughter: victim was a 'blasphemer'

Nikhil Chandra Joarder, inset, who was hacked to death by at least two attackers outside...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

French Muslim barred women from his store during weekdays

Jean-Baptiste Michalon, above, has been fined 500 euros (£390) for imposing different opening hours on...

April 29, 2016

Two Turkish journalists jailed over Charlie Hebdo cartoons

Turkish journalists Hikmet Cetinkaya, left, and Ceyda Karan, are to appeal two-year jail sentences imposed...

April 28, 2016

Male and female teachers segregated at Muslim schools

Last year Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw, above, wrote to the Education Secretary Nicky Morgan...

April 27, 2016

Bangladesh: two teachers jailed for insulting Islam

Invoking an arcane law from British colonial rule that makes insulting any religion a crime,...

April 26, 2016

Two more killed by Islamic terrorists in Bangladesh

Xulhaz Mannan, right, a top gay rights activist and editor of Roopbaan, the country's only...

April 24, 2016

Slain prof: humanists slam latest Bangladeshi atrocity

The murder yesterday of Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, above, prompted the President of the International...

April 23, 2016

Channel 4 slammed for airing 'What Muslims Really Think'

A 'rigorous survey of the views of British Muslims' broadcast by Channel 4 last Wednesday...

April 22, 2016

Court's circumcision ruling welcomed by secular medic

Dr Antony Lempert , above, of the Secular Medical Forum, has welcomed a High Court...

April 20, 2016

Mass hysteria breaks out at 'haunted' Malaysian schools

The picture above shows female students praying at the SMK Kemumin school in the city...

April 18, 2016

Gay airline stewards want the right to refuse to fly to Iran

Air France recently announced that female flight attendants can opt out of flights on the carrier’s...

April 14, 2016

Police protection for comedian who insulted Turkish President

German TV comic, Jan Boehmermann, above, has been placed under police protection after he read...

April 13, 2016

Saudi Arabia to enforce Islamic values in much kindlier manner

Saudi Arabia has stripped its religious religious police officers of their powers to arrest, urging...

April 08, 2016

UK law 'skewed to favour religions that aren't Christian'

After losing yet another court battle, Andrea Minichiello Williams, Chief Executive of the Christian Legal...

April 07, 2016

Bangladesh: another good man dies at the hands of Islamists

Bangladeshi secularist Nazimuddin Samad, 28, whose family live in London, was killed by machete-wielding assailants...

April 07, 2016

Muslim shopkeeper was killed for 'disrespecting' Islam

Tanveer Ahmed, the man accused of murdering Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah, above, has issued a...

April 05, 2016

Muslim handshake exemption sparks uproar in Switzerland

Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga, above, is among a number of politicians and educators who...

April 03, 2016

Pakistan lawyer campaigns to have 'blasphemers' executed

On Saturday BBC Radio 4 broadcast a chilling programme called 'Blasphemy and and the Governor...