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Monthly Archives: March 2011
The Independent: Welcome to the World of ‘Mad Mel’
The Independent’s diarist, Matthew Norman, today reflects on the controversial comments made by Melanie Phillips about Arabs: “What desperate moments for all among us who revere Melanie Phillips and the rigorous self-restraint she brings to her work. In the coming … Continue reading
Mel P in 2005 vs Mel P in 2011
Here is Mel P writing on her blog in 2005 about why it is right to have incitement to racial hatred laws but not incitement to religious hatred laws: “Attacking people on account of their race is to attack what … Continue reading
Is Spectator editor Fraser Nelson an idiot?
The editor of The Spectator, Fraser Nelson, is quoted in the Independent today defending Melanie Phillips’ racist outburst about Arabs in a blogpost she wrote for the Spectator website last week. “We are quite clear that Melanie Phillips hasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Extremism, islamophobia
Tagged arabs, fraser nelson, melanie phillips, racism, the spectator
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The Guardian: PCC investigates Mel P for racist hate speech
The Guardian has just published a story online about the Melanie Phillips article I have blogged about twice already this week. It is vitally important that we set a clear marker here and insist that anti-Arab racism is every … Continue reading
Police to investigate Mel P article for possible racist hate speech
A few days ago I wrote about Melanie Phillips’ use of what seemed to me to be highly inflammatory and racist language in a piece she wrote for Spectator blogs. In that article she talked about ‘the moral depravity … Continue reading
Would you punch this Bahraini tyrant in the nose?
Craig Murray has a wonderful idea over at his blog. Craig informs us that the Bahraini King tyrant, Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifa, is due to visit the UK in May to attend Prince William’s wedding. In the past few days, Hamad … Continue reading
Quilliam’s parliamentary supporters demand more taxpayers money
Following on from last week’s post about how many of the Quilliam Foundation’s supporters (many pro-Iraq war enthusiasts including Nick Cohen, Denis MacShane, Paul Goodman as well as Martin ‘The Great Koran Con Trick’ Bright) had been mobilising to ensure continued … Continue reading
Mel P on ‘the moral depravity of the Arabs’
Melanie Phillips – one of the most vocal pro-Israel cheerleaders in the UK media – has a characteristically caustic piece up on Spectator blogs today in which she denounces ‘…the moral depravity of the Arabs…’ and refers to them as ‘savages.’ … Continue reading
The interesting friends of the Quilliam Foundation
Back in 2006, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair had come under massive criticism both within his party but also from all the major UK Muslim organisations for his silence over Israel’s murderous bombardment of Lebanon. Just about all the main … Continue reading
Posted in Extremism, Government, Neocon
Tagged martin bright, nick cohen, quilliam foundation, robert halfon
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Usama Hasan and the evolution controversy
I have a post up on Cif at the moment about the ongoing controversy surrounding Usama Hasan and his views on evolution. Do contribute to the discussion there or add your comments below on this thread if you prefer. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Extremism, Islam
Tagged creationism, darwin, evolution, extremism, harun yahya, usama hasan
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