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On Friday 17th September, Anas al-Tikriti’s Cordoba Foundation and Robert Lambert’s ‘European Muslim Research Centre’ will host a debate on the ‘Ways forward for UK counter-terrorism’ at the East London Mosque’s London Muslim Centre.
Unfortunately, the event’s line-up of panelists is – how can I put this – not exactly fair and balanced.
One speaker is Junaid [...]

Jon Stewart of The Daily Show lets both sides make their case.

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This is a cross post by Dave Rich of the CST Blog
A Dutch appeals court has found against the Arab European League for publishing a Holocaust Denial cartoon on its website in 2006, according to Reuters:
A Dutch Muslim group was fined 2,500 euros ($3,200) for publishing a cartoon which suggested the Holocaust was made up or [...]

This is a Cross-Post from Point of No Return

The announcement that direct talks are set to resume next week between Israel and the Palestinian Authority has set off a volley of the usual articles in the world’s press, branding the settlements and Israeli intransigence as the main obstacles to peace.
Sol [...]

THIS IS A CROSS-POST BY A RABBIT’S EYE-VIEW OF THE HYPERBOREAN NORTH.
Let us hope it is not a repeat of King Carlos’ intemperate remarks.
In events guaranteed to cause moments of extreme cognitive dissonance for anti-war activists up and down the country, this month alone has seen two American warships docking at Da Nang port in [...]

Tony Blair has welcomed the new attempt at peace talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. Read the whole of his speech, which is both supportive of the Palestinians and critical of Israel:
It is our collective duty – yours and mine – to argue vigorously against the de-legitimisation of Israel. It is also our collective [...]

This is a cross post by Eoghan Harris
Last week, Zion Evrony finished his four-year stint as Israel’s ambassador to Ireland. Although I am sorry to see him go, I am glad for his own sake. Four years is a long time to spend listening to the special sick sound the Irish body politic makes when [...]

Remember how Lee Barnes and various other BNP morons used to come to HP claiming that the idea that the BNP is home to numerous hardcore neo-Nazis was all lies and ’smears’? Weirdo Elizabeth ‘Red Squirrel’ Walton even accused me of creating a pro-Nazi BNP blog in order to make the BNP look bad (as [...]

Having won the legislative elections, Hamas couped against the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, murdered its opponents, and fired thousands of rockets into Israel. If Hamas had the remotest intention in building a functioning state in Gaza, it could have done so easily. Instead, it produced a crisis which resulted in both Israel and Egypt closing [...]