TODAY is Superbowl Sunday in Indianapolis, and in a few hours’ time a huge number of Americans – the thousands in attendance plus millions watching the event on TV – will see an aerial banner declaring: Football beats church anytime. The banner is the brainchild of American Atheists, and it will be flown around Lucas [...]
TWO Iranian footballers, accused of flouting Iran’s harsh Islamic chastity laws, are facing 74 lashes after an “immoral” goal celebration on the pitch. According to this report, defender Mohammad Nosrati pinched the bottom of Persepolis teammate Sheys Rezaei during a goal celebration against rivals Damash Gilan. Now Rezaei and Nosrati are facing a flogging, possibly [...]
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A FOOTBALLER’S wife is reportedly demanding that her husband packs up and leaves Saudi Arabia after his tattoos sparked outrage in that crazy Muslim kingdom. Colombian Juan Pablo Pino, who plays for the Saudi Al-Nasr club, apparently upset some shoppers when he appeared bare-armed in a Riyadh mall. They caught sight of his heavily-inked arms, [...]
AN official report into clerical child abuse in the Irish Catholic diocese of Cloyne stingingly criticises  Bishop John Magee, saying: It is a remarkable fact that Bishop Magee took little or no active interest in the management of clerical child sexual abuse cases until 2008 … It became clear during the course of this investigation [...]
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NATIONAL Secular Society President Terry Sanderson has poured cold water on a daft suggestion by Stoke-on-Trent City Council that swimming lessons at some Staffordshire schools should be halted during Ramadan to ensure Muslim pupils “do not swallow water”. The Council, according to this BBC report, has issued an 11-page Ramadan guide for schools to help [...]
PRIMEÂ Minister Gordon Brown, Tory leader David Cameron and Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, went head to head for a second time last night in a live leaders’ debate in Bristol. Here is a transcript of the discussion concerning Papa Ratzi’s pending visit to the UK: DAVID CAMERON: I do think it’s welcome that [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
