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In 2008 the government appointed Sabiha Iqbal, a member of the Socialist Workers Party, to a Muslim youth advisory panel.
Where is she now? Organising this week’s pro-Hamas events at the University of Bradford:

As you can see above, a fundraiser for Interpal will be held on Friday. If you want to help Hamas, Interpal, [...]

This is a crosspost from MoreMediaNonsense

From Haaretz :
Not all settlers and Palestinians want each other to disappear
The article is about a group of West Bank settlers trying to reach out in dialogue with their Palestinian neighbours :
The group is headed by Shmulik Klein of Neve Daniel, Nahum Pachnik (of the “unlawful” settlement outpost Sde [...]

First, watch Charlie Brooker’s brilliant anatomy of a media controversy: in this case, Anjem Chouhdry’s supposed march in Wootton Bassett.
Then, watch this rather more depressing video, seized by the anti-terrorist police in Manchester but probably filmed in South Asia in which a man allows two children aged about three and six, to play with a [...]

The Iraqi people, via their democratically elected President, thank the British people and the troops who put their lives on the line for the freedom of the Iraqi people:
The Iraqi people now have the right to build their own freedom and are deeply grateful to British prime ministers Sir John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon [...]

Jeff McMahan is a noted philosopher in the study of the ethics of war. Last year Oxford University Press published his important book, Killing in War. In this book, McMahan makes a strong argument against a doctrine that has been held for centuries by Just War theorists, that there is a moral [...]

Here is a comment by The Rev Sizer on Don’t Get Fooled Again
I approached the police because I felt my life was put in danger by his defamatory statements. In the last year we have had a rather violent break in to our home, had computers and cameras stolen, then my car has been [...]

Henry Porter, writing in the Guardian is very angry that not everybody agrees with him.
The subject? Iraq of course: more specifically the decision by Tony Blair to offer Britain’s assistance to an international coalition tasked with the removal of  a warmonger, torturer and active enemy of Arab democracy. The journalist was against the dictator’s toppling because he believed it was in breach [...]

Keith says:
“Keith Hammond”
Date: 30 January 2010 at 21:37
Hello Everyone,
I have just received an email from a sender outside of the list who quotes my last posting on Holocaust Memorial Day.
I have had this routine before.
I have saved the email and if I get one more I will make a formal complaint.  This is not an [...]

This is a guest post by Joseph Weissman
The BNP website reported on a recent event in Loughton in which Robert West spoke at Murray Hall – West being the leader of the BNP front group ‘the Christian Council of Britain’. According to the BNP:
Due to the anti-British and anti-Christian behaviour of the Churches in Loughton, Epping [...]

Charles Moore says:
What is the biggest division within the Western world since September 11, 2001? Why are we split over Iraq, Afghanistan, policing, human rights, immigration, community cohesion and a dozen other subjects?
It is, at root, a disagreement about threat. This is what Tony Blair explained [...]