Category Archives: Identity Politics

Veiled Values

By Guest | Published: August 9, 2010
This is a cross-post by Kenan Malik In his bestselling book America Alone, the Canadian writer Mark Steyn fantasises about the state of Europe in 2020. The Islamists have stormed to power right across the continent. No English pub can sell alcohol. Holland’s gay clubs have been relocated to San Francisco. And every French woman is [...]
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Is this the “counter-Enlightenment”?

By bananabrain | Published: August 6, 2010
i’ve not posted for a while, mostly because of pressure of work, but there are a number of things which are currently causing me to more or less lose sleep. recently, i gave up posting on pickled politics, partly because of the level of personal animosity i was facing, but mostly just in frustration at my [...]
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The Hijab Debate

By Effendi | Published: July 20, 2010
This is re-post by Yossarian This is a very interesting take on the hijab debate – a video about a British Muslim woman who decided to take off the hijab after realising she was wearing it not for personal pious reasons but political ones – contrary to what Islamists claim. She is of the opinion that [...]
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would it kill me to go along with dawkins and hitchens for once?

By bananabrain | Published: April 12, 2010
as you have probably heard, the hierarchy of the catholic church is coping with plenty of more-than-usually-unpleasant scandal involving the usual suspects: priests, paedophiles, children, cover-ups, pay-offs, not-quite-apologies, denials, denouncings and defrockings which have, for the first time i can remember, started to take on a somewhat apocalyptic tone, that’s apocalyptic in terms of the [...]
Also posted in Activism, Farce, Freedom of Expression, Interfaith, Lawfare, Obscurantism | 9 Comments

seven modest proposals for the british jewish community

By bananabrain | Published: March 16, 2010
the ferocious but charming miriam shaviv over at the jc is blogging a number of “daily proposals to transform the british jewish community” during march. i was discussing this with my redoubtable other half over friday night dinner and we thought the following might be worth submission: 1. transparency at the jewish leadership council ok, we know [...]
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how to complain before you see the programme!

By bananabrain | Published: March 2, 2010
now, i haven’t seen the “dispatches” programme yet, it’s on my sky+ box waiting to be viewed. however, i was quite amused to be warned by one naeem darr, who i understand is some sort of spokesman for our old friends the muslim safety forum, to have my complaint ready. helpfully, he then went on [...]
Also posted in Activism, Entryism, Farce, Freedom of Expression, Islamism, Media, PVE | 5 Comments

“well, they’re a bit extreme, but they do such good work bringing people back to judaism!”

By bananabrain | Published: January 29, 2010
david t from harry’s place forwarded me this cartoon by eli valley, whose satirical strips appear monthly in the leading us jewish magazine “the forward”. on reading it, i didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. on one hand, it’s a caricature of the position of the kiruv (“outreach”) organisations, but on the other hand, once you [...]
Also posted in Entryism, Freedom of Expression, Interfaith, Jewish Extremism, Obscurantism, Politics, Sectarianism | 57 Comments

a modest proposal for wootton bassett: islamists love underpants!

By bananabrain | Published: January 4, 2010
although the mainstream media has already picked up the story, we’re sure that the good folk of wootton bassett would nonetheless appreciate a message of support. it appears that they are the latest stop on the publicity circuit for everyone’s favourite islamist nutjobs, the al-muhajigoon squad. predictably, the edl have vowed to picket the mosques [...]
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What is Islamism? A Muslim Replies

By Guest | Published: December 11, 2009
This is a guest post by Ishtiaq Hussain from the Quilliam Foundation **** Like Christianity and Judaism, Islam is an Abrahamic faith and a Monotheistic religion. Its followers are called Muslims. Islam was founded in Arabia in the 7th century by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) fought against oppression, injustice and corruption. During his [...]
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Is Ashley Cole British?

By Guest | Published: October 14, 2009
This is a guest post by Tariq **** Having listened to the two young ignoramuses put forward by the BNP to represent them on BBC’s Radio 1 last week, I began to think of a debate I had with some of my friends a few years ago. You see, all my life up until then I had never [...]
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