The Iconoclast
A Musical Interlude: Don’t Let It Bother You (Fats Waller)
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The Pope Deplores The "Decapitations And Crucifixions" Of Christians By Muslims
In Italian, here. In the video Pope Francis speaks of those who have been “decapitati e crocifissi,” but in the text, those words have been, strangely, left out.
"Quiet And Gentle" Mohamad Mohamud, Of Kenya And Somalia
Here. His voice was ever soft, and so on. He taught in a madrasa and then was inspired, because of his unswerving belief in what Islam inculcates, to be, and […]
How It Was At The Beau Rivage
An account of how it was at the Beau Rivage, in Lausanne, by the Genevan waves of the lake, here. ‘It was Wendy Sherman who came up with the idea […]
In Yemen, It’s The Children’s Hour
These little children, high-pitched and high-spirited, may put you in mind of some verses by Longfellow: Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes […]
Lynching And Looting And Burning Houses Down In Tikrit
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Dr. Fred Leder on Israel and Iran Nukes
Dr. Fred Leder, an expert in alternative energy projects who worked for both Exxon Mobil and Occicdental Petroleum offered these comments regarding a possible Israel Iran nuclear facilities bombing scenario […]
Tina Magaard: Why Will So Few Dare Discuss The Texts The Believers Rely On?
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Allah is the Only Legislator
To Regent’s Park to see Anjem Choudary and his crew on the subject of
So What Became Of Thomas Hardy, After Tess And Jude And The Mayor?
He’s suddenly re-appeared, after having given us all the slip, and as so often before, he’s breaking new ground. Don’t be surprised at the direction his career has suddenly taken […]
Dutch Researcher: It’s Not "Poverty" Nor "Isolation" But Taking Islam To Heart
What Muslims, allowed to live in the advanced, because non-Muslim, West, go off to join the Islamic State? Is it the poor Muslims, desperate at not having found a job […]
President Obama’s Questionable Framework Agreement for an Iranian Nuclear Deal
Smiling US negotiating team, Undersecretary of State Sherman, Secretary of State Kerry, Energy Secretary Moniz and unidentified colleague. Source: Reuters/Brendan Smialowski/Pool See these smiling faces, Undersecretary of State Wendy […]
France Takes the Lead on the Middle East
A political vacuum exists in the Middle East, and it is significant that France has stepped in to fill it in a principled way. It is a rebuke to the […]
Stay Muslim- don’t vote
A few photographs from this afternoons event outside the Regents Park Mosque. Anjem Choudary exhorting Muslims not to vote in the General Election next month. Counter demonstration by EDL and […]
But What If He Isn’t? What If The Devil Isn’t In The Details?
What if the Devil is not in the details? What if He is somewhere else, refined out of existence, paring his fingernails? Or what if He’s not in the details, […]
"The Devil Is In The Details’
How many tens of thousands of times is that phrase about to appear, has already begun to appear, in discussions of what was thought to be wrought at the Beau […]
