AMERICA stands on the brink of collapse – not because of the avarice of US banks which played a key role in precipitating the global economic crisis, nor through the insane cost of the “War on Terror” which is expected soon to top more than $4-trillion. Nope. America is in imminent danger of falling prey [...]
ANOTHER day, another eruption of Muslim outrage – this time over images of Mickey and Minnie Mouse portrayed wearing Islamic garb. The cartoons were posted on the internet by Telecoms mogul and Coptic Christian Naguib Sawiris, who has since apologised, saying he meant no offence: I apologise for those who don’t take this as a [...]
THE Dutch Parliament yesterday voted to ban ritual slaughter – and immediately incurred the wrath of observant Jews and Muslims. The new ban requires livestock to be stunned before being killed, contrary to the Muslim and Jewish ritual slaughter customs that require animals to be fully conscious. Binyomin Jacobs, the country’s Chief Rabbi, compared the [...]
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YESTERDAY saw as many as 6,000 marchers in Manhattan’s annual Gay Pride parade welcome the passage of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s bill making New York the sixth state to legalise same-sex marriage. The parade, according to this report, stretched almost twp miles from midtown to Greenwich Village. Participants dressed in everything from feathers and glitter to [...]
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AN 18-year Hasidic Jew, said to have been an acolyte of a dictatorial rabbi in the Jewish enclave of New Square, New York, has been charged with the attempted murder of a fellow Jew. Shaul Spitzer was also charged with attempted arson and assault following an attack in May on “dissident” Aron Rottenberg. who suffered [...]
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NON-BELIEVERS are being asked to rally in support of a new movie – The Ledge – which, if successful – could project the positive aspects of atheism to millions of viewers all over the world. In an email to the Freethinker today, Johnny Monsarrat – a volunteer for The Ledge‘s atheist writer and director Matthew [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
