Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
A group of four writers have been arrested in Bangladesh and will stand trial in November. Their crime? They have been accused of publishing material that “causes hurt to religious beliefs” [About here is the right place to start cranking up your stunned silence] In the picture on the left, the three bloggers pictured in the … Read more
The Mail strikes yet again, and is as usual reliably unreliable. We have had a raft of articles this weekend claiming that the panic is over … Mail: And now it’s global COOLING! Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year Telegraph: Global warming? No, actually we’re cooling, claim scientists The … Read more
Fox News host Dana Perino commented during a live segment on ‘Five on Fox,’ that she’s ‘tired of Atheists’ and suggests that if they (Atheists) don’t like the words “under God” being said in the Pledge of Allegiance then “they don’t have to live here. The context here is that Massachusetts’ highest court is hearing a … Read more
The short answer is “Yes”. There is of course the rather common experience of a complete dismissal of facts and a continuous assertion of debunked claims. A rather extreme example concerned a posting in which a Muslim quotes Darwin writing about the evolution of the eye being absurd. In response, it was quickly pointed out that … Read more
The rather sad news is that Sushmita Banerjee, the Indian woman who wrote a book about her dramatic account of escaping Taliban-ruled Afghanistan nearly two decades ago has been murdered by some religious thugs. The Guardian reports … The author Sushmita Banerjee, who married an Afghan and lived for years in a remote rural area, became a celebrity in India when her … Read more
Maryam Namazie has an update on what has been happening, I’m reproducing it in full here without any edits or additional comment … As you know, following an interview on Channel 4 on Sharia law, Islamists threatened Sudanese secular campaigner and Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain Spokesperson Nahla Mahmoud with death, calling her a “Kafira” and “Murtada” who has offended Islam and … Read more