GERMAN Scientologists are trying to block the broadcast of a film that depicts the cult as dangerous and unethical.
The 90-minute film Bis Nichts Mehr Bleibt (Until Nothing Remains) tells the story of a family’s strife as a result of its involvement with the cult. According to this report, it tells the true story of Heiner [...]
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FOLLOWING the news this week that Irish police have arrested seven Muslims suspected of conspiracy to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks who drew Big Mo’s head on the body of a pooch, the “offensive” cartoon has been given another airing in Sweden.
According to this report, leading Swedish newspapers yesterday published the cartoon as [...]
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ADAM “Nergal” Darski, frontman for Poland’s extreme heavy metal band Behemoth, has been formally charged for destroying a copy of the Bible over two years ago.
According to this report, while it is a crime in Poland to destroy any religious iconography, there must be at least two formal complaints before a charge is laid. The [...]
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A PRIVATE publisher in New Delhi is to face charges of “offending religious sentiments” for publishing a picture in school textbooks depicting Jesus holding a holding a fag and a bottle of beer.
In the textbooks, for use in handwriting classes, the Sacred Heart of Jesus picture, which is regarded as one of the holiest in [...]
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AFTER failing in his attempt to remove an atheist winter solstice sign placed last year at Illinois’ State Capitol, a religious zealot has now brought a law suit against Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White alleging that the sign was tantamount to “hate speech”.
Illinois comptroller candidate William J Kelly, described as a “conservative activist” [...]
DR BRIDGET McConnell, head of Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG), the £100 million charity in charge of the city’s culture, said yesterday that she was alarmed by what she describes as a “personal witchhunt” against her by packs of evangelical loonies.
For the past six months, the head of Glasgow’s museums and art has been under [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
