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Save this young man from the savagery of Islam

Thursday, January 31, 2008

THE young man pictured here has been sentenced to death in Afghanistan for the “blasphemous” crime of downloading a report from a Farsi website which stated that Muslim fundamentalists who claimed the Koran justified the oppression of women had misrepresented the views of the prophet Mohammed.
According to a report by Kim Sengupta in today’s Independent, [...]

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Hallalujah! Cross-wielding zealot’s case comes unstuck

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

FAR from being the poor Christian victim whose religious sensitivities were cruelly stomped upon by British Airways when they told her to wear the symbol of her superstition under her uniform, Nadia Eweida was, in fact, an insensitive zealot who had no consideration for her colleagues.
That’s the nub of the verdict of an employment tribunal, [...]

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Religion is &$$&#! and Jesus and Mo are *$£#%%s!!, so there!

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Religion stinks! There! Said it! Tee-hee! Glad we’ve got that out of the way before we can’t say it any more. Well, that may be very far off – or maybe not. It depends on how big an ear the United Nations gives to Kuwait’s call for all criticism of religion to be banned – internationally.
“Kuwait’s National [...]

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Catholics first in the queue

Monday, January 28, 2008

When it comes to possible advancements in science, it’s usually religionists who are first in line to complain. In this case, it’s the Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly and the new Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy – Catholics both – who are leading calls for a free vote on the UK Parliament’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
The [...]

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A threat to our way of life?

Sunday, January 27, 2008

PERHAPS we shouldn’t be surprised that Islam is seen as a threat to our way of life in Europe – at least according to a survey carried out across 21 European countries.
One account of the poll is in this Sunday Express story. It shows that an “overwhelming majority” of Europeans believe the threat comes from immigration [...]

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Shariah through the bank door

Sunday, January 27, 2008

NOTHING, it seems, is acceptable in the West to that exotic species, devout Muslims, who have occupied our nests, and are now demanding that things be done their way.
And what we do in the face of these ever increasing demands? We meekly bend over backwards to accommodate their every whim.
Take for example, shariah banking. [...]

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Vile US church threatens to picket Heath Ledger’s funeral

Friday, January 25, 2008

THE despicable fundamentalist morons who make up the congregation of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, have signalled their intention of picketing the funeral of Australian actor Heath Ledger, 28, who was found dead earlier this week in New York.
The Rev Fred Phelps’ vile outfit, which operates the God Hates Fags website, decided to target [...]

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Taking offence on behalf of Muslims

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

HAS the Religion of Perpetual Outrage cowed us to such an extent that government agencies now feel the need to take offence on behalf Muslims?
It would seem so, judging from the latest example of surrogate outrage widely reported in the media today.
Becta, the government’s educational technology agency, via its Bett Award judging panel, has turned [...]

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“Smack Dem Christians Down”

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

JUST in case you missed this catchy little number when it was posted on richarddawkins.net, here’s Jay Spears sticking up for the separation of church and state, as enshrined in the U.S. constitution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16R4aeYBXww

You’ll be humming that all day now, won’t you?

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The Ju-Ju of the Stock Exchange

Monday, January 21, 2008

DID you know that the London Stock Exchange has its very own Ju-Ju man. Yep, this testerone-fuelled temple to rampant capitalism has a chaplain, the Rev Dr Peter Mullen – a man with a particular talent for elevating witlessness to hitherto unscaled heights. Or down to unplumbed depths, if you prefer.
This is what Mullen said [...]

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