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<title>Jesus and Mo on Science-Religion Compatibility</title>
<link>http://www.jesusandmo.net/2009/07/03/talk/</link>
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Dudes it's so totally easy.
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<title>Moses Just Loves the Burqa</title>
<link>http://www.jesusandmo.net/2009/07/01/horn/</link>
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Mo on the other hand suddenly finds his getting stuffy.
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<title>The Stoning of Soraya M.</title>
<link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106092195</link>
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'I wanted people to never forget what a stoning really is.' It's not just one rock and it's over.
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<title>FMU Urges Schools to be Aware of Signs</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8129466.stm</link>
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New guidance is being published urging schools to identify signs of forced marriages ahead of the holidays.
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<title>Sarah Palin as 'Diva' and 'Whack Job'</title>
<link>http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/sarah-palin200908?printable=true&amp;currentPage=all</link>
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A public official who often seems proud of what she does not know is not only accepted but applauded. 
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<title>Johann Hari on 'Does God Hate Women?'</title>
<link>http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2009/07/women-god-stangroom-benson</link>
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After all the arguments for subordinating women have been shown to be self-serving lies, what are misogynists left with?
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<title>Zeinab Huq on Sharia Up Close and Personal</title>
<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/01/sharia-courts-islam</link>
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Whatever the protestations of its fans, this system of law does not favour women.
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<title>Madeleine Bunting on Science and Religion</title>
<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/01/science-religion-atheism</link>
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No actually it turns out to be about 'the New Atheists' again. And 'Ditchkins.' Deep stuff.
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<title>India: Gay Sex Decriminalized</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm</link>
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The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which calls a same-sex relationship an 'unnatural offence.'
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<title>India: Activists Welcome Delhi Court Ruling</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8130052.stm</link>
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'Families who use this section to scare their children and get them married forcibly won't be able to do so.'

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<title>Andrew Brown on How to Think About Sharia</title>
<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/jun/30/religion-islam</link>
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'Perhaps the autonomous adult is an idealisation, useful for some purposes, but misleading for others.'
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<title>Grayling on Clerical Cruelty and Dogmatism</title>
<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/01/religion-euthanasia</link>
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The question of what archbishops and rabbis do to subvert the ethical maturation of humankind has to be addressed.

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<title>Bunglawala Says Sharia Courts Are Fine</title>
<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jun/30/sharia-law-civitas-islam</link>
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Commenters point out the problem of inequality that Bugnlawala forgot to mention.
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<title>Interview: Russell Blackford and Udo Schuklenk</title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-14681-Rochester-Atheism-Examiner~y2009m6d30-50-Voices-of-Disbelief-an-interview-with-Russell-Blackford-and-Udo-Schuklenk</link>
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Tired of religious people’s published musings about the struggle to find god? '50 Voices of Disbelief' can help.
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<title>Male Victims of Forced Marriage</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8125180.stm</link>
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Dozens of men in NE England have contacted Karma Nirvana, which will open a new centre for both sexes.
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<title>Newsweek Suggests 50 Books for Our Time</title>
<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/204300/page/2</link>
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Including Jerry Coyne's <i>Why Evolution is True</i>; also </i>Persepolis, Midnight's Children</i>.
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<title>Quantum Mechanics and Religion</title>
<link>http://www.starshipnivan.com/blog/?p=386</link>
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'A particle is everywhere in the universe at all times' therefore all religions are true. Or something.
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<title>Interfaith Visit Goes Awry</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/8125760.stm</link>
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Pupils and teacher on visit to Catholic college were asked to remove their niqabs.
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<title>No Tent for God, No Sleeping Bag, No Smores</title>
<link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6591231.ece</link>
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Plenty of games of 'Find the unicorn' though.
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<title>Pope Delays Encyclical Because His Latin is Rusty</title>
<link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6601784.ece</link>
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This encyclical will be the first written with the help of Google.
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<title>Religious Bullies Try to Block Euthanasia Law</title>
<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5675485/Religious-leader-call-for-end-to-legal-euthanasia-move.html</link>
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Archbishops of C and W and Chief Rabbi join to prevent people from ending terminal suffering.
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<title>Full Text of ABC's Wicked Letter</title>
<link>http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2471</link>
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Hospices are better, he says.
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<title>Rafsanjani Thanks Leader for Extending Deadline</title>
<link>http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=197857</link>
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Expediency Council Chairman Rafsanjani said Supreme Leader’s decision was valuable.



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<title>Arrested Iranian Journalists Prisoners of Conscience</title>
<link>http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/iran-Journalists-detained-as+news-restrictions-tighten-20090626</link>
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The only message the authorities are sending is that they are seeking to hide the truth.
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<title>Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/business/30madoff.html?ref=global</link>
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No friends, family or other supporters  submitted any letters attesting to good deeds Madoff did.
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