A US church’s advert telling people about an Easter service has been banned from cinemas and branded “too controversial” because it mentions the name of Jesus.

The agency, NCM Media Networks, said it has a policy of rejecting ads featuring religious figures and remarked some cinemagoers might be offended by such an ad.

Yale University is publishing “The Cartoons That Shook the World” about how cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage, violence and other bad behavior across the Muslim world.

But it won’t include the cartoons themselves — for fear of further violence on the part of Muslim extremists.

Amazon UK has barred the sale of a new Scientology expose penned by a former member of the church’s “elite paramilitary group.”

In a recent post to an anti-Scientology discussion forum, an Anonymous Brit says that after pre-ordering the book, he received an email from Amazon announcing it had been “removed from sale for legal reasons”.

Too bad. Then again, you already know all the reasons why it is best to avoid Scientology.

Satanic Verses author Sir Salman Rushdie has spoken of the need to ask questions about religion in the wake of the row about a new book on the Prophet Mohammed.

Muslim hate criminals recently firebombed the home of a British publisher of the novel, Jewel of Medina. The US publisher of the book, Random House, cancelled publication for fear of violent reprisals.

Satanists and pagans will enjoy the same protection as Christians under new laws banning incitement to racial hatred.

Race and religion are different - which is why Islamophobia is a nonsense and religious hatred must not be outlawed.

News.com.au (Australia), Mar. 7, 2003

The Guardian (England), Sep. 14, 2002

BBC, Sep. 12, 2002

Reuters, Sep. 9, 2002

CNET, Sep. 10, 2002

AP, Sep. 3, 2002