Tag: religion

Tommy Robinson and the Weaponisation of Women’s Trauma

February 17, 2019 | by | 1 Comments
Tommy Robinson, recently made adviser to UKIP on the subject of grooming gangs, is just another in a long list of men exploiting women’s trauma to score political points. Written by Melanie Gardner Over the last few days there have been two instances of the rape or sexual assault of women being used to advance […] Read more

Jordan Peterson and the Apocalypse of Modernism

January 26, 2019 | by | 0 Comments
Jordan Peterson is an apocalypse preacher who attacks progress and modernity under the guise of defending it, argues Emeka Ikpeazu. In the past couple of years I have dealt off and on with depression and loneliness. I am a graduate engineering student. I definitely understand how busy, lonely, and stressful a time it can be. […] Read more

Religious Exemptions Fuel Bigotry – Ban Non-Stun Slaughter

January 10, 2019 | by | 0 Comments
One law for all is the only sustainable way to beat bigots – Chris Sloggett from the National Secular Society calls for a ban on non-stun slaughter. As the new year opened, a measure preventing the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning came into effect in the Flanders region, which roughly covers the northern half of Belgium. A […] Read more

Does Africa Need a Religious Reformation?

December 23, 2018 | by | 0 Comments
While Africa is rapidly changing and progressing in many ways, Christian and Islamic fundamentalism hold the continent and its people back. Africa’s religious landscape is changing very rapidly, in various ways. These changes include the introduction of new religions and adjustments in the modes of worship as well as the personalities that are revered. Transformations […] Read more

Deprivation and Integration in Blackburn

December 12, 2018 | by | 2 Comments
In the old mill towns of North West England such as Blackburn, deprivation is making integration more difficult to achieve. How far should we push communities to come together? Is it even possible to force integration along? I was born and raised in Blackburn, Lancashire. Blackburn was the subject of a recent Panorama documentary, ‘White […] Read more