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May 2016

May 08, 2016

God told a tow truck driver to abandon a stranded motorist

Ken Shupe, above, from South Carolina, has no regrets about refusing to tow a disabled...

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

PM's planned war against 'extremists' is floundering

A while back, in response to an 'absurd' UK plan to silence individuals and organisations...

May 02, 2016

Head Teachers' union wants RE lessons opt-out scrapped

Parents in the UK currently have the right to pull their children out of religious...

April 2016

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 26, 2016

Erdogan is not amused

Free thought is not just thought itself in the narrow sense – it has many...

April 15, 2016

Vetoed: a bill to make the Bible Tennessee's 'official' book

It was a damn stupid idea from the very start. But lawmakers in Tennessee recently...

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 12, 2016

Porn company punishes North Carolina over anti-LGBT law

North Carolina has been drawing national attention for new legislation that blocks cities and local...

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...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Hijab wearers are like 'negroes who accepted slavery'

France's women's rights minister Laurence Rossignol, above, is at the centre of row for comparing...

March 28, 2016

'Many millions' of Muslims out of step with modernity

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that 'many millions' of Muslims hold a...

March 26, 2016

Meet hypocrite of the Week: Governor Robert Bentley

If there aren't any red faces among members of the Christian Coalition of Alabama, then...

March 24, 2016

Anti-gay Bill could cost Georgia a fortune in lost revenue

If the Governor of the US state of Georgia, Nathan Deal, above, signs into law...

March 16, 2016

Tory plan could vastly increase religious influence in schools

Last Thursday, the British Humanist Association reported that, 'in further signs of the creeping influence...

March 15, 2016

Muslim councillors accused of 'systematic misogyny'

Last month the Muslim Women's Network (MWN UK) wrote to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, complaining about...

March 14, 2016

Egyptian Justice Minister loses job for 'blasphemous' remark

In what has been described as 'a slip the tongue', Egypt's Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zind...

March 08, 2016

Scottish Humanists: 'Rid us of these unelected religious reps'

A report published by the Humanist Society of Scotland reveals that 88 religious representatives have...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

Malawian evangelist slams homophobia & praises gay MP

The southern African country of Malawi doesn't much like homosexuals. But it gleefully accepted an...

February 20, 2016

Pope’s Francis's attack on Trump 'is merely a lovers' tiff'

The Catholic Church’s cringeworthy squabble with Donald Trump has taken many by surprise. Pope Francis...

February 14, 2016

Potty-mouthed, pro-gay Trump alienates Christian fundies

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won't get to air his views before students at at...

February 09, 2016

UK Government says bishops in the Lords are here to stay

In a response to a petition calling for the removal of Church of England bishops...

February 06, 2016

Phoenix City Council ends prayer to silence Satanists

Rather than allow two Satanic Temple members to deliver invocations later this month, Phoenix City...

February 04, 2016

President Obama visits gender apartheid, anti-gay mosque

When President Obama made his first visit to a US mosque yesterday, he recited bits...

January 2016

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 26, 2016

Two things you need to hold political office: piety & a penis

Gary Cass, above, of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, last week released a new video aimed...

January 25, 2016

New poll shows people trust hairdressers more than priests

Three decades ago the priesthood was one of the most trusted professions, but a new...

January 18, 2016

Be fruitful and multiply

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

January 10, 2016

Malawi's prayers for rain turn into homophobic diatribes

While more than 100 senior Anglicans were urging the Church of England to repent for...