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Warwick University ban overturned

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The public pressure has been sufficiently large enough to embarrass Warwick into doing the right thing. It was only yesterday that I was blogging about it all and now today comes good news … Maryam Namazie had been banned by the university’s students’ union over fears she may offend Muslim students after 48 hours of … Read more

Claim: liberal politicians in California want to ban the words “husband” and “wife”

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Yet more complete and utter nonsense is popping up from right-wing religious nuts. The latest claim is that … well here is the rather famous Franklin Graham (yes the son of Billy Graham), promoting the claim that the words “husband” and “wife” are to be banned … As “proof”, he also links to an article … Read more

Radical Muslim Scholars demand UN impose worldwide ban on ‘Contempt of Religion’

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The following has been reported … Earlier this week, the Qatar-based international Union of Muslim Scholars– headed by Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual guide of Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood– called upon the United Nations to make “contempt of religions” illegal.In a statement released on Tuesday, the Union said that there should be “protection for ‘prophets’” and urged … Read more

Weird Claim: “Britain is set to become a country that prizes a cow more than a Jew, an ox more than a Muslim”

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The context here is that Britain’s top vet, John Blackwell, has called for a ban on slashing animals’ throats in ‘ritual’ slaughters for halal and kosher meat products. He is quoted as saying … “The Danish unilateral banning [was done] purely for animal welfare reasons, which is right.” “We may well have to go down that … Read more