Category Archives: Religion

The Chilling Effect of Rarely Used Laws

Posted on 4 January 2011 by Robert

You don’t actually need to charge someone under a particular law, for that law to have a horrible chilling effect. Continue reading →

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Geeks on the March

Posted on 27 October 2010 by Robert

These people would hate to be compared to the religious Right in the USA… but in their dedication to their cause, and their belief that their engagement can actually cause change, I percieve more than a passing similarity. Continue reading →

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Qu’ran burning and America’s moral plummet

Posted on 9 September 2010 by Robert

Just as I was mulling the idea of writing a blog-post on Liberal Conspriacy about the stupid Koran-burning event planned at a church in Florida, Dave Osler gazumps me with a lucid take.  As a campaigner for PEN, the idea … Continue reading →

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Defending the Cordoba Mosque

Posted on 10 August 2010 by Robert

Over in New York, an argument is blazing over the Cordoba Initiative, an Islamic cultural and community centre planned for downtown New York.  Shrill critics have labelled it the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ and called for the project to be cancelled, … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Religion, USA | 13 Comments

Elsewhere, on Offence

Posted on 27 March 2010 by Robert

In The Independent, Michael Coveney discusses theatre that offends, and what to do about it. There is a quote from yrstrly too: Freedom of speech carries with it a freedom to insult; otherwise, as Tom Stoppard says, it’s not a … Continue reading →

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Wootton Bassett

Posted on 5 January 2010 by Robert

The greatest tribute to our soldiers, living and fallen, would be to maintain our principles consistently at home and abroad: This means allowing the Islam4UK march. Continue reading →

Posted in Debate, Human Rights, Liberal Conspiracy, Middle East, Multiculturalism, Religion, UK | 13 Comments

Vegetarianism and Religion

Posted on 21 June 2009 by Robert

The arguments made for eating meat are very similar to the arguments made for religion: “its always been this way, why should we change?” Continue reading →

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Way of the Blogs: Blowback

Posted on 4 April 2009 by Robert

Comments on my Guardian piece. Continue reading →

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Defamation of Religion

Posted on 12 March 2009 by Robert

This doesn’t look good: Stressing that defamation of religions is a serious affront to human dignity leading to restriction on the freedom of religion of their adherents and incitement to religious hatred and violence… The above is tajken from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Globalisation, Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Religion | 2 Comments

Sentamu and the moral leadership of Anglicanism

Posted on 18 January 2009 by Robert

If the Church of England cannot provide a common moral vision for the world-wide Anglican Community, why should we suppose it would be any better at providing one for 21st Century Britain? Continue reading →

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