Jobs for the ploys

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Since the news that a muslim that had applied to be interviewed for a job as a hair stylist cum model didn’t get the job (because she was unable to do it and lived too far away) and then took the prospective employer to a tribunal for “religious discimination” and was awarded £4,000, I’ve been [...]

The Telegraph: Muslim sex offenders may opt out of treatment

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

In a stunning case of political correctness gone horribly mad and special treatment for (obviously “moral”) god botherers, it seems that there is a “case” whereby imprisoned sex offenders who adhere to a certain flavour of magical thinking may be allowed to opt out of treatment for their crimes.
The treatment programme seemingly entails a period [...]

Teacher found guilty in Sudan

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

BBC News 24 has just reported that Gillian Gibbons, the teacher at the centre of the Sudanese Mohammed Teddy stupidity, has been found guilty of “insulting religion”, and sentenced to 15 days in prison and is then to be deported, hopefully, for her sake, to a country not run by those who cling to their [...]

Guardian: Woman arrested for naming teddy-bear “Mohammed”

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Yeah, you read that right…
I really have no comment to make on this story, apart from a great big
What The Fuck?
A British teacher has been arrested in Sudan for letting her children name a teddy bear Mohammed, the British Embassy said.
Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was detained on Sunday on suspicion of insulting Islam’s prophet.
The [...]

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