OH what fun we’ve had today! On the way to work this morning, I spotted this poster outside my local news agent. What, I wondered, could that be all about? I soon learned that it related to a report in the Argus that a priest has made it his mission to turn atheist (and gay) [...]
WE reported earlier this week that a mainly Muslim football team in a suburb of Paris had reversed its decision not to play gay a gay side. Their initial refusal was based not on homophobia, they said, but because they disapproved of the name of the team – Paris Foot Gay. Go figure. Anyway, the [...]
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A GROUP of Muslim whackjobs have vowed to topple and trash Nelson’s statue in Trafalgar Square, London, “within 24 hours of Islam gaining glorious dominion over the UK”. The Islam for the UK group revealed its vision for this world-renowned landmark on its Islam4UK website, which states: In light of the Islamic resurgence taking place [...]
NOTORIOUS evangelical nutjob, Danny Nalliah, has been mouthing off once again, claiming this week that “dark forces” were at work in Australia’s Federal Parliament. Winner of the 2009 Ernie Award for the most sexist statement of the year – the Catch the Fire Ministry pastor claimed he had received “prophetic dreams” that Australian bushfires in [...]
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LIVING proof that religion is apt to destroy all forms of clear thinking surrounds us in depressing abundance. But Iftikhar Ahmad, head honcho over at the London School of Islamics is in a class of his own when it comes to dogged stupidity. For years, it seems, Ahmad has been pumping out press releases, all [...]
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WHO? Pattison is the new Director of Mediawatch-UK, an organisation best known for earwigging the number of naughty words used in the British media, and calling for bans of all manner of things it deems offensive. It was founded by the late Mary Whitehouse, and it was originally named the National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association, [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 