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This is a cross-post from Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens at Standpoint
Why don’t Islamists and those on the ‘left’ read a history book or two instead of spouting ignorant canards about a so called ‘neo-McCarthyite’ movement against Muslims?  The latest example of this flagrant abuse of history is to be found in a blog by [...]

Rabbi Dr David J Goldberg OBE is minister emeritus of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue. He is a nice man and in many ways, the model of  a liberal and progressive cleric. He seeks out partners for dialogue, across religious and political divides, and does his very best to advance intercommunal understanding and good relations.
Unfortunately, his [...]

Is it possible that because Gazans are subjected to stuff like this whenever they tune into the Hamas TV channel…

…that only 12.8 percent say they would vote for Hamas (as opposed to 47.6 percent for Fatah) in legislative elections (pdf)?
Among other reasons, of course.
And the larger question is: will Hamas ever allow a free and [...]

This is a cross-post from A Rabbit’s Eye-View of the Hyperborean North.

Mother and son had not seen each other since the 20th Century.

Nick Clegg said he wanted to wake up a new generation of young people and students, with his progressive brand of politics, just not quite like this where he is the target as the second wave of student protests against tuition fees gets into full swing today.
Clegg and the rest of the Lib Dems who [...]

Bodrul Islam is the RESPECT activist whose gender-segregated wedding at the headquarters of the Islamic Forum Europe, the East London Mosque, prompted a walk-out by Jim Fitzpatrick MP. He later re-emerged as the “chief coordinator” of Lutfur Rahman’s successful campaign to become Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
This was Bodrul’s recipe for success:
I personally think he should [...]

This is a cross-post by Shiraz Maher from Standpoint Magazine
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Gabriel Latner, a second year law student at Cambridge University now famous for his audacious speech at the Union last month, is running for Union President this week. Hustings take place on Thursday and the vote is on Friday.
Here’s the back story.
The Union [...]

On the occasion of George Galloway’s current Canadian tour, Terry Glavin writes:
“Liar” is a very serious word. So is “fascist,” and to allow that word to be reduced to an epithet is to allow the meaning of words to be so diminished as to utterly occlude our understanding of political phenomena and to render analysis [...]

This is a cross-post from A Rabbit’s Eye-View of the Hyperborean North.

Despite what the Prince Across the Water, David T may have said, pirates are not cool. They do not have the slightly epicene-look of Jack Sparrow and ambiguous preferences of Captain Jack, but are ugly buggers; and menaces to international shipping and ordinary [...]

Nick Lowles says:

I woke up this morning to find that just over 3,600 people have so far co-signed our open letter to the editor of the Daily Star calling for more responsible reporting. That is a really fantastic start to the day.
But my day can get better. I’m hoping to have 5,000 names by the [...]