The Iconoclast

“La folie barbare de l’Etat islamique” in Palmyra (Tadmor) should be understood as akin to the Islamic State seizing the Louvre, and destroying what it contains (except, of course, for […]

It is, of course, not absolutely certain, as yet.  But it seems highly probable.  News that broke at the beginning of this week. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-18/melbourne-teen-reportedly-killed-in-middle-east-fighting-for-is/6477286 “Melbourne Teen Irfaan Hussein Reportedly Killed […]

And somehow I do not think that they are primarily from culturally-Christian or culturally-Jewish backgrounds. First, the illegal tobacco business, which is booming.  As reported by David Hurley for the […]

Col. Richard Kemp CBE, Begin Sadat Center, May 19, 2015 On May 19, 2015, Col. Richard Kemp CBE gave a speech at the Begin Sadat Center of Bar-Ilan University in […]

From the Anis Sardar, 38, from Wembley, built bombs as part of a conspiracy to kill Americans fighting in the country. Sardar showed no emotion as Judge Mr Justice Globe […]

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In every land, at every period,  that Muslims have conquered, they have subjugated the non-Muslim population, and converted or expelled– quickly or gradually —  the non-Muslims. They are at this […]

Alain Besançon, a celebrated historian (primarily, but not exclusively, of Communism), has written a book — that has just appeared — on the subject of comparative religion and, above all […]

Here. I learned decades ago that the African rulers and their courtiers in East Africa were wittily referred to by locals as the “waBenzi” or “people of the Mercedes Benz.” […]

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Here. A high-ranking Iraqi government adviser claims that the “Coalition Forces” (that is, the Western allies, above all the Americans, who, to help Iraq, have been steadily bombing the Islamic […]

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Brian of London reports on the mis-reporting that went round the world, carefully explains what the Pope said and what Pope Francis of course meant, here.

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