On Raif Badawi: When is it going to end?

I reported on Raif Badawi before here. The founder of a website calling for religious liberalisation has been sentenced to seven years in prison and…

Protect Nahla Mahmoud

Following an interview on Channel 4 on Sharia law, Islamists have threatened Sudanese secular campaigner and Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain Spokesperson Nahla Mahmoud with death, calling her…

Amina is free; viva Amina

Amina has been freed though she still faces charges. Her lawyer said: “Amina is still on trial for desecrating the cemetery but the public indecency…

Even pregnant women are immoral

The absurdity continues. In Turkey, an Islamist or “Muslim thinker” as they are often called has said that pregnant women should stay home as “it’s…

Guardian’s all excited again

The Guardian is all excited about the “election” of Hassan Rowhani in Iran. They think (and there is some truth in it) that we are…

My schedule for August

I will be in Edinburgh, Marseilles and Boston in August in case any of you can make the below. Here are more details: 11 August…

Trolling with Logic

I was on Trolling with Logic Sunday. We discussed religion, Islam, Sharia law, Islamism, and dissent on the show. You can download programme via Itunes, Feedburner…

Hope for Saudi women

Did you hear the latest? Women in Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia have been banned from using the library. Their male guardian has to take out…