Murder in the City of Light
- November 14, 2015
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- Matt
Let’s get one thing straight: the responsibility for last night’s disgusting massacre in Paris belongs to the shrunken specimens of humanity that carried them out and the organization that sent them to do it. The attacks are yet more evidence – if any were needed – that Daesh/ISIS is one of the most vicious and repugnant gangs of mass murderers in history, and differs from its more prolific predecessors only in terms of what they are able to achieve, rather than from any moral or ethical scruples regarding who they have the right...
Erdogan’s Massacre
- October 12, 2015
- by
- Matt
Terrorist atrocities tend to provoke a predictable stock response from politicians and governments. Invariably there is a great deal of sonorous rhetoric, accompanied by exhortations to the population to stand firm and show unity in the face of the universal evil of ‘terrorism’. Nearly always there is a lot of use of...
International Terror Day
- June 27, 2015
- by
- Matt
In his memoir The Devil in France, the German-Jewish novelist Lion Feuchtwanger looked back on the historical circumstances that had resulted in his internment in a French prison in Tunisia during World War I, and driven him into exile in southern France following Hitler’s ascent to power, and his internment in French concentration camps...
Yemen: stirring the cauldron
- April 11, 2015
- by
- Matt
What exactly has to happen in order to demonstrate once and for all to those who regard war and militarisation as the solution to the many problems that the Middle East faces that they were catastrophically wrong? The casualty estimates and death tolls from the countries our armies and special forces have fought or intervened...
After Cage: 10 Steps to prevent ‘radicalization’
- March 09, 2015
- by
- Matt
I’m grateful to the British media and political establishment for the typically rigorous, balanced, and honest debate that has taken place over the last week, which has now enlightened me about the true objectives of the Muslim advocacy organization Cage. I now understand that Cage’s purpose was not to defend Muslims who may have...
Solidarity with Cage
- February 28, 2015
- by
- Matt
What do the British media and government do, when presented with the possibility that the transformation of a British Muslim into the latest ‘face of terror’ may have been partly due to his treatment at the hands of the security forces? Essentially 4 things: a) Completely ignore any evidence that might support such...
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