MEN in Syria who offer an “honour killing” excuse for offing their female relatives will no longer have their sentences limited to a year . They can now expect to serve a sentence of TWO years! Justice Minister Ahmad Hamoud Younis said the change...

THERE is much wailing and gnashing of teeth among Catholics and Muslims in India over the decision this week to overturn a 150-year-old law that criminalised homosexuality. Gay rights groups in India have campaigned for years for a repeal of the law...

Religion should not be a subject for entertainment programmes. These were the words thundered by Hamza Aktan, Chairman of the High Board of Religious Affairs in Turkey, after he learned details of a game show aimed at converting atheists into...

Mark Thomas WE like comedian Mark Thomas and his  no-nonsense, sabre-toothed approach to religion. And we were particularly amused by the suggestion on his Radio 4 The Manifesto programme last night that an Age of Consent law should be slapped on...

OH, what a giggle we had trawling through over 80 entries we had for our June caption contest! But the hard bit was choosing a winner. In the end, we said sod the accountants, let’s award THREE prizes of a year’s subscription to the Freethinker...