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John Kerry, speaking to a Jewish audience:
Now, some are wary because of Israel’s experience following the withdrawal of Gaza and Lebanon. You have no idea how many times I hear people say, “We withdrew from Lebanon, we withdrew from Gaza, and what did we get? We got rockets.” Well, folks, it’s worth remembering these withdrawals were unilateral. [...]

This is a cross post from The CST Blog by Mark Gardner
One of the best known scenes in Monty Python’s Life of Brian film shows Brian’s mother, Mandy Cohen, insisting that her son is not the Messiah. She shouts at the multitude,
He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!
A similar logic underpins a new report [...]

The Burzynski Clinic was founded in 1976, and, according to the current Wikipedia entry, offers unproven cancer treatments to patients.  The blogger Rhys Morgan faced legal threats after he published a post criticizing its methods. Andy Lewis, from the Quackometer, has also subjected the clinic to sceptical scrutiny.
On tonight’s Panorama, it was explained that Burzynski [...]

Question: Where do you think you’d find Rabbi Natan Levy – apparently “an adviser to the Board of Deputies of British Jews” – signing a protest letter along with the jihadist hate preacher, Haitham Al Haddad?
Answer: Here:

Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist leaders have signed a letter to the Prime Minister, pleading with him to [...]

I don’t believe either of the recent posts on the UAF notes its connection with Michael Adebolajo, one of the Woolwich murderers.  According to this article he spoke at a rally organised by the UAF at Harrow Central Mosque back in 2009.
We are not scared of Kuffar … my brothers remain in your ranks and [...]

We’ve chronicled the various attempts by The Guardian to plug the hole in its finances – the newspaper group is currently burning through something like £100,000 every day. Their desperate japes have included selling internships, setting up a hotel, running some sort of open day conference on “progressive stuff”, and using non-paid ‘citizen journalists’ (i.e. members [...]

Have a look at this statement, issued in the aftermath of the jihadist murder of Drummer Lee Rigby:
Joint Statement from Mayor of Tower Hamlets, community and faith leaders following Woolwich attack
“Following yesterday’s appalling murder in our neighbouring borough of Greenwich, we have today met with police chiefs, senior local authority staff and community and faith [...]

Ed Husain
Mixed messages from UK, France govts/elites. Asking Muslims to integrate while legalizing “gay marriage.” Creates more barriers.
Two women in Leeds:
Two former Birmingham students have defied death threats to make legal history by becoming the first Muslim lesbian couple to get married in a civil ceremony in the UK.
Rehana Kausar, 34, and Sobia Kamar, 29, [...]

This is a cross-post from A Barrister’s Wife
50 000 signatures late the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) have, at last, deigned to respond to the Save UK Justice e-petition, calling for a debate on their consultation document Transforming legal aid: delivering a more credible and efficient system.
The dishonest, error riddled, response sits on the petition page so that everyone who [...]

This is a cross-post from Howie’s Corner
Yesterday’s terrorist attack and the brutal murder of an off duty soldier on the streets of Woolwich has inevitably led to a widespread discussion about the place and presence of Islam in society, not only on the Internet and in the general media, but also inevitably in workplaces, pubs [...]