THE latest insanity to be exposed in Jerusalem, where an ultra-Orthodox Jewish Taliban is fast increasing its influence, is an attempt to silence women singing in public. Yakov Halperin Yakov Halperin, a religious member of Jerusalem’s City Council, said: The voice of a woman can be fine … the problem we have is with women [...]
THERE have been numerous twists and turns in the case of Yousef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy … or blasphemy … or a breach of security. It’s not clear which. According to the latest news report, Nadarkhani has been given Islamic literature and ordered to read it. Although Nadarkhani [...]
THE challenge for religious leaders in years to come is to tackle violence and terrorism committed in God’s name … and to reach out to people who have no faith. That was the message brought yesterday by Pope Ratzinger to Assisi, the scene of a global inter-religious junket. There the Pope told a mishmash of [...]
BELEAGUERED Pope Ratzinger is in the midst of a new row this week after a deranged Holocaust-denying bishop – Richard Williamson – blamed Jews for the killing of Christ. UK-based Williamson, according to the Guardian, wrote in his blog that: The killing of Jesus was truly deicide and that only the Jews (leaders and people) [...]
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BILL Donohue – who, as President of the US-based Catholic League, has the unenviable task defending the Church – came scurrying to the defence of Herr Ratzinger yesterday after actress Susan Sarandon referred to the Pope as a “Nazi”. Sarandon, 65, best known for her role in Thelma and Louise, made the comment while talking [...]
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GIRLS between the ages of six and 12 are being targeted by angry Orthodox Jews in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, who claim that the pupils at the Orot Girl’s Elementary school are dressing in an immodest and slutty manner. The BBC reports that, as the girls and their mothers make their way home, [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
