Politics Islamic Terrorism is Motivated by Religion, Not Retribution Posted on December 17, 2017January 8, 201812 commentsbyDamion Daniels A quote used in this article by Dermot O’Sullivan incorrectly states that a death occurred in Italy due to terrorism. The author references this case covered by Reuters, but no one… View Post
View Post 11 min Politics From the Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo Posted on October 26, 2017December 31, 20172 commentsbyKenan Malik This is the transcript of a talk that Kenan Malik gave at the Integrity 20 conference in Brisbane, Australia on October 19th, 2017. First published on Pandaemonium, Malik’s personal website,… View Post
View Post 6 min Politics How Terrorists Are Creating a New Language Posted on September 21, 2017One commentbyGurwinder Bhogal I have been stalking members of the terrorist group Tawheed Network (formerly al-Muhajiroun). I have spied on them over the Internet, and heard much gossip about them in my neighborhood of Bury… View Post
View Post 16 min Politics The Textual Roots of Islamic Violence Posted on September 13, 2017September 15, 20173 commentsbyAndrew Gripp We’re all familiar with the routine by now. A terrorist attack occurs. Hours later, the world learns the identity of the attacker (or, the identities of the attackers). Then comes… View Post
View Post 27 min Features The Fundamentals of Fundamentalism Posted on September 4, 2017October 6, 20172 commentsbyGurwinder Bhogal This is Part 2 of Gurwinder Bhogal’s report. Gurwinder is a writer embedded in Luton, England and has spent the last year and more researching the causes of extremism. Read… View Post
View Post 3 min Politics After Barcelona: Let the Denial and Excuses Begin Posted on August 18, 2017September 8, 20176 commentsbyAR Devine In the aftermath of yet another Islamist attack in Europe, this time in Barcelona, the usual excuse makers will still be trying to blame the Iraq war, or the Crusades,… View Post
View Post 30 min Features A Year in the UK’s Most Radicalized Town Posted on August 2, 2017January 2, 20184 commentsbyGurwinder Bhogal Terrorism is on the rise. But as ISIS is being beaten back in the East, their operations have only increased in the West. 2016 saw a slew of Islamist atrocities… View Post
View Post 5 min Politics The U.S. Should Not Overlook Hezbollah in the Fight Against Terrorism Posted on July 2, 2017September 8, 2017No commentsbyAhnaf Kalam Hezbollah is not ISIS. They are much more sophisticated than your everyday insurgency of religious fanatics. View Post
View Post 4 min Politics Why Islamists Target Music Venues Posted on June 22, 2017September 8, 2017One commentbySandy Buglass Music is perhaps the most potent medium in all the arts, eliciting profound emotional experiences through its surging melodies and pulsating rhythms. The sheer ubiquity and variety of music found… View Post
View Post 3 min Politics There’s No Justification for Finsbury Park Terrorism Posted on June 20, 2017September 8, 2017One commentbyStephen Knight When I first launched my Taking The Myth podcast as a companion piece to the regular interviews, the idea was to bring listeners a regular dose of skeptical discussion without… View Post
View Post 5 min Politics Denial and Consequences: The True Fallout from the Manchester Attack Posted on June 14, 2017September 9, 20173 commentsbyWill TG Miller While each one of the three terrorist attacks to have taken place over the last three months in the UK is a profound call of concern, the case of the… View Post
View Post 12 min Politics No, You’re Not More Likely to Be Killed by a Right-Wing Extremist than an Islamic Terrorist Posted on May 28, 2017September 9, 2017118 commentsbyDamion Daniels On 22nd May, 2017, a 22 year old jihadist named Salman Ramadan Abedi wandered into the Manchester Arena during a concert populated primarily by young teens and their parents, and… View Post
View Post 7 min Politics After Manchester: Our Conversation About Islam Must Pave the Way for Politicians Posted on May 25, 2017September 9, 20175 commentsbyJonathan Gleadell The Twitter outpourings on the evening of the Manchester attack included those sickened by people making jokes and infuriated by the associations made with a religious doctrine before all the… View Post
View Post 6 min Review Mumbo Jumbo Has Conquered the World Posted on May 18, 2017September 9, 20178 commentsbyMalhar Mali Post-truth, post-fact, post-reality. You don’t need a lengthy introduction on the state of the world. You just need to take a look around: A man who wavers between imbecile and… View Post
View Post 10 min Politics Westminster and the Islamic Connection Posted on April 3, 2017September 9, 20174 commentsbyDamion Daniels Back in the autumn of 2010, an online magazine produced and published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula entitled Inspire, urged it’s readership to attack “the enemies of Allah†by… View Post
View Post 8 min Politics Who Do I Believe About Islam? Posted on November 21, 2016September 11, 20172 commentsbyMalhar Mali It seems every other day I wake up and read about an act of Islamic-inspired terrorism in the world — an explosion in Manhattan, two men storm into a church… View Post