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.

Pakistan: Taliban terrorists kidnap ex-PM’s son

GUNMEN last night kidnapped a son of a former Pakistani prime minister canvassing for votes on the final day of campaigning for landmark elections, which have been marred by bloody attacks.

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.

Global: It’s not ‘Islamophobic’…

…to mistrust people who want to kill you.

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.

Scotland: Jewish event cancelled after threats made by Muslims

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

Iraq: 42 killed in bombings

A series of bomb blasts across Iraq on Monday killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 257 others, police said.

The attacks took place in at least six provinces: Baghdad, Anbar, Babel, Kirkuk, Salaheddin Diyala, and Nasriya, police officials across the country told CNN.

via CNN.com

Burma: Anti-Muslim movement grows

Because for Burmese Buddhists to do to Muslims what Muslims are doing to non-Muslims in Bangladesh, and Pakistan, and Nigeria, and half-a-dozen other nations — well, it’s just not right.

Australia: Protecting a cultural right to abuse

Yes, there are reasons why people from tribal cultures move out, go to cities and emigrate to the West. They’re not just being silly.

Bangladesh: One killed as Islamists rally for the right to be bigots

Hundreds of thousands of members of a hardline Muslim group have rallied in Bangladesh’s capital to demand anti-blasphemy laws to punish people who insult Islam.

Pakistan: ‘Systematic genocide’ of Shi’ite Muslims

Facing what they have described as a ”systematic genocide” in Pakistan, more and more [Shi'ite Moslem] Hazaras are trying to leave by any means possible.

Australia: How daft dietary laws cost YOU money

Think that crazy Islamic Halal food regulations have no impact on your life? Think again.

Philippines: How to make $90,000 for your religion?

Threaten to kill someone.

Australia: Islamic ‘Peace’ = exterminating Jews

Suppose they held a Peace Conference and nobody came?

Saudi Arabia: If you can keep your head when all about you…

…Are losing theirs and blaming it on you…

…there’s a job for you in Saudi Arabia!

Nigeria: Islamists kill seven hostages

A NIGERIAN Islamist group claims it has killed seven foreign hostages abducted from a construction site last month.

US: Can you get fired for having sex?

Only if you’re a woman.

Australia: Scientologists spread fear and panic to gain their ends

Thereby infringing on a government monopoly…

Chad: Terrorist leader allegedly killed

CHAD said its troops in northern Mali have killed the one-eyed Islamist leader who masterminded an assault on an Algerian gas plant that left 37 foreign hostages dead in January.

Global: Not your father’s ‘Playboy’

Al Qaeda publishes a weekly magazine. And guess what? They want lots of people dead.

Australia: Too vile for one cult? Try another!

A PRIEST described as “one of the worst offenders in the history of the Anglican Church” moved between parishes in NSW, and later joined the Baptist Church, despite senior clerics knowing he had allegedly committed serial sex abuse.

Geoffrey Albert Taylor is alleged to have abused dozens of predominantly teenage women and girls over at least three decades from the 1960s.

The Australian

Of course, knowing someone has ‘allegedly done’ something is not the same as knowing he’s done it. But I expect they could have found out if it had bothered them.

India: Another bombing, 12 dead

Hyderabad, the venue for Australia’s second Test against India starting next week, has been hit by bombings that killed at least a dozen people and left more than 50 injured.

At least two separate blasts occurred in a crowded area outside a movie theatre and a bus station in the southern city’s suburb of Dilsukh Nagar, police said at the scene. Indian television reported that other cities had subsequently been placed on “high alert”. It was the first major bombing in India since September 2011.

SMH

Islam? We don’t know yet. But what are the odds?

Canada: Now EVERYONE wants to get into the act!

105-year-old Zen master accused of sexually assaulting students.

Australia: Child sex abuse — not just for Catholics any more!

A TRARALGON child has clubbed his pocket money together with three others, paying $69.70 to launch a private criminal prosecution against the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Australia: Little Pebble’s parole application gets stony response

A cult leader who used his influence to rape several minors has not changed his behaviour and should not be granted parole, the NSW State Parole Authority says.

UK: Green policy champion also an abusive husband, court told

Disgraced MP [ex-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change] Chris Huhne pressured his ex-wife into having an abortion because it was “bad timing”, she has told a court.

Denmark: Assassination attempt on critic of Islam

A PROMINENT Danish writer who heads a controversial group that claims free speech is under threat from Islam escaped an attempt on his life in Copenhagen on Tuesday, police said.