Today is International Apostasy Day. At the National Secular Society, Dr Ben Jones reflects on his recent research into "the experiences of ex-Muslims and their increasingly precarious position in Britain": That former Muslims face persecution across the world, including in Britain, will not be news to anyone who has followed the work of the National…

The Taliban latest, from the Telegraph: The Taliban has sacked hundreds of men from Afghanistan’s security forces because they are unable to grow beards. Thousands of musical instruments had also been destroyed by the militant group in the past year, the notorious ministry for the propagation of virtue and prevention of vice said in its…

Looking at the explosion in mastectomies for young teens in the US, from the perspective of a woman with breast cancer. Dana Kennedy in the NY Post: When Amy Sousa was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in April, she went into “icy cold panic” about whether doctors could shrink the 10-centimeter tumor in her…

That Democratic National Convention protest maybe isn't quite the seismic event we'd been promised. Michael Powell at The Atlantic – The pro-Palestinian “Crashing the Party” event was to the protests of Chicago 1968 what a scouting squad is to an army. On top of the stairs of Chicago’s elevated Green Line yesterday, I had a…

John Armstrong at the Critic on efforts to incorporate "social justice" in higher education – Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination: Over recent years the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has updated their curriculum guidance in all subject areas to include themes of social justice. They have done this by…

On the other hand…Speakers at the March on the DNC in Chicago: At the August 19, 2024 "March on the DNC" pro-Palestine rally in Chicago, Nesreen Hasan of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) said: “We will end Zionism!” Hatem Abudayyeh, spokesman of the March on the DNC referred to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris…

A powerful critique of the Iranian regime from Islamic scholar Mohammad-Taghi Akbarnejad. Iranian Islamic scholar Mohammad-Taghi Akbarnejad said in an interview posted on Azad TV on YouTube (Iran) August 10, 2024 that the Iranian regime is not fulfilling the goals and promises of the Islamic Revolution. He said that Iran has lost without firing a…

A trans paedophile gets sent to a woman's prison. From Reduxx: A transgender pedophile in Illinois is being housed in a women’s prison after being found guilty on multiple counts related to the sexual assault of his two children. Michelle Blessent, born James, is being held at the Logan Correctional Facility in Lincoln, Illinois. As…

"Taliban sentence woman to stone in Balkh" "The primary court of the Taliban in Shulgarh district, Balkh province, has issued a sentence of stoning to death of a woman on the charge of extramarital affair." (retweet of article in Persian, Google translation in screenshots) https://t.co/0Npn8T4Y2R pic.twitter.com/je9G557VnD — Lily Maynard (@LilyLilyMaynard) August 18, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Do…

John Vachon, March 1943. "Charlotte, North Carolina (vicinity). Filling station on a highway out of town." [Photo: Shorpy/John Vachon for the Office of War Information]