Category Archives: Protestors
Indonesia: Hey kids! Want to see Lady Gaga?
Then ditch your stupid religion. SMH Indonesia’s national police are considering banning a performance next month by pop diva Lady Gaga amid threats of violence by Islamic extremists. It follows an attack by religious hardliners on lesbian Muslim author Irshad … Continue reading
Mali: Back to the kitchen, girls!
Yet more Islamic misogyny. The hopes of women activists were pinned to a new Family Code to strengthen the legal rights of women. Its provisions included raising the minimum legal age of marriage for girls, improving women’s inheritance and property … Continue reading
US: Oooooh, he said ‘bullshit’!
Stupid theist youths walk out when Dan Savage describes the homophobia in the Bible. Butterflies and Wheels What were they there for anyway? The stoning?
US: Burning books bad — Iran: imprisoning Christians, just fine
SMH A Koran burning conducted by Terry Jones, the inflammatory pastor from Florida, has angered Iranian politicians, with one calling for Jones’ execution. Mr Jones, who gained worldwide attention in 2010 when he threatened to burn 200 copies of the … Continue reading
Middle East: Misogyny, thy name is Islam
Why Do They Hate Us? – By Mona Eltahawy | Foreign Policy But let’s put aside what the United States does or doesn’t do to women. Name me an Arab country, and I’ll recite a litany of abuses fueled by … Continue reading
Iraq: 90 students stoned to death for having ‘Emo hair and tight clothes’
Mail Online Youngsters in Iraq are being stoned to death for having haircuts and wearing clothes that emulate the ‘emo’ style popular among western teenagers. At least 14 youths have been killed in the capital Baghdad in the past three … Continue reading
Turkey: See? You don’t need religion to be an insane tyrant!
…but it helps. The Economist. …It was Ataturk’s embrace of rigid secularism and Western reforms that underlay Turkey’s recovery. But at what cost? A personality cult that carpets the country with busts and portraits of the great man was nurtured … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Nine dead because some books were burnt — by accident
NYTimes.com KABUL, Afghanistan — The potential scope of the fallout from the burning of several copies of the Koran by American military personnel this week became chillingly clear on Thursday as a man in an Afghan Army uniform shot … Continue reading
UK: Getting it wrong, again
Telegraph Rowan Williams has joined Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, among other church leaders, in signing a declaration which says reducing dependence on fossil fuels is “essential” to Christian discipleship. When you’re wrong about everything else, … Continue reading
Malaysia: Colluding with craziness
BBC News Malaysian authorities have deported a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet. Police confirmed to the BBC that Hamza Kashgari was sent back to Saudi Arabia on Sunday despite protests from human rights groups. … Continue reading
