A CHRISTIAN church official whose name cannot be revealed has begun a jail sentence in New Zealand for abusing his daughter over a six year period. According to this report, the father made his young daughter pray for forgiveness with him after he had sexually abused her. Christchurch District Court Judge Stephen Erber highlighted the [...]
ITALIAN rationalists are demanding the resignation of the country’s Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini over incendiary remarks he made in an article he wrote for the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano. Frattini, according to atheist Marc Alan di Martino’s blog, labelled atheists as “perverse” and a “threat to society”. Frattini called on Christians, Muslims and Jews to [...]
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A WESTERN couple visiting the Maldives were unwittingly subjected to a torrent of Islamic insults when they exchanged wedding vows at a luxury resort. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pl_09NWjsU[/youtube] The English-speaking couple thought that the man conducting their marriage at the Vilu Reef Beach and Spa resort was blessing them during a Muslim ceremony, but what he was really [...]
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THE National Secular Society (NSS) has accused advertising watchdog the ASA of “reintroducing the blasphemy law” following its decision to ban the Antonio Federici ice cream advert showing two priests about to kiss. The Society, according this report, Â is calling on Communications Minister Ed Vaizey to investigate the the ASA’s decision to ban the ad [...]
YOUNG Catholic parishioners throughout Italy are preparing for “Holywe’en”. Instead of dressing up as witches, demons, vampires, zombies, trolls – or predatory priests – godly youngsters from some 30 Italian cities will spend October 31 hanging pictures of saints from their windows and balconies to celebrate the eve of All Saint’s Day. Yawn. Said Sara [...]
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A MAN appointed by the late sultan of Yogyakarta to keep Indonesia’s Mount Merapi under control with a cocktail of mysticism and Islamic prayer lost his latest battle with the volcano this week. According to this report, the spiritual guardian – Â a tiny man in his 80s known as Grandfather Marijan – was buried in [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
