We like to think of ourselves as a calm people: unpanicky, steady under pressure. We like to imagine, too, that we are orderly and self-reliant. True, we can be violent, too: for at least 600 years, v... Read More
It would be premature to mark the beginning of the end for Islamism, but it’s safe to say that – quite apart from the death of Osama bin Laden – it’s has had an exceptionally bad few m... Read More
“Surprise poll shows widespread Muslim support for gay rights”, announces Politics.co.uk. The source? A new poll for the think-tank Demos has found that fewer than 1 in 4 British Muslims d... Read More
The trial of Geert Wilders has ended with the Dutch politician acquitted of inciting hatred and discrimination. Wilders faced five counts of hate speech and discrimination for remarks made publicly be... Read More
What makes the Arab Spring uprisings so fascinating and important for everyone, not just those interested in the Middle East and who worry about its impact on our own lives, is this: a whole variety o... Read More
One of the first big strategic decisions made by David Cameron after his election as Conservative leader more than five years ago concerned the United States of America. Cameron claimed to have been t... Read More
Shortly after I exposed Middle East Monitor Online (MEMO) columnist Khalid Amaryeh for calling someone a “kike”, and asked whether this disqualified the group from being hosted at Amnesty Interna... Read More
Islamabad, Pakistan An elderly man of distinguished appearance approached me soon after I arrived in Abbottabad on the day of Osama bin Laden’s death. He spoke good English and said he was a lawyer.... Read More
I’ve seen the photograph, bound to become iconic, of President Obama and other senior members of his administration watching the live video of Osama bin Laden’s killing. The image captures... Read More
On the Today programme this morning, Justin Webb asked Kim Howells if he thought that the straitjacket of PC, the insistence that we never speak ill of other people’s cultures and habits, helped to ... Read More
