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Rafiq Tagi died on 23 November, four days after being stabbed by unknown assailants in Baku.  He was a controversial figure, and in 2007 was sentenced to three years in prison following the publication of ‘Europe and Us’, an article which asserted that religion was holding back progress in Muslim countries. This article was perceived [...]

On Saturday 19th November, the Dean of Bradford the Very Reverend David Ison left a comment on the Hope Not Hate blog, stating:
“We do not countenance or give permission for any form of racism or fascism, including anti-Semitism, to be given hospitality at Bradford Cathedral. Having asked for more information about Gilad Atzmon, it has [...]

Jack of Kent did:
It is a Saturday morning last June.
I am at a suburban train station seeing my friend off. The train doors begin to shut, and I step back, ready to wave.
To my left, with the corner of my eye, I see someone sprinting from the front of the train.
“That’s funny,” I thought, [...]

Mona El-Tahawy – previously discussed on Harry’s Place taking-on Tariq Ramadan – is reported to have been sexually assaulted and had limbs broken by Egyptian Police.
I chose to link to a Daily Mail quite deliberately, and to highlight the opening comment from one Onslow1066:
SO, Don’t go there !!!!! These reporters want the MONEY and they [...]

This is a cross post from Point of No Return. It also appears in the Jerusalem Post.
The peace agenda is seriously skewed when Arab antisemitism is ignored or exonerated, writes Lyn Julius in The Jerusalem Post.We need a sea-change in the way peace and coexistence projects treat Jewish suffering and rights:
When a mob broke into the [...]

Gerry Sutcliffe, the Labour MP for Bradford South:
“I am extremely concerned about Gilad Atzmon’s presence at what should be a celebration of music and art. His previously stated views are extremely offensive and the organisers of the festival were wrong to invite him. It is not too late for them to rescind the invitation – [...]

This is my contribution to the meal– from an old Internet recipe, which you can find here.

A disturbing story from The JC:
Teenagers visiting Britain to promote Israel’s cause in schools found themselves in the firing line when a teacher launched a verbal attack on them in front of stunned pupils.
Yishai Binnes, 18, and three friends got more than they bargained for shortly after stepping off the plane and arriving at an [...]

On Tuesday of this week, David Ison, the Dean of Bradford issued a statement about Gilad Atzmon, which was published on the website of the anti-racist campaign group, Hope not Hate.
Read it in full, again, to remind yourself of what he said. Here is an extract:
We do not countenance or give permission for any form [...]

This is a guest post by mettaculture, in fact a comment left in an earlier thread reproduced without his express permission…but I’m sure he won’t mind:
I disagree that the Holocaust is the basis for the state of Israel either legally, politically or historically, in fact to claim so is rather ahistoric.
The state of Israel was [...]