2nd Jan 2009 : A 14-year-old who was trained to kill by radicals in the tribal regions of Pakistan now sits in a crowded classroom at a detention facility in Kabul.

22nd Dec 2008 : A Saudi court has rejected a plea to divorce an eight-year-old girl married off by her father to a man who is 58, saying the case should wait until the girl reaches puberty.

9th Dec 2008 : Muslim children are being beaten and abused regularly by teachers at some British madrassas - Islamic evening classes - an investigation by The Times has found.

3rd Nov 2008 : GROWING UP IN AMERICA’S MOST HATED FAMILY

31rd Oct 2008 : What is being taught to muslims about non muslims in islamic schools.

30th Jun 2008 :
Faith schools are being undermined by a Government-backed "witch hunt", according to a new report.

Ministers have exaggerated claims that Christian, Jewish and Muslim schools cherry-pick the best pupils to justify a series of "plots and threats" against the religious sector, it is claimed.

26th Jun 2008 : Everything you are about to read is true. Without any public consultation or debate, without once having made this a manifesto pledge, without ever having invited independent or critical opinion to scrutinise the implications, the British government is handing over large tracts of the school education system, along with tens of millions of our tax money, to groups of Anousics.

24th Jun 2008 : Dr. Ahmad Al-Mub'i, a Saudi Marriage Officiant: It Is Allowed to Marry a Girl at the Age of One, If Sex Is postponed. The Prophet Muhammad, Whose Model We Follow, Married 'Aisha When She Was Six and Had Sex with Her When She Was Nine :

Following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Ahmad Al-Mu'bi, a Saudi marriage officiant, which aired on LBC TV on June 19, 2008:

21st Jun 2008 : The intelligent design case in Dover, Penn., was the stuff of tabloid dreams: a community divided when a school board led by religious fundamentalists tried to bring creationism into the local biology curriculum. But look beneath the surface, and it was hardly the two-dimensional "science versus religion" narrative favored by the press. As Lauri Lebo, a local reporter who covered the trial, writes, the "'Darwinism'-spouting teachers were preachers' kids; the 'atheist' plaintiffs taught Sunday school; the 'activist' judge was a Bush-appointed Republican; and the journalists labeled 'liars' were willing to go to jail for the truth."

20th Jun 2008 : A Mount Vernon teacher undermined science instruction in the public school district by discrediting evolution in his classroom and focusing on creationism and intelligent design, an investigation has found.

19th Jun 2008 : GLADSTONE, Oregon (AP) -- Authorities say a teenager from a faith-healing family died from an illness that could have been easily treated, just a few months after a toddler cousin of his died in a case that has led to criminal charges.

12th Jun 2008 :
McLEAN, Va. - Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday.

Other passages in the school's textbooks state that "the Jews conspired against Islam and its people" and that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed "polytheists."

11th Jun 2008 : Repeatedly threatening children with brutal torture in the form of eternal damnation is psychological child abuse, and has extremely negative, long-term effects on their mental health. It's bullying, it's disgusting, and we need to put a stop to it.

See:
http://www.stopthenightmares.org.uk/

8th Jun 2008 :
OSLO — Police in Norway said Friday they have filed preliminary charges against a husband and wife for the alleged genital mutilation of five of their daughters.

It was the first such case opened under Norwegian laws against female circumcision.

The couple were both originally from Gambia, but are now Norwegian citizens, said a statement from Human Rights Services, an activist group that alerted police to the case. The daughters, ranging in age from 5 to 14 years, were all born in Norway.

31th May 2008 : Multan, Pakistan - A blind seven-year-old student at an Islamic school in eastern Pakistan has died after his teacher punished him for not learning the Qu'ran, police said on Friday.

25th May 2008 : MEDIA ADVISORY, May 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fascination with animals permeates childhood. Yet, with biology books oozing evolutionary propaganda and conjecture, an animal enthusiast's faith in the Bible is in danger of erosion. So how can a Christian child maintain and grow their faith if they want to study animals? The answer is the latest book in Jeannie Fulbright's creation science series, Exploring Creation with Zoology III, which covers the land animals created on the sixth day.

11th May 2008 : Two weeks ago, The Observer revealed how 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader was beaten to death by her father after becoming infatuated with a British soldier in Basra. In this remarkable interview, Abdel-Qader Ali explains why he is unrepentant - and how police backed his actions. Afif Sarhan in Basra and Caroline Davies report

3rd May 2008 : 27/4/08 : Devotees believe this ritual is good for the health of the child.

18th Apr 2008 : This half-hour programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 this morning. It features several 'child preachers' including Samuel (now 8 years old) who was in that Channel 4 documentary "Baby Bible Bashers" ( http://richarddawkins.net/article,2279,Cutting-Edge-Baby-Bible-Bashers,Atheist-Media ). The radio programme is available via the BBC's 'listen again' service here:

15th Apr 2008 : Even as he told reporters on his flight to America that he was "deeply ashamed" over the church sex abuse scandal, Pope Benedict was accused by victims of protecting some 19 bishops accused of sexually abusing children.

14th Apr 2008 : A mile beyond the town of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, where the highway is being widened to four lanes, traffic slows down for roadworks. But the workmen who lounge by their bulldozers have their eyes on something else - a cluster of makeshift shelters where girls, several under 18 and at least two younger than 15, can be seen strolling or sitting, in view of the dusty carriageway.

18th Feb 2008 : BAFTA award-winning director Amelia Hann uncovers the unsettling and often disturbing world of child evangelism, following pint-sized preachers Samuel Boutwell from Mississippi, crowd-pleasing Terry Durham from Florida and Brazilian sensation Ana Carolina Dias who began preaching at just three years old and regularly commands TV audiences of millions.

21st Jan 2008 : Last year, I met a drawn, defeated 14-year old girl who had been possessed by Satan, until he and his Armies of Evil were tortured out of her.

20th Dec 2007 : For the Love of Christ

Justin Fatica yells, threatens and humiliates teens into finding Jesus. You got a problem with that?

Justin Fatica has a cross to bear, and last year he did it in front of more than 60,000 American teens. The 27-year-old self-proclaimed prophet is hellbent on "raising up warriors for the Lord," and finds his recruits on the fraying edges of the MP3 generation. In "Hard as Nails," an HBO documentary by David Holbrooke (producer of the documentary "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" and son of former U.N. ambassador Richard Holbrooke), Fatica's MO is more akin to the "Scared Straight!" phenomenon of the early '80s than the traditional Roman Catholic sermons he grew up with in Erie, Pa.

29th Nov 2007 : Boy dies of leukemia after refusing treatment for religious reasons
Because of his faith, Dennis Lindberg, 14, didn't want vital transfusions; his biological parents did.

15th Nov 2007 : UIGE, Angola — Domingos Pedro was only 12 years old when his father died. The passing was sudden; the cause was a mystery to doctors. But not to Domingos's relatives.

25th Sept 2007 : ST. GEORGE, Utah -- The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group was convicted Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin.

27th Aug 2007 : The new public school at 2620 Hollywood Boulevard stands out despite its plain gray facade.

20th Aug 2007 : The parents of a Sikh girl want to convert her to Roman Catholicism to win a place at the school of their choice.

9th Aug 2007 : Curriculum from Castle Hills First Baptist School

24th Jul 2007 : Hameeda Sarfraz, 19, lively eyes sparkling out of a black burqa, was describing the boons of the afterlife.

17th Jul 2007 : In the United States, opposition to the teaching of evolution in public schools has largely been fueled by the religious right, particularly Protestant fundamentalism.

11th Jul 2007 : The Metropolitan Police is offering a £20,000 reward for information which would bring to justice anyone involved in female genital mutilation.

8th Jul 2007 : SAIMA KHAN wants to die a martyr. Life is transient, she told her father in a telephone call last week, and the real glory is to sacrifice it for Allah. Her statement would be alarming at any age, but Saima is only 10.

5th Jul 2007 : I recently had a conversation with a friend who identifies himself as an Atheist. He took a few stabs and guesses at the origin of the universe and the origin of life that were not too far off from pre-existing theories.

25th Jun 2007 : It's not quite "We are the world"

18th Jun 2007 : On the eighth day of her son's life, Julia Query welcomed friends and family to celebrate his birth and honor their Jewish heritage. But there was no crying, no scalpel, no blood, no "mohel" -- the person who traditionally performs ritual circumcisions in the Jewish faith. In fact, Elijah Rose's "bris" differed markedly from the ceremony long used to initiate Jewish boys into a covenant with God: There was no circumcision.

4th Jun 2007 : A short video clip of kindergarten-age boys and girls in Palestine. The boys perform a play dressed as Hamas soldiers.

4th Jun 2007 : However, despite all the effort and rhetoric about protecting children and their rights, there is a severe shortcoming in the global campaign to protect children: the influence of religion and its continuing contribution to many forms of child abuse all around the world.

17th Apr 2007 : AN URGENT APPEAL FOR YOUR HELP TO PROTECT A 12 YEAR-OLD BOY

10th Apr 2007 : A son tells his Catholic mother he's an atheist, and records it.

3rd Apr 2007 : This is a BBC2 podcast teaser for their program "The Most Hated Family in America."

31rd Jan 2007 : Some Shiites believe cutting children honors a 17th-century Muslim leader

30th Jan 2007 : Merck, among other pharmaceutical companies, developed a highly effective vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV) — by far the leading cause of cervical cancer in women — but an entire American political movement called "social conservatism" has been desperately trying to prevent its widespread approval — or at least persuade parents not to have their daughters vaccinated — because HPV is a sexually transmitted disease and they therefore believe that a vaccine will be seen as an endorsement of premartal sex..

30th Jan 2007 : The clip is from the HBO Friends of God Documentary currently playing on HBO don't miss it.

15th Jan 2007 : Mark Fox does a character 'kid' voice dubbed "Lil' Markie" for his church concert in this clip.

15th Jan 2007 : This is a clip of a song about Creationism.

3rd Oct 2006 : (Review of the new documentary film 'Jesus Camp') "Raise your hand if you think that God can do anything!"