Labour activist Reza Shahabi who was arrested 18 months ago has been on hunger strike since 22 days ago in protest against his tenuous situation…
They smell your breath, lest you had uttered ‘I love you’
Here is a wonderful poem, In this Dead-end, by Ahmad Shamlou: They smell your breath, lest you had uttered ‘I love you’. They smell your…
Islam is the most horrible thing I have experienced in my life
Nazanin, a friend of mine, who now lives in Europe, was imprisoned and raped by the Islamic regime in Iran for opposing veiling. She says:…
Beheading is not real Islam or Sharia!?
According to a Saudi Interior Ministry statement, a woman, Amina Bint Abdulhalim Nassar, was beheaded today in the northern province of Jawf for ‘practising witchcraft…
One must even decapitate with respect…
Here’s a mullah giving his weekly sermon. To paraphrase him: Good words and morality are important. [Yada yada yada.] If we want to tell the…
Even male urine purer than female urine – who knew?
Even male urine is purer than female urine. Who knew? A Koranic scientist – that’s who. Ignore the oxymoron to learn the ‘science’ behind it:…
Dawkins guest-edit New Statesman Christmas issue
In a 100-page special issue, the evolutionary biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins guest-edits the Christmas double issue of the New Statesman. I have a…
The absurdity of debating Sharia law
I find it absurd that tonight – and for the umpteenth time – I must argue that Sharia law negates human rights at a ‘debate’.…
On Ashura: If the shoe fits…
Yesterday was Ashura. It marks the death of Hussain in Karbala. I still have nightmares of this yearly event, where people take to the street…
Nude revolutionary calendar in the press
See today’s International Business Times UK report on the Nude ‘revolutionary’ calendar homage to Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, the naked blogger.