Bombers in our midst
The shocking news that young British Muslims were responsible for the mass murder of innocent civilians in London last week, has hit us all like a tsunami. We are, all of us, still in a state of shock and disbelief…
The label of Catholic terror was never used about the IRA
Fundamentalism is often a form of nationalism in religious disguise.
Blair’s Blowback
Of course those who backed the Iraq war refute any link with the London bombs – they are in the deepest denial
The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means
The G8 must seize the opportunity to address the wider issues at the root of such atrocities.
“People of The Book” and The Muslims
Today some circles have been presenting a false image of Islam, as if there were conflict between Islam and the adherents of the two other monotheistic religions.
The Anti-Semitism Canard
Anti-Semitism, like all racism, is a dangerous neurosis that society has a duty to stigmatise, even outlaw. We reject the disguised anti-Semitism of Holocaust denial, and believe some Palestinian supporters only discredit themselves by flirting with it.
More about Sincerity
More about Sincerity
Elections, New Muslims and New School
Today, there is no shortage of self-styled ‘experts’ who rush to issue fatwas, and who provide an ever-growing list of things that are bid’ah, [innovations] or haraam [forbidden]. If you take all these people seriously…