Archive of the

RATIONALIST INTERNATIONAL
Bulletin 2002

	Bulletin 105, 24 December 2002
		NIGERIA UPDATE
		Tumbling into a swirl of religious violence
	Bulletin 104, 27 October 2002
		Mind outside body - mechanics of an illusion
		Belgium: Euthanasia legalized
		Australia: The Jedi rebellion
		Siberia: How to keep a dead Lama fresh
		India: Gods behind bars
	Bulletin 103, 9 October 2002
		Indian Rationalists question mother Teresa’s ovarian miracle — By Sanal Edamaruku
	Bulletin 102, 19 September 2002
		Nigeria: Flogging, amputations and more death-by-stoning sentences
		India: The truth about the Face-Scratcher — By Sanal Edamaruku
		Bangladesh: Taslima Nasreen’s new novel banned
		Iran: New divorce law - a step towards legal gender equality
		Vatican: Women priests challenge the all-male hierarchy
	Bulletin 101, 20 August 2002
		BLASPHEMY CASES IN PAKISTAN
		Supreme Court acquits Ayub Masih
		A new death sentence
		Dr. Shaikh: High Court decision in pending
		INDIA: SATI IS BACK! — By Sanal Edamaruku
		Bangladesh: Muslim fundamentalists get Hindu playwright arrested
		Israel: Army bill sparks outrage
	Bulletin 100, 23 July 2002
		Time to celebrate! - 100 issues of the Rationalist International Bulletin
		Discovery: Fossilized sensation - man is 7 million years old!
		Richard Wiseman joins Rationalist International as Honorary Associate
		South Africa: The bloody season of cruelty
		Pakistan: Village stones "blasphemist" to death
		USA: No First Amendment shield for Church
		India: Fire trial of chastity
		Germany: Buttocks of destiny
	Bulletin 99, 8 July 2002
		USA: A courageous atheist strikes back
		Pakistan: Blasphemy accused murdered in jail
		Nepal: Editor tortured to death
		UK: Know-how to avoid cultural hostility
		USA: “Operation World Peace” for one billion Dollars only
		India: If you are not good at heart, you can burn your feet!
	Bulletin 98, 9 June 2002
		Rationalist victory: Zafran Bi Bi is free at last!
		Dr Shaikh is still in the death cell...
	Bulletin 97, 2 June 2002
		Stop war mongering - Rationalists urge political leaders of India and Pakistan
		Pakistan: First success of Rationalist protest in the case of Zafran Bi Bi
		UK: Is the Catholic Church going Dinosaur ?
		Bangladesh: Banned film gets Critics' Award in Cannes
		USA: Religion no license to violate laws
	Bulletin 96, 15 May 2002
		UK: Diane Pretty's death
		"Exposed at home, Indian godmen go West": Sanal Edamaruku to speak at World Skeptics Conference
		USA: No party in Cardinal Law's garden this year
		USA Amnesty sees Human Rights violations in Guantanamo Bay
		Germany: Vaccination via vegetables
		UK: Under cover missionaries in Muslim countries
		India: Human sacrifice to appease the goddess
		Thailand: School for Black Magic
	Bulletin 95, 28 April 2002
		Pakistan: Rape victim sentenced to death by stoning
		Kuwait: Young woman on the run from draconian law
		Nepal: Lifting the total ban on abortion
		France: Veiled danger for secular education
		Bahrain: Granting political rights to women
		Dubai: Wife beating is legal, rules court
		India: Gujarat riots - communalization of state and civic society — By Prof. Jayanti Patel
	Bulletin 94, 17 April 2002
		Farewell - Fairplay — by Paul Kurtz
	Bulletin 93, 30 March 2002
		Nigeria: Freedom instead of death by stoning - Islamic Law may be banned
		Vatican: Drops into silence about "mysterium iniquitatis"
		USA: Bishops face racketeering charges
		UK: Landmark judgement for the right to die
		Australia: Nancy Crick sells keys to her house
		Saudi Arabia: Girls without scarf have to die
	Bulletin 92, 17 March 2002
		Vatican: The Pope, the Virgin and the Devil
		Britain: Spotlight on religious schools
		Philosophical dilemma: Are Humanists "religious non-believers" or "atheistic believers"?
		Turkey: The dawn of gender equality
		Turkey: The dawn of gender equality
	Bulletin 91, 2 March 2002
		France: The birth of an extraordinary cruel law
		USA: Reproductive Genetics Institute reports medical milestone
		France: Academy of Sciences demands Dr. Shaikh's release
		Singapore: No scarf at school!
		USA: Lawsuit for child abuse makes Hare Krishna bankrupt
	Bulletin 90, 13 February 2002
		Jim Herrick receives International Rationalist Award 2002
		International Rationalist Conference - a grand success
		The Momentous Significance of Rationalism Today - Paul Kurtz
	Bulletin 89, 29 January 2002
		Sanal Edamaruku in Danish TV on 30 January
		Vatican: Secret Ecclesiastical Courts try priests for child abuse
		International Rationalist Award 2002
		Overwhelming Response
	Bulletin 88, 18 January 2002
		International Rationalist Conference: Registration still possible Online!
		Bangladesh: Victory for Rationalists: Shariar Kabir Released
		Pakistan: Rationalist International welcomes President Musharaff's Speech: Demands freedom of Dr Shaikh
		Afghanistan: Adulterers are still Stoned to Death
		Nigeria: Execution under Shariah Law
		Prof. Ajoy Roy now an Honorary Associate
		Britain: Puja for Killed Cows