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Giles Fraser goes to Syria, and the Times denounces his ‘moral decay’

Giles Fraser visited Syria last week, and did lots of Giles Frasery things: he shook a few grand hands, chewed big political ears, kissed lots of children, prayed a few prayers and took loads of selfies: 'And as he journeyed,…

Why is gassing Syrian children with sarin or chlorine worse than blowing them to smithereens?

April 13, 2018
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The civil war in Syria is just appalling: the chaos and suffering; it's hell on earth. Hundreds of thousand have have been killed over the past seven years, many of…

The liberation of Aleppo? Pouring a sea of grey into buckets of black and white

December 13, 2016
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Parliament debates the liberation of Aleppo today. Marvellous. That'll sort it all out. Or perhaps MPs won't quite debate the liberation of Aleppo, for Aleppo hasn't actually been liberated from…

Christian missionaries in Aleppo crucified and beheaded

October 16, 2016
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"At several steps on their path to death by beheading and crucifixion last month, 11 indigenous Christian workers near Aleppo, Syria had the option to leave the area and live.…

Marsha Levine – the Cambridge academic who refused to answer Israeli child's question, citing BDS

December 2, 2015
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Dr Marsha Levine was a fellow and senior research associate in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University, which "serves as an interdisciplinary hub aiming to provide…

Cameron's desire to bomb ISIS in Syria is moral, but not the solution

November 18, 2015
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‘Cameron ready to bomb Syria’ announces the Telegraph on its front page today. As headlines go it’s not exactly a major revelation. The PM has been keen to intervene…

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…

Migrants, refugees, dead babies and 'virtue signalling': WWJD?

September 7, 2015
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This is a guest post by the Rev’d Stephen Heard – Assistant Priest at St Mark’s Church, Enfield. He is a former civil servant with a background in political and…

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…

General Synod to be addressed by Muslim extremist …NOT

November 17, 2014
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It is troubling that the first non-Christian to address the Church of England synod can be linked to extreme Islamist networks. By inviting Fuad Nahdi, the Church is lending…

Justin Welby's call to battle

October 16, 2014
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What exactly is the grand plan that is going to result in the disintegration and destruction of ISIS? On Tuesday military chiefs from 22 of the 60 countries making up…

God bless America: Obama pledges to "degrade, and ultimately destroy" Islamic State

September 11, 2014
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13 years ago today.. We remember. Almost in commemoration of the image of that apocalypse, President Obama has made the speech he really ought to have made two years ago.…