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Worldwide support for jailed Pussy Riot members

Many international artists, politicians, and musicians voiced support for the release of jailed Pussy Riot members. Free members of the Russian punk band…

Pussy Riot members jailed over cathedral protest

Pussy Riot members jailed over cathedral protest

Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow…

Reactions to Obama’s stance on gay marriage

Reactions to Obama’s stance on gay marriage

Obama’s announcement that he supports gay marriage boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow his…

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Today, nearly one in five Americans are nonbelievers – a rapidly growing group at a time when traditional Christian churches are dwindling in numbers – and they are…

The Innocence of Muslims, low-budget anti-Islamic film, has sparked heated protests in the Middle East. A 13-minute trailer for the film went viral over the last days and…

Many international artists, politicians, and musicians voiced support for the release of jailed Pussy Riot members. Free members of the Russian punk band released a video thanking western…

Rimsha Masih, the young Christian girl who was arrested under Pakistan’s controversial anti-blasphemy law, has been released from jail. A Pakistani military helicopter plucked the young girl from…

Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral. Judge Marina Syrova convicted…

A Pakistani mob has taken a man accused of blasphemy from a police station and burnt him to death, police say. The man was being held for allegedly…

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Fear for life of Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy

Fear for life of Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy

Rimsha Masih, the young Christian girl who was arrested under Pakistan’s controversial anti-blasphemy law, has been released from jail. A Pakistani military helicopter plucked the young girl from a prison yard on Saturday and flew her to a secret location after she was granted bail. Masih was accused by Muslim neighbours of burning papers containing [...]…

Pakistani mob lynches ‘blasphemer’

Pakistani mob lynches ‘blasphemer’

A Pakistani mob has taken a man accused of blasphemy from a police station and burnt him to death, police say. The man was being held for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran in public. The incident took place on the outskirts of Bahawalpur, in Punjab province. Witnesses said hundreds of people looked on [...]…

Amnesty calls for release of Indonesian atheist

Amnesty calls for release of Indonesian atheist

Alexander Aan, a 32-year old Indonesian atheist writing ‘God doesn’t exist’ on his Facebook page, was jailed for 30 months for sharing explicit material about the Prophet Mohammed online. Amnesty International has called for his immediate and unconditional release, calling his imprisonment a serious setback for freedom of expression in Indonesia. “Amnesty International believes the [...]…

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Nearly half of Americans think Earth is less than 10,000 years old

Nearly half of Americans think Earth is less than 10,000 years old

Incredible: forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans at one time within the last 10,000 years, a Gallup survey found. The prevalence…

South Korea surrenders to creationist demands

South Korea surrenders to creationist demands

Efforts to limit the teaching of evolution have made headway in a couple of states in the USA. But the creationists successes are modest compared with those in South Korea.…

Tennessee ‘Monkey Bill’ allows creationism at school

Tennessee ‘Monkey Bill’ allows creationism at school

The governor of Tennessee has allowed the passage of the ‘monkey bill’, giving public-school teachers licence to teach alternatives to those mainstream scientific theories often attacked by religious…

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