Theo Hobson, a man who wears a formidable mustache, comments on a religious/political quandrary on CiF: How can Britain assert secular liberal values against the threat of Islamic extremism when it isn’t a secular state itself. The point of Hobson’s article, which he goes on to make rather well, is that in order to remove […]
Last night my wife and I were lounging on a cozy sofa, having stuffed ourselves on a superb dinner, and indolently listened to our savvy hostess, Sabina* and her culinarily well endowed husband, Javed* hold forth. The conversation all evening had been light, throwaway and wickedly funny. By the time they touched on the Jack […]
A few thoughts on the burkha issue which has become animated all over again thanks to comments made by Jack Straw.
Straw’s comments seems to have raised the blood pressure of many Muslims which is somewhat hypocritical (but not wholly unexpected) since the burkha converstaion has been in currency in Muslim societies for generations. But then […]