THE Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is said to bre very concerned at the news that a proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill is once again under consideration by the Ugandan Parliament, and might possibly pass into law tomorrow. According to this report, Williams this week reiterated his views – first expressed in 2009 after he was [...]
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WILLÂ and Kate’s costly nuptial bash next week got a tad more expensive when it was announced that Scotland Yard will have to mount one of the biggest operations in its history in the face of threats from the loopy Muslims Against Crusades to muck up the Royal wedding. The Guardian reports that just under [...]
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A 12-year campaign by Islamic countries to have religion protected from “defamation” via a series of United Nations resolutions finally came off the rails yesterday when Western countries and their Latin American allies – strong opponents of the defamation concept – joined Muslim and African states in backing a new approach that switches the focus [...]
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VATICAN diplomat Archbishop Silvano Tomasi told the United Nations Human Rights Council yesterday that the Roman Catholic Church deeply believed that human sexuality was a gift reserved for married heterosexual couples. But he complained that those who express this views are faced with “a disturbing trend”. People are being attacked for taking positions that do [...]
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OH, the irony! Just hours after the fool Iftikhar Ahmad, of the London School of Islamics, posted  – beneath this report – a rambling defense of “the most peaceful religion in the world“, and the respect Islam has for females, comes news from Egypt that a protest by hundreds of Egyptian women demanding equal [...]
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INFANT circumcision could be halted if a San Francisco man succeeds in gaining enough support from voters to outlaw this barbaric practise. (See Why circumcision should be abhorred). According to this report, self described “intactivist” Lloyd Schofield has been collecting signatures for a voter initiative that would criminalise the mutilation of baby boys, but Jewish [...]
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