The Iconoclast
A 74-year-old British man faces 350 lashes for having wine in Saudi Arabia
That’s after he has spent a year in prison.
End the Sound of Silence on Palestinian Terrorism
Hello darkness. The whole world, except perhaps the venerable Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the author Alice Walker, and the UN Human Rights Council, recognize that the State of Israel is the […]
‘Islam will rule’: Graffiti sprayed on the side of a historic Bendigo church near where anti-mosque protesters began their rally
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Teachers’ extremist fears over boy, 10, after he complains about lack of prayer room
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A Short History of Hajj Disasters (Revised)
Just when you thought the Hajj stampede season couldn’t get any worse, it did. In my last article I reported 769 deaths and 934 injured in the stampede that occurred […]
Three ‘Isil-inspired jihadists planned Remembrance Day beheading in Britain’
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Vetting Hillary
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” – Virginia Woolf The coronation of Hillary Rodham as presidential nominee for 2016 is […]
Will Obama respond to Russia in Syria?
Once upon a time, or more precisely September 10, 2014, President Barack Obama spoke of the core principle of his presidency, to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State of […]
‘To hell with their culture’ – Richard Dawkins in extraordinary blast at Muslims
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Furious charity pulls Calais camp funding after ‘migrants BURN food and clothes’
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Coates contra mundum
In 1963, James Baldwin, aged thirty-nine, published the open letter to his nephew, aged fifteen, that forms the first part of The Fire Next Time. In 2015, Ta-Nehisi Coates, aged […]
Chaos and 2nd Cold War, Part II: Israel’s Nuclear Strategy
How will Russia respond to any ramped up American uses of force in the Middle East, and, more plausibly, vice-versa? One must assume that Jerusalem is already asking these key […]
Syria’s Refugees’ Crazed Conspiracy Theories
Chaos and 2nd Cold War, Part I: Israel’s Nuclear Strategy
To fashion a functional nuclear strategy would be difficult for any state in world politics, but it could be especially challenging for one that keeps its bomb more-or-less securely “in […]
Five Suicide Bombers (including two women and two children) Strike in Chad
Boko Haram is now the Islamic State in West Africa (hat tip NYTimes: N’DJAMENA, Chad — At least five suicide bombers on Saturday targeted a village in Chad that is […]
Indian Housemaid’s Arm Cut Off by Saudi Employer
Many of these maids simply disappear.
