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January 2016

January 30, 2016

Animal rights advocate jailed in Egypt for insulting Islam

Egyptian writer Fatima Naoot, above, has been sentenced to three years in prison for talking...

January 29, 2016

Islam takes slavery for granted

A few days ago Deutsche Welle started a story on women in Islam by introducing...

January 29, 2016

Schools have a duty to promote evolution far more robustly

Atheist headteacher Tom Sherrington, above, earned praise from Richard Dawkins and others after he went...

January 28, 2016

Muslims communities won't change to fit in with UK society

A former head of the UK Equality and Human rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, above, has...

January 27, 2016

'Have we got nudes for you? No, Mr President Rouhani!

Outrage spread throughout Italy and beyond when people got wind of the fact that Italian...

January 25, 2016

'Ferocious hostility' against BF members in 'Islamic hotspot'

A video posted on YouTube at the weekend by Britain First, a far-right party launched...

January 23, 2016

Pasta protest follows offers of pork to Maltese Muslims

Following a recent protest in the harbour town of Msida by Muslims demanding the use...

January 23, 2016

'Reach out to Muslims, grow a beard' says Anglican bishop

Facial hair can give one an air of holiness, and may go a long way...

January 21, 2016

Kenyan plan to regulate faith groups is 'persecution'

Bishop Mark Kariuki, above, chairman of the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, has slammed a plan...

January 20, 2016

Living by 'biblical values' costs anti-gay couple $13,000

A while back we reported that Catholic farmers Cynthia Gifford and her husband Robert, above,...

January 18, 2016

Be fruitful and multiply

Genesis 1.28 goes on to command that the Earth be subdued and to give dominion...

January 18, 2016

Allah approves of rape says Egyptian university professor

An Islamic professor from the renowned Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, has claimed that, in certain...

January 16, 2016

Boy, 15, mutilates himself for accidental act of blasphemy

People in a village 125 kilometres from Lahore in Pakistan reportedly showed their approval of...

January 07, 2016

Muslims and Christians grovel to the same god. Or do they?

An evangelical college near Chicago found itself at the centre of a row after it...

January 05, 2016

Why do Muslims shun dogs?

Imagine this scenario: You’re invited to a Thanksgiving weekend by your family. Upon your arrival...

January 03, 2016

BBC's desperate attempt to portray faith-heads as 'nice'

Because only loud-mouthed and murderous religious fanatics tend to attract media attention, BBC 2 has...

January 01, 2016

Two sentenced to death for murder of Bangladesh blogger

A Bangladeshi Muslim hate preacher, Jasim Uddin Rahmani, above, reportedly inspired a murderous attack blogger...

February 2012

February 13, 2012

Jail sentences for Muslim homophobes

THREE Muslims were jailed last week after being found guilty of stirring up hatred against...

October 2011

October 30, 2011

Pastor told to return to Islam – or die

THERE have been numerous twists and turns in the case of Yousef Nadarkhani, a Christian...

June 2011

June 21, 2011

Burqas, lies and videotape

LATE last year, Australian Muslim and serial driving offender Carnita Matthews, 46, was sentenced to...

January 2011

January 04, 2011

'Blasphemer' shot dead in Pakistan

THE influential governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, Salman Taseer, died today after being shot by...

November 2010

November 13, 2010

Allah has the attributes of a 'primitive Bedouin'

WALID Husayin, the 26-year-old son of a Muslim scholar in the small West Bank town...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

Coptic Christian says Mohammed was nuts

LAST month the organisers of a talk scheduled to be delivered in Vienna by leading...

March 2010

March 24, 2010

Death threats against Muslim poet

A WOMAN contestant participating in a poetry contest broadcast live in Dubai last week delivered...

March 19, 2010

Muslims targeted head teacher

A HEAD teacher who was hounded out of her job by a pair of Islamic...

February 2010

February 22, 2010

The Meaning of Life

This is the first of a four-part exclusive interview with Professor A C Grayling, first...

December 2009

December 11, 2009

'Call to prayer is not a noise or a nuisance'

MUSLIMS in Kenya should not be subjected to new noise pollution rules. Reacting to a...

August 2009

August 08, 2009

Afghan women are at even greater risk

Rape, and other forms of violence against women, is on the rise. ALMOST eight years ...

June 2008

June 22, 2008

Britain's blasphemy law is dead, so sod you God!

LIGHTNING failed to strike Terry Sanderson when he said rude things about Jehovah, rubbished his...

February 2008

February 10, 2008

Iran wants death for apostates

THE murderous Iranian regime is contemplating a mandatory death sentence for people who leave Islam,...