Peter Oborne today wrote on his Telegraph blog on “Why the Middle East is about to split the Coalition wide open.” Oborne writes of the “moral and other costs” to Britain of aligning herself too closely to the Obama administration and its “gutless abandonment of the search for peace...
There’s much in the papers today (Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Star and Metro) on the Prime Minister’s podcast marking the New Year and his comments on the continuing threat we face from terrorism. The PM speaks in his address of the Coalition’s...
According to the Guardian, police have asked the government for new powers to stop and search people without having to suspect them of any crime. From the Guardian: “… police, including the Metropolitan force, which leads the UK fight against terrorism, say they need a boost to their...
On Boxing Day, The Daily Telegraph published an interview with Marine Le Pen, the daughter of French far-right leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen. In the interview, Miss Le Pen warned that “The progressive Islamisation of [France] and the increase in political-religious demands [of Muslims] are...
Writing in his Daily Express column on Monday, Leo McKinstry reprimanded the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, for his Christmas sermon. In McKinstry’s view, western leaders (Dr Williams included) have not done enough to “challenge the Islamic culture of persecution.” He...
Richard Littlejohn commented on the vile anti-Christmas campaign posters by Al Muhajiroun supporters in his column in last Thursday’s Daily Mail. Littlejohn acknowledges that those engaged in this divisive and offensive behaviour are “a tiny minority,” of British Muslims but his claim...
EDL spokesman, Guramit Singh, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of intentionally causing religiously aggravated harassment, alarm, or distress, following complaints about his speech during a protest in Peterborough by the far-right extremist group. From the Peterborough Today:...
The Daily Mail, Daily Express and Daily Star have all reported on a poster campaign organised by an individual linked to attention addicts from Anjem Choudary’s group, Islam4UK (formerly Al-Muhajiroun). From the Daily Mail: “Organisers plan to put up thousands of placards around the UK...
Joseph Harker, writing for the Guardian’s ‘Comment is Free’, offers a humorous twist to the reaction that British Muslims have encountered post 2001. Time and again, British Muslims have been told that they must “do more” to root out ‘terrorists’ within their communities;...
The Daily Mail Online today carries an alarming headline which states that, “1 in 3 British Muslim students back killing for Islam and 40% want Sharia law.” From the Mail Online: “Around a third of young British Muslims favour killing in the name of Islam, according to a survey revealed by...
