Monthly Archives: December 2011
Iraq: Bombs kill at least 40 in Baghdad
BBC News Co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have killed at least 40 people and injured more than 130, say officials. The interior ministry said 13 locations had been attacked, including al-Amil in the south of the city … Continue reading
Filed under Children, Fellow-believers, Islamicism, Officials, Religious wars, Stupidity, Threats and exploitation, Troops, Women
Israel: Brave woman resists Orthodox Jewish bigotry
Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News A woman passenger on a public bus from Ashdod to Jerusalem Friday was told by an ultra-Orthodox male passenger to move to the back of the bus. The man held the door of the … Continue reading
UK: Baby At Risk Of ‘Honour Killing’ Must Be Adopted, Says Court Of Appeal
Huffington Post UK A baby at risk of becoming the victim of an “honour killing” because she was born as the result of her Muslim mother’s secret affair must be adopted to keep her safe, the Court of Appeal ruled … Continue reading
NZ: Anglican Virgin Mary billboard destroyed by Catholic protesters
Telegraph A scissor-wielding protester has destroyed a controversial billboard of the Virgin Mary, just days after it went up outside a New Zealand church. Hours after the attack, 100 or so Roman Catholics gathered to pray in the rain in … Continue reading
Italy: Weird Religious Logic, Part 43
The Independent Italian government scientists have claimed to have discovered evidence that a supernatural event formed the image on the Turin Shroud, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. After years of work trying to replicate … Continue reading
Filed under Catholicism, Fellow-believers, Mystical woo, Officials, Stupidity
Netherlands: Catholic church covers up ‘tens of thousands’ of child abuse cases
National Post Tens of thousands of children have been victims of sexual abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands since 1945, an independent commission said on Friday, criticizing what it called the church’s cover-up and culture of silence… … Continue reading
Australia: Muslim’s homicidal bloodlust triggered by…
…a cartoon. SMH Wissam Fattal’s descent from champion kickboxer to would-be terrorist appears to have begun at least six years ago, when a Danish cartoon sparked outrage, protests and several deaths across the Muslim world…. He met his co-conspirators at … Continue reading
US: Wacky ol’ God does it again!
Atheist Media Blog Bryan Fischer says that God sent Christopher Hitchens to Hell as a demonstration of his true love for him. So Christians can gloat and take the moral high ground! Wow, God sure knows his stuff!
Pakistan: Who needs schoolbooks? We have CHAINS!
Taiwan News Online Pakistani police have rescued 68 students from a religious school, an Islamic seminary, in Karachi, including drug addicts, who had been tortured, chained, and hooked in the basement of a madrassa for unreasonable reasons. Police involved in … Continue reading
US: It’s Adopt-an-Atheist Month!
But make sure you don’t get an uppity one! Greta Christina’s Blog Here’s what our campaign entails. We are asking everyone to contact the American Atheist affiliate in his area [click here], letting them know of your interest in “adopting” … Continue reading
