The Iconoclast
Salman Rushdie On How Blair’s Bill To Outlaw Criticism Of Religion Was Blocked — Just
And a little about his own, rather relaxed upbringing (neither parent seemed to care very much about Islam), which was possible in Mumbai,India, as it would not have been in […]
Cursing Verses In The Qur’an
Here.
Praising The Tunisian Exception Without Understanding What Explains It
Here is a comment on the apparent ability of Tunisian democracy to work. There are so many like it. Their authors feel no need to explain why Tunisia might be […]
Cathy Newman ‘ushered out of mosque’ on national open day
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Six Degrees Of Separation, Or The Isnad-Chain (In Russian)
For the small but choice Russian delegation. You know who you are. Here. The one which links Obama to Tolstoy, in five easy pieces, is here.
Da’wa in Manchester, the most bizarre one yet.
My daughter had business in Manchester last month, and spotted this da’wa stall setting up in the city centre. AZ She couldn’t stop but was able to take two photographs. […]
Mais Où Sont Les Neiges D’Antan?
Here’s one view. And here’s another, in Richard Wilbur’s version: FRANÇOIS VILLON: Ballade of the Ladies of Time Past. O tell me where, in lands or seas, Flora, that […]
Tunisian Politician Neji Djelloul: Protocols A Forgery, "We Blame The Jews For Everything"
One minute of sense and decency during a television program in Tunisia, a country which, thanks to Bourguiba and more than a half-century of systematic secularizing by him and those […]
A Musical Interlude: Parlami D’Amore Mariu (Vittorio Di Sica)
Listen here.
Mattarella Went First To The Site Of The Ardeatine Massacre
Here. His vist here. And this is what he said: Il Presidente Sergio Mattarella ha scelto le Fosse Ardeatine – dove si è recato oggi pomeriggio in visita privata […]
Mattarella New President Of Italy
Sergio Mattarella, a member of Italy’s Constitutional Court, is from a prominent Sicilian family, long involved in the anti-Mafia wars, was Renzi’s candidate for the position of President. The holder […]
Pistol clue ties London father of four to Jihadi John
More about Sunday Times and the Sunday Times reports. Ringleader Saraiva, a former engineering student was the first of the group to travel to Syria in the summer of 2012. The […]
Iran is a Real Threat
On January 16, 2015 President Barack Obama condoned a gross breach of diplomatic protocol. He allowed visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron to appeal directly to a number of U.S. […]
Erdogan’s Latest Conspiracy Theory: Gulenists And Mossad
Here.
A Judicial Coup d’Etat
Very inadequate attention has been paid to the persecution of Joseph Groia, former director of enforcement of the Ontario Securities Commission and a prominent Toronto barrister. He has been the […]
Well-Known Antisemite Stephen Sizer "Sorry" About His Latest Tweet
Of course he believes every word he tweeted, but he’s “sorry” –“sorry” because the outcry was becoming a real threat to his job security, and he did manage to bleat […]
