TENS of thousands of people will converge today on Brighton for the city’s annual gay pride event – one of the biggest celebrations of its kind in Europe. Theme of this weekend’s gathering is Pride and Not Prejudice. Smaller numbers will also attend the first gay pride event in New Westminster, British Columbia, today [...]
IN protest of what it calls a religion “of the devil,” a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks. The Dove World Outreach Center says it is hosting the event to remember 9/11 victims and take a stand [...]
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TWO very different movies that focus on faith-based fanaticism have been brought to our attention this week. The first is Agora, which stars Rachel Weisz. It is an epic film that recounts the story of Hypatia Of Alexandria, a pagan philosopher who was killed for her political beliefs. It has just opened in a limited [...]
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DESCRIBED here as “the grand wizard of classic rock” Black Sabbath’s Ronnie James Dio has died this week at the age of 67 of stomach cancer – and it is doubtful whether anyone has taken greater delight in his passing than a born-again Christian nutcase who calls herself SisterSunnshine. Never was a moniker less apt. [...]
CONSERVATIVE Party Chairman Baroness Sayeeda Warsi may be the first Muslim woman to hold a full Cabinet Post, but Muslim fundamentalists see her as an apostate who is hardly representative of the Muslim community. She has also been warned of physical harm if she visits any Muslim infested area. Last year she was pelted with [...]
A MUSLIM he may not be, but major league crazy Lou Engle, according to The Gospel According to Hate blog, “repeatedly looks to radical Muslims as his guide” – even though he regards Islam as “demonic”. The US evangelist laments that fact that Islam’s followers know how to die for their faith, while Christians have [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
