A BUNCH of mad meddlers in America – collectively called Morality in Media – has just got wind of a plan by Ryanair to develop apps for iPads, iPhones and other smartphones which will allow passengers to watch adult movies during flights. And MIM ain’t happy. According to Christian Today, Dawn Hawkins, MIM’s chief fussbucket, [...]
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DUTCH politician Geert Wilders has been found not guilty by a court in Amsterdam where he was standing trial on five counts of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims. Wilders, right-wing leader of the Freedom Party, had described Islam as a “fascist ideology”, and compared the Koran to Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The judge said that [...]
OUTRAGED defenders of free speech are suggesting that a planned amendment to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, would put India on par with Pakistan, notorious for its draconian blasphemy laws. According to this report, the amendment to the Act would make it an offence, punishable with a jail sentence, to “disrespect” [...]
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IN an unprecedented show of strength, Muslim clerics in Pakistan have drawn thousands of protesters onto the streets to express their anger at proposed changes to the country’s notorious blasphemy law. There have also been calls for a general strike to take place on December 31. The target of these protests, in various cities of [...]
A UN General Assembly committee has once again voted to condemn the “vilification of religion”, but support narrowed for a measure that Western powers say is a threat to freedom of expression. The non-binding resolution, championed by Islamic states and opposed by Western countries, passed by only 12 votes in the General Assembly’s Third Committee, [...]
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WALID Husayin, the 26-year-old son of a Muslim scholar in the small West Bank town of Qalqiliya, is behind bars after being exposed as an atheist blogger. Husayin, described here as a “shy barber” who prayed with his family each Friday, created uproar in the Muslim world by secretly posting anti-religion rants on the Internet [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
