THE word “Christian” pops up with disconcerting frequency in relation to an “expert” who has just been sacked from his new job as a Government drugs adviser. First, there his name: Dr Hans-Christian Raabe. Then there’s his political stance: he is a member of the Christian Party. He is also a member of the Christian [...]
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ALL HELL has broken loose in South Africa following an address by President Zuma who told Eastern Cape voters that only an ANC membership card would guarantee an automatic pass to heaven, adding that ANC supporters were blessed and that a vote for the opposition was one for the devil. His remarks, according to this [...]
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PRIME Minister David Cameron’s weekend speech on multiculturalism has, predictably, stirred up a hornet’s nest, and has created tensions within his coalition government. Critics, including the Muslim Council of Britain are claiming the timing of his speech was particularly unfortunate because it coincided with a march by the English Defence League in Luton. In a [...]
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Jerusalem is an overwhelming city. In the tradition of absurdist thought, nothing is truly meaningful, and any meaning has to be somewhat arbitrarily imposed onto the world. Jerusalem poses a significant empirical challenge to this notion: every stone of every street bursts with historical significance. It is overwhelming for the psyche to become aware of [...]
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A YOUNG Kentucky man revealed on Facebook that he suffered sexual abuse in the Catholic Church – then shot and killed himself in the parking lot of Blessed Mother Catholic Church on Owensboro. David M Jarboe, 23,  who died on Thursday, wrote on the social networking site: The abuse of the church is real … [...]
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MOHAMED Geele, the Muslim fanatic who tried to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard last year, was today jailed for nine years after he was found guilty of attempted terrorism and attempted murder. Judge Ingrid Thorsboe, presiding over the trial of the 29-year-old Somali in the central Danish city of Aarhus said: Mohamed Geele is sentenced [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
