An interesting piece at NRO which reviews a new book by Robert Reilly, The Closing of the Muslim Mind. It traces features of Islam (and indeed Christianity) back to the very deepest roots, namely core assumptions about God’s nature laid down centuries ago: While Christianity recognizes the possibility of miracles, when […]
Here is a round-up of interesting links on the so-called GZM controversy in the USA – should a Muslim cultural centre cum mosque be built close to the site of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York? Or not? If not, why not? Peter Beinart […]
President Obama has pronounced on the Cordoba Center (aka Ground Zero Mosque) controversy.Speaking to a Ramadan gathering he said this: Recently, attention has been focused on the construction of mosques in certain communities -– particularly New York. Now, we must all recognize and respect the sensitivities surrounding the development of […]
My piece analysing David Cameron’s high-profile speeches in Turkey and India has attracted some attention, and various well-taken comments. Part of the problem for a speechwriter for a top politician is to work out who the audience is, and craft the words accordingly. Most speeches of any consequence by (say) […]
In case you want even more on this business about Cameron/India/Pakistan (or even if you do not), read this businesslike piece by Hasan Suroor in The Hindu. It reminds us helpfully of one footling British diplomatic error after another: This is not the first time that a British leader has […]
Remember this piece about David Horowitz on Christopher Hitchens? Are you busy, with lots to do? Forget all that, and read this long transcript of American conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in conversation with Hitchens, now on heavy cancer treatment. Hitchens is a ferociously well read and knowledgeable person. He is a […]
Is hosted by Mr Eugenides. A double round-up this week. Linking to Thatcher Derangement Syndrome. A more than comprehensive analysis by Brian Barder of the al-Megrahi/Libya business. And a lumbering waddle into the droll world of fat queer activists: I’m a working stiff, a tired artist, and an aspiring public intellectual […]
A London court has rejected Serbia’s application to get former Bosnian/Bosniac leader Ejup Ganic extradited to Belgrade to face charges on the infamous Dobrovoljacka Street killings in Sarajevo in 1992. The word ‘rejected‘ perhaps does not do justice to District Judge Timothy Workman’s demolition of Serbia’s case. Perhaps ‘blew to smithereens beyond […]
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