Caliphate

London mosque attack: to kill a worshipping Muslim is to murder us all

Another night, another horror. It seems this time that a white van man thought a mosque attack would be justifiable satisfaction for the Islamist attacks on Westminster, Manchester and London Bridge. Ploughing into Muslims outside Finsbury Park Mosque as they…

The Spectator brands Justin Welby “liberal left” – for seeking Islamist understanding

October 5, 2016
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Spectator columnist and associate editor Rod Liddle sometimes sounds like he's channeling the EDL, or at least supping with Ukip, but he is, in fact, a fully paid-up member of…

Kenyan Muslims say "I'm Spartacus" to protect Christians

December 22, 2015
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Peace on earth won't magically descend from the clouds: it has to be aimed at and worked for. And it starts in the hearts of each and every one…

Jihadi John has gone to meet Mohammed

November 13, 2015
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It is reported by the Pentagon that there is a "high degree of certainty" that the Islamic State serial beheader Mohammed Emwazi – aka Jihadi John – has been…

The Investigatory Powers Bill will tell the police you read this blog

November 4, 2015
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The mainstream media is full of stories of checks and balances, U-turns and climbdowns. The so-called Snooper's Charter (aka Investigatory Powers Bill) will target only terrorists and extremists, we…

Labour has become the party of terrorists, extremists and radical revolutionaries

September 14, 2015
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"We now have a leader who is as extreme and as hard left as any leader we have ever had including Keir Hardie. We have got a leader who…

Cameron declares war on British Jihadists

September 8, 2015
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"Today, I can inform the House that in an act of self-defence and after meticulous planning, Reyaad Khan was killed in a precision airstrike carried out on 21 August…

Anti-terror legislation will be used against teachers who oppose same-sex marriage

August 4, 2015
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The Extremism Bill seeks to extend the powers of government and law enforcement agencies to confront and neuter what they perceive to constitute 'extremism'. One of its provisions is…

It is time to arm Iraq's anti-ISIS Christian militia

July 26, 2015
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While HM Government faffs around arguing over whether we should be calling the Islamic State 'ISIS', 'ISIL' or 'Daesh' because, according to David Cameron, the Islamic State is neither…

Cameron can no more "destroy the Caliphate" than he can abolish the New Jerusalem

July 21, 2015
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David Cameron's long-awaited speech on Islamic extremism (aka Islamism) was sort of worth waiting for. As he expounded his 'One Nation' vision to defeat the "poison" of extremism, he…

ISIS one year on: Christianity brings hope in the midst of suffering

June 9, 2015
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Exactly one year ago tomorrow, Islamic extremists calling themselves ISIS (/ISIL/Islamic State) seized control of Mosul and its surrounding provinces following the rapid capitulation of the Iraqi military. In the…

Pope Francis and the Armenian slaughter he didn't call genocide

April 13, 2015
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Pope Francis delivered a speech at St Peter's in Rome to commemorate the slaughter of 1.5million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks during the First World War, a century ago.…

Homophobia, Islamophobia and the triumph of ideological 'Truth'

March 22, 2015
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Christianophobia has never really caught on. Perhaps it is a clumsy etymological construction: three syllables before '-ophobia' is at least one phonetic unit too many, and it isn't at…

Prophet, Islamist, cartoon or bear: which Mohammed most offends?

March 1, 2015
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Apparently we now know the identity of the Islamist butcher known as 'Jihadi John', who has an undoubted penchant for making snuff movies involving the decapitation of charitable and…

Britain paved the way for the slaughter of Libya's Christians

February 16, 2015
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They were 'the people of the cross, the followers of the hostile Egyptian Church' who had been held in captivity for weeks. They were marched to a beach in…

Universities to censor Zionists, Pro-Lifers and advocates of Holy Matrimony

January 28, 2015
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Prevent Duty Home Office 17 December 2014 Protecting the UK against terrorism The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, which is currently before Parliament, seeks to place a duty on specified…

Mehdi Hasan: "No Reformation in Europe without Muslim theologians"

January 19, 2015
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Mehdi Hasan delivered an oratorically brilliant if rather sanctimonious speech at the Oxford Union in May 2013, which now rings in the head like tinnitus in the wake of…

Real Madrid and the offence of the cross

November 30, 2014
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It was a really tiny cross. Honestly, it was barely noticeable in all that pearly pizzazz and gaudy gold. The Crown of Alfonso XII has been a sacred symbol of…

Alan Henning’s compassion made him more Muslim than any member of ISIS

October 5, 2014
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Our prayers and our thoughts have been with the family of Alan Henning over these last weeks, during which his life has been so publicly threatened. In his life Alan…

Welby: we wrestle not against ISIL, but against Jihadi principalities and powers

September 27, 2014
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We are, once again, a nation at war. And, rather like World War I, it won't be over by Christmas. The Prime Minister has identified our target: "We should be…