What do the following men have in common:
1. Narendra Modi
2. Bal Thackeray
3. Praveen Togadia
4. Slobodan Milosovic
5. Jean-Marie Le Pen
6. Christopher Hitchens
7. Martin Amis
8. Mark Steyn
The answer?
Well, we know that the first three are Indian political fascists who sprinkle their rhetoric with anti-Muslim bigotry to stigmatise communities and win votes at the drop of a Nehru […]
Reposted from Padraig Reidy’s Index on Censorship blog:
Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz has made an academic publisher withdraw a controversial book. But it is the UK libel system that allows the rich and powerful to stifle investigation, writes Padraig Reidy
Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz, a Saudi-born Irish passport holder, and one of the richest men in the […]
Happy Ramadan, Ramadan Mubarak!
Tis the month of sensory deprivation and spiritual reflection, for some. For the rest of us, welcome a month of overeating, over-indulgence, disruptive sleep patterns, night-day confusion.
From yesterday’s Times:
Almost half of Britain’s mosques are under the control of a hardline Islamic sect whose leading preacher loathes Western values and has called on Muslims to “shed blood” for Allah, an investigation by The Times has found.
Riyadh ul Haq, who supports armed jihad and preaches contempt for Jews, Christians and Hindus, is in […]
“I know, I know, it’s serious” as the old song goes.
Has he kicked the bucket? No such luck.
Still, the poor little sick puppy is doing a top-notch job in a Method acting portrayal of illness. Here he is (left) in a scene which shows our actor dealing with jailhouse food repeating on him. Very convincing.
This […]
From the Boston Review, Nicholas Schmidle on the “Islamist challenge to secular Bangladesh”:
Islamist parties have multiplied over the past decade and public support for them has grown. Yet Bangladeshi society remains overwhelmingly secular, even militantly secular. And while the Islamists have grabbed headlines, the secularists are holding their own in an intense power struggle. Bangladesh […]
After months languishing under house arrest (where she has been busy polishing her jewelery), Bangladeshi authorities under the Caretaker Government (CTG) have finally arrested former PM, Begum Khaleda Zia. This, in spite of the notion that Khaleda is regarded as the ’surrogate mother figure’ by the Bangladesh military, who are currently calling the shots.
This brings […]
It was then that I became involved with my first Islamicist group, the Hizb-ut-Tizer (party of Tizer). They wanted to get rid of corrupt Muslim states and replace them with a superstate, based in Scotland, made from girders. They felt this would strengthen the Muslims. They successfully lobbied for a new prayer space, and we […]