My old friend, Professor Richard Dawkins, is guest editor of the Christmas double issue of the New Statesman. And he makes a very decent fist of it.
In the News
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December 14th, 2011
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December 14th, 2011
More unrest in the Moluccas, long-time site of sectarian clashes. Police seize weapons, including Molotov cocktails, arrows and machetes. On December 12, two wounded in an ambush. The central government condemns the incidents and calls for respect for the law. Army chief claims the situation is "under control".
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December 14th, 2011
A budget proposal of N921.9 has been earmarked by the Federal Government to fight the menace of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Niger Delta militants and other miscreants who have been terrorising many parts of the country.
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December 14th, 2011
Academics at Cambridge University have reacted with dismay after being ordered not to shake hands automatically with Muslims or disabled people in case it upsets them.
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December 14th, 2011
In the spirit of honesty and candour that Julian Baggini has recently enjoined on all parties in his Heathen's progress, I feel it is incumbent on me to admit the following: the latest instalment of the annual British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey reads like a nightmare for anyone (like me) who is concerned about the future of the Church of England. Chapter 12 of BSA 28, published last week, feels more like an Anglican epitaph than a chapter of social analysis.
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December 14th, 2011
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- Catholic medical professionals have questioned the reliability of a British review concluding that women who have abortions have no increased risk of developing mental health problems.
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December 14th, 2011
BOSTON, December 14, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A front-page story on the Boston Globe’s Sunday edition highlighted the work of a prestigious Massachusetts hospital which blocked and altered the development of one young boy’s body to match his self-identification as a girl.
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December 13th, 2011
Ethiopia's national government is being asked to investigate an attack on a church.
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December 13th, 2011
Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi have rescued 54 students from the basement of an Islamic seminary, or madrasa, where they said they were kept in chains by clerics, beaten and barely fed.
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December 13th, 2011
A controversial new book concludes that Muslims must change Islam or risk making it inseparable from violence and discrimination.