Tax man says “No” to Noah’s Ark

As you might, or perhaps might not be aware, the young earth creationist group, Answers in Genesis (the folks who assert the earth is only 6,000 years old because the bible says so), have been building a life sized replica of Noah’s Ark. So how much would that cost? … apparently $73 million. They had originally … Read more

Maryam Rajavi speaks out against the lack of basic human rights in Iran

Maryam Rajavi, pictured,  is the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Recently while speaking at a conference attended by senior representatives of the European Parliament from various political groups last Wednesday, she exposed Rouhani’s stance as a supposed moderate to be fraudulent … Mrs Rajavi referred to the bloody record of the velayat-e faqih regime … Read more

The rising tide of disbelief within Islam

Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times about the rising tide of disbelief within islamic communities … THE Islamic State has visibly attracted young Muslims from all over the world to its violent movement to build a caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But here’s what’s less visible — the online backlash against the Islamic … Read more

Lord Mayor leaves Islamic charity lunch after his lady consort told she had to sit downstairs

Sometimes I never cease to be amazed at the weird behaviour of some religious people. So the story is that Labour councillor John Thomas (pictured), 70, the Lord Mayor of Leicester, arrived at an annual fundraising event supported by around 20 university Islamic societies in the UK last Sunday with consort Margaret Corley, 72 and was … Read more

The Detox myth busted

There is a really really good article over on the UK’s Guardian by Dara Mohammadi. For background, he is a Health and Science writer at the Guardian, also presents the Lancet’s news podcast, and is a senior assistant editor at the Lancet. “Detox” is one of those extra special words that if encountered should trigger … Read more

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