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Does Park51 Really Matter?

By Guest | Published: August 27, 2010
This is a cross-post by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens For the past week I have been in New York, and on Tuesday took the afternoon to visit Ground Zero and Park51, the site of the Cordoba Initiative’s proposed Islamic centre. As I pressed the timer on my watch so as to check how long it took to walk from [...]
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On being a Muslim Jew

By Guest | Published: August 20, 2010
This is cross-post by Shiraz Maher from Focus on Islamism I have long maintained that I don’t ‘do’ theology. It really is not my game and, given the mess modern Islam finds itself in, there is very little to be gained from my entering the fray. Those who know me or follow my writing will know [...]
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Lessons Learnt?

By Guest | Published: August 19, 2010
This is a guest-post by Chris Blackburn The recent deluge of sensitive information by Wikileaks on the US in AfPak has made me really mad. I don’t care about the breach of security, although, the naming of Afghan informants was highly cavalier and Julian Assange should have blanked out assets names. Intelligence and the suppression of [...]
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A reduction of reality at the Guardian?

By Guest | Published: August 5, 2010
This is a cross-post by Shiraz Maher from the StandPoint blog Oh dear, it really hasn’t been a good week for the Guardian. On Monday Comment is Free invited Gerry Adams to pontificate about – would you believe it – the killing of civilians. Yes, really. Since when did the Guardian recognise Gerry Adams as the moral [...]
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Let’s Think Again

By Guest | Published: August 1, 2010
This is a guest-post by Chris Blackburn With the current impetuous on finding some sort of anti-thesis to war in Afghanistan and elsewhere. There has been a whole host of buzzwords and maxims coming from the media and international community of talking heads. We all agree that since 9/11 there has been one strategic blunder after the [...]
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David Miller only raises more questions

By Guest | Published: July 14, 2010
This is a guest post by Shiraz Maher Professor David Miller, who operates the SpinWatch, SpinProfiles and Neocon Europe websites, has responded to a piece by my colleague Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens. At best, Miller’s answers are evasive and inadequate. In the comments section of Alexander’s article, Miller writes: Meleagrou-Hitchens argues that his profile should not appear on our website [...]
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Questions David Miller must answer

By Guest | Published: July 13, 2010
This is a crosspost by Shiraz Maher My colleague and comrade Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens has today explained why he wanted his profile removed from the SpinProfileswebsite operated by Professor David Miller of Strathclyde University. Hitch the younger was characteristically generous in his response, omitting the wider questions relating to David Miller’s websites and views. I am honour-bound to [...]
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Exclusive: ‘The IFE have become influential in East London’

By Guest | Published: February 28, 2010
This is a cross-post by Shiraz Maher from Standpoint Magazine. ******************* The Sunday Telegraph is full of stories about the Islamic Forum of Europe’s (IFE) growing influence in East London. It says the group has effectively infiltrated the local Labour Party and brought extraordinary pressure to bear on the local council, Tower Hamlets, where a number of [...]
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BREAKING NEWS: Awlaki directed attack on Delta airlines

By Guest | Published: February 5, 2010
This is a guest post by Shiraz Maher from Standpoint Magazine. ******************** CBS News is breaking an exclusive story over in the United States. It seems that Anwar al-Awlaki did indeed direct the abortive Christmas day attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Here’s what CBS are reporting: The suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt told federal [...]
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The House of Saud like you’ve never seen them before!

By Guest | Published: January 10, 2010
This is a cross-post by Shiraz Maher from Standpoint Magazine ******************* The Saudi royal family is massive, comprising of an estimated 7000 or so members. Like any family, they have diverse interests. Recently, one of King Abdullah’s brothers, Prince Faisal bin Mansour, has decided to try his hand at becoming an R&B singer. He even sings about the [...]
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