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From a perspective of some eighty years it is possible to misunderstand or underestimate the intensity of the fears—but also the hopes and aspirations—of the British people as they faced up to another colossal existential challenge, less than a full generation after what, it was now suddenly clear, had only been the first world war.
Sep 10 2024
11 mins
The Republican presidential contender is an acquired taste. Given the alternative, it's a taste persnickety conservatives should make the effort to acquire
Sep 09 2024
4 mins
The Problem of Islam in a Multicultural Society
The word Islamophobia, meaning fear or hatred of the religion of Islam, appeared first in English in 1923, having been taken from the French word Islamophobie. However, it was not commonly used until 1976, when George Chahati Anawati wrote, “What makes the task difficult, perhaps impossible, for a non-Muslim is that he is compelled, under penalty of being accused of Islamophobia, to admire the Koran in its totality and to guard against implying the smallest criticism of the text’s literary value.”
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines religion as a particular system of faith and worship, and politics as the science and art of government. Although the two are not mutually exclusive, and historically have often gone hand-in-hand, it is reasonable in this post-Enlightenment age to question whether Islam is a political ideology based on the violent behaviour of its extreme practitioners or a system of faith and worship, or both.
Traditionally, Islam has been lumped together with…
Adolf Hitler admired Islam for its hatred of Jews. In his memoir, Inside the Third Reich (1995), Albert Speer reported that “Hitler believed Nazis and Muslims were united in their cause because we were jointly fighting the Jews.”
Aug 25 2024
19 mins
I was there, in New York and close to Ground Zero when 19 wicked men drove their hijacked planes into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and, thanks to a passenger revolt Allah must not have foreseen, a Pennsylvania paddock.
Aug 02 2024
3 mins
The UK Telegraph's Jake Wallace Simons provides a lengthy and incisive analysis of the role Muslim voters played not only in aiding the Conservatives' ouster but also of Labour members deemed insufficiently devoted to Hamas.
Jul 10 2024
1 mins
