UK: Good news, bad news

SENIOR members of the Church of Scotland have voted to let some congregations choose ministers who are in same-sex relationships – an important compromise that must still pass further hurdles before it can become church law.

NZ: What happens in Antioch…

…doesn’t happen in New Zealand!

Vatican: Pope discovers yet another scapegoat

They’ve tried blaming the devil. They’ve tried blaming atheists. They’ve tried blaming the Seventies. Now it’s capitalism’s turn:

Germany: Government releases new black list

This time round, it’s climate change sceptics:

Iraq: 25 dead in sectarian killings

A SUICIDE bomber has attacked Shi’ite mourners in north Iraq, killing 12 people, and 13 died in other violence, officials said, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blamed sectarianism for unrest plaguing the country.

US: To all atheists who insist on your legal rights…

…tell your little sisters to expect intimidation.

Pakistan: We don’t need no stinking democracy!

ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has vowed a nationwide campaign of terrorism targeting candidates and voters in Saturday’s general election in Pakistan.

Turkey: ‘I felt freedom when I took off my headscarf’

Shame about the death threats, though.

Ireland: Foetuses – 1: Women – 0

The Irish Catholic Church nails its blood-soaked colours to the mast.

Global: The huge scale of the Islam problem

Jerry Coyne passes on a report about just how many Muslims worldwide are opposed to justice, tolerance and an open society.

Indonesia: Four Islamic terrorist suspects killed

Indonesia’s aggressive anti-terror police unit, Densus 88, shot dead four suspected terrorists on Wednesday in two separate incidents… the heavily-armed officers had tried negotiating with the men in the Bandung house for 3 1/2 hours, but the reply was “explosions, gunfire and bombs”.

Global: It’s not ‘Islamophobic’…

…to mistrust people who want to kill you.

Bangladesh: Islamists demand the right to intolerance

AT least 22 people were killed as Bangladeshi police fought pitch battles with tens of thousands of hardline Islamists in the capital Dhaka.

Pakistan: Three killed in bombing

THREE people have been killed and 35 others wounded in twin bomb blasts near a local party office in the southern city of Karachi, police say, ahead of next week’s historic elections.

Afghanistan: Traitor kills two NATO soldiers, five more killed by bomb

AN Afghan soldier has shot dead two soldiers serving with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, officials say, in the latest “insider attack” to target the coalition.

Afghanistan: Woman killed for ‘dishonouring’ family

The public killing of a woman in Afghanistan is further proof that the authorities are still failing to tackle the shocking levels of gender-based violence in the country, Amnesty International said today.

Morocco: See, you don’t HAVE to be a Muslim…

…you can be dead, instead.

US: How do you deal with uncomfortable truths?

Burn the books that contain them.

Scotland: Jewish event cancelled after threats made by Muslims

Why bother to be rational, when intimidation works just as well?

Canada: Al-Qaeda linked with train derailment plot

OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Monday announced the arrest of two men who are accused of planning to derail a passenger train in an Al Qaeda-linked plot.

US: You probably knew this, but…

Yes, the Boston bombers were radical Muslims.

UK: Nasty Mr Dawkins is at it again!

How dare he draw attention to people saying stupid things in public!

Nigeria: 185 killed in gun battle with Islamic activists

Fighting between Nigeria’s military and Islamic extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation’s far north-east, officials say, as insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and soldiers sprayed machine-gun fire into neighbourhoods filled with civilians.

SMH

US: Irony alert: when a young woman warns her church that it’s driving young people away…

…the church drives her away.

Global: Your guide to conspiracy theories

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But don’t let Them catch you consulting it!

El Salvador: Want an abortion?

Then die, witch, die!

Australia: Kevin Rudd wins something for once!

But it’s not something he’ll appreciate.

NZ: How DARE he!

New Zealand MP hits back at gay marriage bill attackers with reason!! And logic!!

UK: Muslim peer suspended from Labour Party for anti-semitism

But the BBC doesn’t have the backbone to call it that..

UK: Are Islamists really THAT stupid?

No, it’s not the toilets

Apparently.