THERE was outrage back in May when the Bolzano museum of modern art in Italy acquired a sculpture by the late German artist Martin Kippenberger depicting a frog on a cross.
Local bishop Wilhelm Egger moaned:
The crucified frog has shocked many visitors and has hurt their religious feelings. Even if this was not the intention of [...]
THE Philippines has its very own Mary Whitehouse figure – Bienvenido Abante, a politician and pastor of the Metropolitan Bible Baptist Church.
The rabid anti-smut campaigner first came to our attention back in 2006 when, as Chairperson of the Committee on Human Rights – yeah, you read that right – blew his top over proposed gay [...]
THE Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a Muslim group’s complaint against Maclean’s magazine.
The long-running case came before the Commission after the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) complained that the highly-regarded magazine published an article in October 2006 likely to expose Muslims to hatred and contempt.
The article, entitled “The Future Belongs to Islam,” by Canadian writer [...]
Monday, February 25, 2008
THE popular website YouTube went off-line for around two hours yesterday - all because Pakistan took offence at some of its anti-Islamic content.
According to a BBC report, the site was apparently accidentally brought down almost globally when officials took steps to block access to it within Pakistan. The BBC said the blackout was almost certainly [...]
Friday, February 22, 2008
THOSE censorious twats who decide what can and what can’t appear on the walls of the London Underground have made idiots of themselves again - this time by banning a poster for a play at Islington’s King’s Head Theatre.
Tube censors rejected the advert for Fat Christ, a black comedy starring topless model Abi Titmuss, on [...]
Thursday, February 7, 2008
THE Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has again stirred up controversy — this time over a biographical entry on the prophet Mohammed.
According to World Wide Religious News, almost 100,000 Muslims worldwide have signed a web-based petition demanding that Wikipedia removes all depictions of the Prophet from its English-language entry.
The creator of the petition asks:
I request all brothers [...]
