Month: April 1998

New Dark Ages: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in Britain

Peter Tatchell documents the global threat of Islamic Fundamentalism The New Dark Ages are already with us. For hundreds of millions of people in parts of the Middle-East, Africa and South-East Asia, the ascendancy of Islamic fundamentalism has ushered in an era of religious obscurantism and intolerance. The liberal, compassionate wing of Islam –although it New Dark Ages: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism in Britain

Equality Alliance launched

Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Human Rights Over 70 organisations relaunched the ‘Campaign for Equality Standing Forum’ as the ‘EQUALITY ALLIANCE’ on Saturday 4th April at the Conway Hall, London. In an unprecedented turning point in the history of gay politics this decade, over 70 national gay rights and international human rights organisations Equality Alliance launched

Catholic Homophobia

by Peter Tatchell In November 1992, after 359 years, the Catholic Church finally admitted it was wrong to condemn Galileo as a heretic for arguing that the Earth was not the centre of the universe. How many centuries will it take before the Vatican acknowledges the equally historic wrong it has perpetrated against lesbians and Catholic Homophobia