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Considering that it was clearly intended to terrorize doctors to stop performing legal abortions, I would say yes.
CNN reports:
George Tiller, whose Kansas women’s clinic was the epicenter of the state’s battles over abortion for nearly two decades, was shot and killed at his church Sunday morning, his family said.
Tiller, 67, was one of the few [...]

The BNP has produced a new leaflet which it wants supporters to print off and place in churches. In the continuing saga of the BNP trying to present itself as Britain’s ‘pro-Christian’ Party, this time it launches an attack on what it calls ‘Judas Archbishops’ and calls for a ‘National Day of Prayer’:
The Church of [...]

Remember when you were at school, the kid who refused to tell anybody their middle name? Then, on a visit to the school nurse, one of your classmates happened to see the kid’s middle name, typed onto a form. And suddenly, you all immediately understood why the kid was shy about letting people know it?
Well, [...]

Questions and answers with Shmuel Rosner about Tel Aviv at 100, over at the Jerusalem Post

Earlier this month, after the Edinbergh International Film Festival capitulated to Ken Loach’s threat to support a boycott unless Israeli sponsorship money was returned, and accepted that Loach spoke “on behalf of the film community,” I wrote:
Tell us, EIFF: on what basis do you accept that Loach speaks for the entire “film community”? If you’re [...]

Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was sentenced last month in Tehran to eight years in prison on a phony charge of spying and then released, is interviewed on National Public Radio. (The charge that she illegally bought wine was phony too.)
Among other things, she talked about political prisoners she met in Evin prison who have [...]

Brett recently posted about George Hargreaves and his Christian Party campaign, which claims ‘We can beat the BNP other parties can’t’ (sic).
It turns out that Hargreaves is at least as loopy as some of his BNP opponents. Here’s his take on the design of the Welsh flag:
Wales is the only country in history to have [...]

When are they going to stand up to the extremists?
Here and now.
Update: Joseph K. in the comments (30 May 2009, 4:57 pm) makes the case that the Luton Islamic Centre, whose leader Farasat Latif denounced Muslim extremists in the Daily Mail article, is not particularly moderate.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not trying to do [...]

This is a guest post by Hope Not Hate
Sixty-five years isn’t a long time ago to me, it often feels like yesterday. I was in a tank division on D-Day 1944. It was a long, long day for us all – and the horrible, lonely sacrifices made that day by men scared yet brave is [...]

There is a humorous piece on CiF today by Josh Howie about a telephone helpline set up by ultra-orthodox (Haredi) Jews in London to help people connect with a minyan or find the nearest kosher deli.
CiF allows readers to “thumb up” comments they agree with. What do you suppose are the two most highly-rated comments so far? [...]