AS swine flu began its spread across the globe, first to step up to the pig ignorant podium was Israel’s deputy Health Minister, who wanted its name changed to “Mexican” flu to avoid ruffling Jewish feathers.
Then up stepped imam Amadia Rachid, based in the Italian city of Salerno, who claimed this week that the swine [...]
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POPE Ratzinger yesterday apologised to native Canadians who were physically and sexually abused at church-run boarding schools they were forced to attend. He said he was sorry for their anguish, and was praying they would heal.
According to this report, from the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indian children in Canada were forced [...]
CALENDARS featuring hunky topless Mormons are the centre of an escalating battle between the Church of Latter Day Saints, and a former devotee, Chad Hardy.
Hardy, 32, first clashed with the Church when he published his Men on a Mission calendar in late 2007. This led to his excommunication – but he refused to buckle to [...]
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THE flamboyant behaviour of gay and transgender Thai monks, who are often be seen wearing revealingly tight robes, carrying pink purses and having effeminately-shaped eyebrows, has become a source of grave concern to Buddhist leaders.
The BBC reports that Buddhist preacher in Thailand – Phra Maha Wudhijaya Vajiramedhi – has announced plans for new guidelines aimed [...]
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GEORGE Hargreaves, of the evangelical Christian Party, is a Grade A idiot.
But just how big a numpty this Bible-thumper really is only came to light yesterday when it was reported in Pink News that he had lodged a complaint with the Metropolitan Police against gay Tory MP Alan Duncan.
Duncan’s “crime” took the form of a [...]
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WITH the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, we were taking bets in the pub last night as to which Islamic country would be the first to demand that the viral condition be renamed so that it would not offend Muslims.
Saudi Arabia was the first choice, with Pakistan weighing in as a close second.
But guess [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
