Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The horrendous experience of Leyla Hussein has motivated her to campaign against FGM (female genital mutilation), for this is tragically something that was inflicted upon her. Anna Davis now writes in the London Evening standard about the rather depressing fact that political correctness and politeness is hindering progress in this area, she explains … She [Leyla Hussein] decided … Read more
Yep, Halloween has been and gone, and so if you were giving out awards for the best of the season this year, what would be your winners? My award goes to the “God” graveyard done by the Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. They wrote about it here and posted some … Read more
Now this video is indeed quite disturbing. It comes from an Islamic conference during a Q&A session. At one point a chap stands up and asks for the camera to be pointed at the audience, then proceeds to ask a few questions: “Hands up all who are Muslims”, and most hands go up. “Now hands … Read more
Over on the Council of Ex-Muslims forum they have a thread entitled “Shit Muslims Say To Ex-Muslims” that has been read over 17,000 times and runs to many many many pages. Here are 40 random examples for you to enjoy, some of them are truly hilarious … You were never really a Muslim, were you?! … Read more
The UK’s Financial times and also the Wall Street Journal have announced that the UK is to start selling “Islamic” bonds. “This government wants Britain to become the first Western sovereign to issue an Islamic bond,” Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to say in a speech at the World Islamic Economic Forum in London on Tuesday. … Read more
In 1978 Michael H. Hart published a list of the 100 most Influential Persons in History, and top of that list was Muhammad. Islamic apologists often tout this as an example of the high regard that many non-Muslim scholars hold for Islam, and unveil it with an implicit “So if they think that, then it just must … Read more