Martin Bright in ‘When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries – the British State’s flirtation with radical Islamism’ laments the dominance of ‘political Islamism’ that has “crowded out” the “liberal voices”. He is much exercised by “political Islamism” and its attachment to the Shariah, seeing “signs of hope” in “the Sufi majority, which has traditionally avoided politics”.

So the Prime Minister thinks that Muslims have a “completely false sense of grievance against the west” (The Guardian, 4th July 2006). What do these words mean? Is that an objective statement or an act of political theatre, a sleight of hand?

The US Senate is not ratifying the US-UK Extradition Treaty because of "lobbying by Irish-American groups , worried the British would pursue republican terrorists".

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In the film Sleepy Hollow, Johnny Depp’s character, Ichabad Crane makes the prescient observation: “Villainy wears many masks, none of which so dangerous as virtue”....

If director, Ismaël Ferroukhi, intended that 'Le Grande Voyage' should be a story where the journey is just as important as the destination, then he has achieved this with distinction....

Ayaan Hirsi - a Salaam contributor disentangles fact from fiction

Impressions of a powerful play being staged at the Playhouse Theatre Theatre - by Jamila Sherif

Which EU country will not sanction the building of a mosque in its capital city? How ironic that the very city proudly claimed as the take-off point for Western civilization, is so cavalier on human rights! Little wonder that Plato leads to NATO!

The powers-that-be try to get away with awful canards - but sooner or later the truth will out! The recent tragedy of James Miller is but one of many examples...