Richard Dawkins’s Berkeley radio event is cancelled over bad tweets about Islam
The rabble-rouser and author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins lost himself a book promotion event in Berkeley, reports Berkleyside’s Frances Dinkelspiel, following a radio station’s decision to log in… Read more »
These Inspiring Mothers Have Protected Their Children By Creating an Entirely Imaginary America For Them To Live In Forever
As The Poet (feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff) once said, “There’s no need to argue / Parents just don’t understand.” But damn if these parents aren’t the ones doing all the arguing these… Read more »
Evanston Public Library affected by hate crimes
Amidst the horrific spike in hate crimes committed across the country these past weeks, the Evanston Public Library has discovered that seven books about Islam and the Qur’an have been… Read more »
Warning of Islamic “indoctrination,” Tennessee parent petitions school to ban history textbook
Earlier this year, we wrote about repeated attempts by the Tennessee House of Representatives to pass a bill making the Bible the state’s “official book,” whatever that means. While the… Read more »
Egyptian TV host goes on air to defend murder of Jordanian writer
The report on Tuesday that an Egyptian TV host publicly supported the murder of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar is only the latest in an ongoing story about extremism and limits to free speech… Read more »
French Booksellers Association releases reading list meant to shed light on Paris attacks
Following the attacks in Paris on November 13, the French Booksellers Association (Syndicat de la Librairie Française, or SLF) has released a reading list designed to help people better understand the complex… Read more »
Was the oldest fragment of the Quran just discovered in the UK?
In a surprising discovery at the University of Birmingham, a fragment of the Quran dated to the late 7th century may shed new light on the early days of the holy book’s publication history.… Read more »
Egypt seizes and burns books that promote “fundamentalism and extremism” from mosques
The last half decade has seen Egypt’s government overthrown twice, punctuated by mob violence and periodic mass killings of demonstrators. Since the June 2014 election of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,… Read more »
The French are buying a lot of books about Islam these days
It shouldn’t, but it does, come with a depressing regularity; a society suffers a terrorist attack, and with that terror comes a new enemy, to know, to form opinions on,… Read more »