by Jonathan Freedland guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 April 2012 We comb over every word from Oslo, but disregard al-Qaida’s rants. The lack of consistency speaks volumes Does Abu Qatada play World of Warcraft? Did he once, like Anders Behring Breivik, dedicate a sabbatical year to “hardcore” playing of the […]
Anders Behring Breivik walks to the stand at the start of the third day of proceedings in Oslo Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch The Associated Press reported: ‘Anxious to prove he’s not insane, confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has told a court that questions about his mental health are part […]
By Father Frank Breivik as Herostratus Anders Breivik, the Viking mass-slayer, is he like Herostratus? A Greek citizen of the famed city of Ephesus. In 356 BC, on the same night Alexander the Great was born, Herostratus set fire to the temple of the goddess Artemis, one of […]
A report published by a UK university has found that since the 9/11 attacks on the US in 2001, arson, criminal damage, violence and intimidation against Muslims in Britain has increased dramatically. In particular, the authors found that since Muslim communities in small towns are more polarised than […]
By Sheharyar Shaikh A non-Muslim acquaintance recently sent me a photograph of her friend who was holding a recent copy of the Toronto Sun newspaper in his hand with the headline, “Is beating women allowed?” (or something to that effect), in reference to a marriage guidebook penned by […]
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