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Threat of Egypt’s ‘morality police’
The fact that the radical Islamist Nour (Light) party scored nearly 30 per cent in the recent Egyptian elections has given rise to a worrying development: religious vigilantes. And with Islamists of one or other variety comprising the largest bloc in the new parliament, the country waits to see how strong is the influence of the fundamentalist Salafi.
Tutu, Zionism and the Holocaust
January 12, 2011
THE petition by assorted Zionists to have Archbishop Tutu, Judge Richard Goldstone and Professor Kader Asmal removed as patrons of the Holocaust Centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town should be welcomed. Because it provides an object lesson to us all, being the clearest indication of the abuse, both of Judaism and the Holocaust, by more […]
Religion, opium and Karl Marx
December 29, 2010
“Religion is the opium of the people” is probably the most often quoted statement attributed to Karl Marx. But it distorts the views of Marx about religion because it is taken out of both literary and historic context.
Only the latest incident in centuries of persecution
October 4, 2010
The 2010 expulsions of Roma families from France was only the latest — and more widely publicised — example of the persecution suffered by this community over centuries.
South Africa’s educational confusion over evolution (11.11.2009)
October 2, 2010
Confusion exists in South African schools where blind. creationist belief is equated with evidence-based science.
Terry Bell Writes 
January 25, 2012
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