Butterflies and Wheels Update

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Ophelia Benson

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Nov 2, 2008, 7:18:52 PM11/2/08
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Hello. It's November, the clocks have been turned back (joining the rest of the world a week late), a storm is brewing in the west, the US election is just a day away, and it's time for another B&W update.
 
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Rape Victim, 13, Stoned to Death
Militia members opened fire when some of the witnesses to the killing attempted to save her life.
Date filed: 02-11-2008

AI Reports Stoned 'Woman' Was a Girl, 13
Sources say she had been raped and had attempted to report this rape to the militia who control Kismayo.
Date filed: 02-11-2008

Somali Woman Stoned to Death for 'Adultery'
She was buried up to her neck and then pelted to death with stones in front of thousands of people in Kismayo.
Date filed: 02-11-2008

No Reiki Without Permission
You need permission on an energetic level to move into the client's energy field.
Date filed: 02-11-2008

Azar Majedi: Religion is Political
The media continue to aid the mystification of religion as an untouchable institution.
Date filed: 02-11-2008

Desperation
Republican representative hoped computer comparison would show Bill Ayers ghosted Obama's book.
Date filed: 02-11-2008

Muslim Police Cook Claims Discrimination
Says he never enrolled to cook pork. Cops want their sausages.
Date filed: 02-11-2008

Creationism From the US to Turkey
When a Turkish human rights group published a critical piece, Yahya told them to remove it.
Date filed: 02-11-2008

Potential President Gets First Amendment Wrong
Thinks it protects 'our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.'
Date filed: 01-11-2008

Museum Head Angers Pope, Is Sacked
Pope, Vatican, local pol pitched fits over frog that 'injured the religious feeling of many people.'
Date filed: 01-11-2008

Susan Jacoby on Religion and US Politics
Republicans have tapped into fundamentalist resentment of educated, sceptical 'elites.'
Date filed: 01-11-2008

Muslim Artist Gets Muslim Death Threats
'Some sections of the Muslim community' are pissed off at Sarah Maples.
Date filed: 01-11-2008

'She's Godless!' 'I Am Not Godless!'
Notion that it's actually permissible to be godless does not get a hearing.
Date filed: 01-11-2008

Studs Terkel 1912-2008
His searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as a serious genre.
Date filed: 01-11-2008

Women as Bombers Once Thought Immodest
'We were created to become martyrs for God,' says insane woman.
Date filed: 30-10-2008

Israel and Settler Threats
Reports of violence by the right-wing activist groups have increased in recent months.
Date filed: 30-10-2008

Barak Calls for Crackdown on Settler Violence
There has been an increase in attacks on Palestinians during this year's olive harvest.
Date filed: 30-10-2008

Normblog on Aronson on Choosing to Know
The obstacles to knowledge, both within us and without, are many and various.
Date filed: 30-10-2008

Purdy Loses Assisted Suicide Case
Wants her husband with her but fears he may be prosecuted, says she may have to go earlier than she wanted.
Date filed: 30-10-2008

Tens of Thousands of Refugees in DR Congo
Some observers say that the fighting in eastern DR Congo is really over control of mineral resources.
Date filed: 30-10-2008

BBC Editorial Complaints Unit Upholds Complaint
'Even in its amended form, it conveys a significantly inaccurate impression, and I am therefore upholding your complaint.'
Date filed: 29-10-2008

Anthony Cox on BBC Churnalism
Churnalism - rewriting press releases rather than news reporting - is common at BBC online news.
Date filed: 29-10-2008

Duplicate Publication is a Serious Problem
If you think there are two trials showing that something works, that's more impressive than if there's just one.
Date filed: 29-10-2008

Ben Goldacre Asks: More Crap Journals?
You're not supposed to take everything in an academic journal as read, final, and valid.
Date filed: 29-10-2008

Assisting Suicide Could Be Prosecuted
'If the DPP does publish guidelines it will make it more likely that the decision will be made to prosecute.'
Date filed: 29-10-2008

CFI London Has a Website
Coming up: 'Weird Science' with Ben Goldacre, Stephen Law, Richard Wiseman, Chris French.
Date filed: 28-10-2008

3d International Congress on Islamic Feminism
Good luck.
Date filed: 28-10-2008

Indonesian Child Protection Agency Investigates
Under the Indonesian law, a woman must be at least 16 years old to marry.
Date filed: 28-10-2008

Outrage as Cleric Marries Girl, 12
Will wait until his 'wife' reaches puberty before poking her; fierce reaction to the marriage within Indonesia.
Date filed: 28-10-2008

Indonesia: Cleric Marries Girl, 12
Plans to marry two more, age 7 and 9; says it's 'in accordance with the prophet's teaching.'
Date filed: 28-10-2008

Acid in the Face, Oil Money in the Wallet
The battle for equal rights for Muslim women is the great civil rights cause of our time.
Date filed: 27-10-2008

Ajita Kamal Responds to Shashi Tharoor
Adopting a naturalistic approach to the problems of communalism has many long term benefits.
Date filed: 27-10-2008

Ajita Kamal Interviews James Randi
Science and Rationalists' Association of India goes to villages and performs tricks that the swamis perform.
Date filed: 27-10-2008

Church of England Provides Fiscal Prayer
Lord God, prices rise, debts increase, banks collapse, jobs are taken away. Loving God, be a tower of strength amidst the shifting sands.
Date filed: 27-10-2008

Atheist Billboard in Philadelphia
'Don't believe in God? You are not alone.'
Date filed: 27-10-2008

Notes and Comment

That's it! More articles soon; I've been too busy to post them lately. Catch you next week.
 
OB

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