A PROPOSAL to introduce prison terms for men who beat their wives goes against the Koran and the teachings of the “prophet” Mohammed, according to the head of Algeria’s Superior Islamic Council.
Qaher Sharif fiercely criticised the bill presented to the country’s head of state by Farouk Qustantiti, of the Consultative Council on Human Rights. A [...]
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WEEKS go by without a pareidolia story, then three come at once.
After Marmite Jesus and bacon Jesus, we now have a tale from South Africa, where “Allah” has branded a cat. Allegedly.
Farouk Sha, a “professed animal lover and human rights activist” according to this report, says he cannot express the joy he feels when he [...]
THE American Humanist Association (AHA) has stepped forward with an offered to organise and fund a prom for the Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Mississippi.
The Itawamba County School District made headlines earlier this week by cancelling their prom rather than allowing a lesbian student, Constance McMillen, 18, to bring her girlfriend as her date.
Said [...]
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IT’S not only Jesus and Mary who make appearances on unlikely objects, as a report this week from Malaysia indicates.
A while back, an image of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha (may peanuts be upon him) manifested itself on a tree adjacent to a Chinese restaurant in Taman Sri Selayang, and began attracting a steady stream [...]
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THE Holy See has a chief exorcist – but he’s crap at his job.
Why? Because, if he were any good, he would by now have captured Beelzebub in a bottle, and sold him for mega-bucks on eBay, or some other online auction site.
In what amounts to a major admission of failure, the demented old spook-chaser [...]
FOLLOWING our report on March 6 that a pair of delinquent spirits, captured by an exorcist in New Zealand, had been put up for auction, we have just learned that they have been sold for NZ$2,830 (£1,318.30).
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
