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A television station in England will host a two part special hosted by scientist and evolutionist Richard Dawkins which will put forth the premise that religion is the greatest problem the modern world has today. It is entitled, “Root of All Evil?” and says that teaching religion to children is “child abuse.” (more…)

Author and Bible teacher Hal Lindsey appeared Tuesday night on Fox News Channel’s Hannity and Colmes and was startlingly frank about his views of the Muslim religion. He told how he had been removed from TBN, a Christian network for saying that the radical Muslims were practicing the true Muslim religion as layed out in the Koran. (more…)

UNAids says there an estimated 40.3m people currently living with the virus across the world, with almost 5m infected in 2005.

And it warns there are growing epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central and East Asia.

But the report says falls in HIV incidence have been seen in certain groups, including sex workers and their clients in Thailand and Cambodia. (more…)

the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force nationwide last month, placing India among 55 other countries to have “freedom of information” legislation. In a country where public information has always been guarded behind an iron veil of secrecy, RTI is the most important legislation since independence, say activists, because it can lead to transparency and accountability in governance.

“For the first time since India’s independence from the British, ordinary people have the right to scrutinize performance of public officials and hold them answerable for their actions that they professedly take on behalf of people. This is the most powerful right ordinary Indians have at their disposal after the right to vote,” says Prabhu. (more…)

(Reuters)Polygamy may have been a factor behind the unprecedented wave of riots that swept France over the past three weeks, senior conservative politicians said on Wednesday.

Bernard Accoyer, leader of the Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) in the National Assembly lower house of parliament, told French radio that children from large polygamous families had problems integrating into mainstream society.

The Financial Times quoted Employment Minister Gerard Larcher as saying large polygamous families sometimes led to anti-social behavior by youths who lacked a father figure and made employers reluctant to hire them. (more…)

The House committee was told that U.S. concern [about] a Saudi coup appears greater than ever. O’Hanlon said such a coup would also destabilize Pakistan, a nuclear power since 1998 . . . . (more…)

The Prince of Wales will try to persuade George W Bush and Americans of the merits of Islam this week because he thinks the United States has been too intolerant of the religion since September 11. (more…)

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