The case of Helsinki city councilman Jussi Halla-aho is not about Halla-aho himself, but something much bigger: Finland is moving away from Freedom of Speech as a government policy. The decision by Helsinki district court to sentence Halla-aho to pay a 330 euro fine after he wrote that Islam is a religion that sanctifies pedophilia, shows us that Finland is following the dark example of Austria.
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November 5th, 2009
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November 5th, 2009
In a dramatic turn of events, a Cook County Circuit Court judge halted Illinois' parental notification law on abortion just hours after a state agency gave it the all-clear.
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November 5th, 2009
Dr. Curtis Boyd is no stranger to controversy. In 1973, Boyd opened the Fairmount Center, which was the first abortion clinic in Texas.
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November 5th, 2009
Parents are to lose the right to withdraw their child from sex education classes when the youngster reaches 15, the Schools Secretary announced today.
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November 5th, 2009
Religious freedom activists in China are not the only ones needing a lawyer; their lawyers also are being attacked by the government.
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November 5th, 2009
Those who go to church only for funerals and weddings will not to be able to join in with the traditional words of the Lord's prayer, says Christopher Howse.
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November 5th, 2009
Europe is 'dying' because its secular residents are too selfish to have children, according to Lord Sacks, the Chief Rabbi.
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November 5th, 2009
Parents will be able to withdraw their children from the new, compulsory sex education lessons up to the age of 15.
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November 5th, 2009
Cheap high street monitors designed to measure the rate of a baby?s heartbeat in the womb can give misleading reassurance to women about the health of their unborn babies, doctors have warned.
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November 5th, 2009
Doctors are warning expectant parents that at-home foetal heart rate monitors should be used only for "fun" and not as an alternative to medical advice.