Neo(conservative) Anti-Americanism
If you ask the right question of a neoconservative you just might (admittedly, the odds are fantastically low) get an honest answer. In an absolutely bizarre Radio 4 programme repeated yesterday,...
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Countering myths about Islam and the roots of Jihadi terror
A review of “Terrorism, a History ”, by Randall Law, Polity press, 2009. Given that one of the dominant characteristics of the modern political era is the “war on terror” then it is perhaps surprising...
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A reply to George Readings on Qaradawi
by Bob Pitt The Quilliam Foundation claims to be a think-tank combating extremism, particularly within the Muslim community. However, as the recently leaked briefing document “Preventing terrorism:...
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The anger sweeping the Muslim world
The explosion of anger over the anti-Islamic film produced and posted on YouTube by a bigot living in the United States should have been entirely predictable. Yet the shock in Washington that met the...
View ArticleWhy Margaret Thatcher hearted Islamists
This is a guest post by Nu’man Abd al-Wahid Upon Margaret Thatcher’s death, her champions naturally eulogised her as a fighter for liberal democracy in Eastern Europe, while her detractors brought...
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Sex, sexual exploitation and Pakistani men – in response to Ajmal Masroor
This is a guest post by Nadir Ahmed, in response to an article claiming that 80% of sexual exploitation offences are committed by Pakistani men. Nadir can be contacted on twitter. It’s not often that...
View ArticleMurder in Woolwich
Yesterday’s killing of a member of the armed forces in Woolwich, south London, is clearly shocking, more so because the people who attacked him made clear that they did so for political reasons. We’ll...
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Anne Marie Waters – the worst possible potential Labour PPC
I was recently horrified to discover that the anti-Islam extremist, Anne Marie Waters, is considered one of the front-runners to be Labour’s candidate for Brighton Pavilion, for the next general...
View ArticleMuslim woman told her attackers she was pregnant – so they started kicking...
This is just shocking beyond belief. Despite all medical efforts, a pregnant Muslim woman who was attacked by two Islamophobic men in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil on Thursday suffered a miscarriage...
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On not fearing Muslims
Andy Newman responds to another Islamophobic report from the anti-Muslim ‘One Law for All’ organisation One of the characteristics of Islamophobia is to see the Islamic faith as being incompatible with...
View ArticleMehdi Hasan eviscerates Ann Marie Waters in Oxford Union debate on Islam
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