Islamophobia No Solutions to British Muslim Problems without Mutual Respect Jonathan Russell of the Quilliam Foundation has a logical premise on which he bases his piece about the signatories of the Joint UK Muslim Statement. It is indeed a valid assertion that the
Voltaire The Ugly Side of Voltaire I had always recognised Voltaire as a philosopher and an important cog of Western liberal thinking but I recently came across a play written by him: Le fanatisme, ou Mahomet le Prophete, literally
ban Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer barred from UK In a welcome move, the UK government has barred Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer from entering the United Kingdom to address events organised by the EDL (English Defence Lesage). The EDL is a
Journalism Academics Finally Take Note of Islamophobia For a number of years, we have been taking academics to task for not doing enough to tackle rising Islamophobia. Academic research makes it way into public policy sooner or later, and a
Islamophobia Robert Fisk on Anonymous Internet Cowards like David Toube Robert Fisk has rightly lashed out at the scourge of the Internet – extremist anonymous people with too much time writing and saying things they would not otherwise say in real life. He writes,
Islamophobia What Happened to Canada? Chris Hedges writes on truth-out.org, on Monday 30 January 2012: **What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became unpalatable.
Islamophobia Israeli Desperation in Courting European Far-right Diplomats don’t make many mistakes. Certainly not mistakes like attending a reception for 20 minutes and posing for pictures and also giving positive comments. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz is keeping them honest.
Journalism Free Speech Update: Cartoons can be Censored So, the Chicago Tribune censors the political cartoon strip Doonesbury. Here is what the editor had to say: To be sure, “Doonesbury” is a satirical cartoon, but the remarks are serious enough that
documentary How Islamophobia Works - a Fascinating Report Following a six-month long investigative research project, the Center for American Progress released a 130-page report today which reveals that more than $42 million from seven foundations over the past decade have helped
minorities Reality Check about Christians in Pakistan Listening to the commercial media in Western countries, one can be forgiven for thinking that in countries like Iraq or Pakistan, there is a Klashinkov-toting Muslim around every corner hunting down Christians and
moderates The Myth of Moderation The Washington Post published a poll-induced barely comprehensible laundry list of what a ‘moderate’ Muslim should be. Let us pick it apart one by one. With apologies to the author of the said
Islamophobia Did Naseem Mahdi actually make the hearing? I had been writing for a long time that the multi-million-dollar campaign in the US by the Ahmadiyya cult was just a ploy to try to get a seat on Representative King’s
Islamophobia Education or Propganda: Bus Ads Buses are increasingly becoming a target of propaganda group ads. Can we please fund our metropolitan buses a bit more so that they do not have to take ads from such groups? On
