Sharia patrols stalk the streets of Llandudno When I was a kid back in the 1950s our family regularly took our summer holidays in the North Wales… Continue reading “Sharia patrols stalk the streets of Llandudno”…
Rationalising imperialism Francis Wheen, How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions, Harper, 2004. Paperback, 338pp, £8.99. THE TITLE of… Continue reading “Rationalising imperialism”…
Undercover: Book review Undercover: The True Story of Britain’s Secret Police, by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis, Faber & Faber 2013, 346pp, £12.99… Continue reading “Undercover: Book review”…
Abdulmutallab, al-Awlaki, the Finsbury Park Mosque and Andrew Gilligan The Caldicott inquiry has now cleared University College London and the students’ union Islamic Society of playing any part in converting the… Continue reading “Abdulmutallab, al-Awlaki, the Finsbury Park Mosque and Andrew Gilligan”…
Gilligan denies anti-Muslim backlash The Sunday Telegraph of 2 June featured an article by Andrew Gilligan, “The truth about the ‘wave of attacks on… Continue reading “Gilligan denies anti-Muslim backlash”…
The Right, the Left and ‘free expression’ On Saturday 25 March 2006 a campaign calling itself the “March for Free Expression” (MFE) held a widely publicised demonstration… Continue reading “The Right, the Left and ‘free expression’”…
Dog whistle politics in Tower Hamlets Contrary to the right-wing myth that it is being transformed into “Britain’s Islamic Republic”, the east London borough of Tower… Continue reading “Dog whistle politics in Tower Hamlets”…
The JC and the ‘jihadist’ Last week’s Jewish Chronicle – the same issue that included Geoffrey Alderman’s column applauding the murder of Vittorio Arrigoni at the hands… Continue reading “The JC and the ‘jihadist’”…
Tatchell, OutRage! and the Grand Mufti Last month the notoriously homophobic mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, attended a mayoral summit meeting in London hosted by London’s… Continue reading “Tatchell, OutRage! and the Grand Mufti”…
Maryam Namazie and her allies This week Maryam Namazie of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran announced the publication of a new book, Enemies Not Allies: The Far-Right.… Continue reading “Maryam Namazie and her allies”…