Shamima Begum should not be permitted to return to the UK
Shamima Begum, a British national, left the UK in 2015 when she was 15 years old to join the forces of the Islamic State. Now she wants to leave Syria…
Jihadism
3,462 Nigerian Christians hacked to death by jihadists — don’t these black lives matter?
When one black man was killed in the US, the cry of "I can't breathe" reverberated round the world – or at least the Western world – and 'taking the knee' became a ritual to signify that black lives matter,…
The hypocrisy of outsourcing the death penalty for Islamist extremists
The UK Government has had a longstanding and principled moral objection to the death penalty. Whether you agree with that opposition or not, it has hitherto been applied consistently: under…
Jo Johnson’s muddled and aimless thinking about freedom of speech in universities
Universities Minister Jo Johnson delivered a much-trailed (..and here, here, here...) speech about the imperative of academic freedom of speech, which he says must be guaranteed on pain of universities…
If the only way of dealing with British Jihadists is to kill them, why can’t we do it here?
British Jihadists are enemies of the State, traitors to the Crown, and a present danger to every man, woman and child in the country. Some 850 Britons are estimated to…
Do smutty and sexual Ariana Grande lyrics increase the risk of terrorism?
"My daughter saw things no child should ever have to see," said the mother of young Ariana Grande fan earlier last month. She told of the emotional and mental impact…
Government to establish ‘Commission for Countering Extremism’ – Be afraid. Be very afraid
"A commission for countering extremism will be established to support the government in stamping out extremist ideology in all its forms, both across society and on the internet, so it…
Welby says Islamism is everything to do with Islam, and Muslim leaders must take responsibility
The Archbishop of Canterbury has boldly gone where other other religious leaders fear to tread, and politicians daren't hardly ever go. Cutting straight across the liturgical denials of those who…
We need to talk more about Jesus and Mohammed and less about Christianity and Islam
This is a guest post by the Rev’d Dr Gavin Ashenden. _____ The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham claimed in public that Salman Abedi, the man who slaughtered children…
Diane Abbott as Home Secretary would hand victory to Islamists and terrorists
Speaking back in 1984 at the height of the Troubles, Diane Abbott gave an interview in which she said that Ireland "is our struggle — every defeat of the British…
Trump’s Saudi Islam speech will not bind Islamic State’s progenitors
Donald Trump goes to Saudi Arabia and the world awaits his much-trailed Islam speech. And what a mighty fine speech it was. The President of the United States boldly reiterated…
Félicitations, President Macron – Vive la Faux Révolution!
As the victorious President-elect Emmanuel Macron appeared in front of Le Louvre to address the Fifth Republic, it was conspicuously to the strains of Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' – the…
Adrian Elms was a violent Christian before he became Muslim terrorist Khalid Masood
Through the modern geopolitical lens of Western categorical convenience, the world's countries are invariably ascribed a religion, or at least identified by majority ethnic religious adherence. Hence terms like 'Muslim…
Trump and torture: you don’t fight Islamist fire with the embers of Christian virtue
President Donald Trump wants to keep his country safe from Islamist terrorists. He'd also like to destroy ISIS and wipe them off the face of the earth. In pursuit of…
Qur’an in the Eucharist? The Provost of Glasgow Cathedral subverts Christian revelation
This is a guest post by the Rev’d Dr Gavin Ashenden, Chaplain to the Queen. __________________________ I have just returned from Paris where I was invited to be part of…
The Spectator brands Justin Welby “liberal left” – for seeking Islamist understanding
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…
Fireman Sam slips on the Qur'an, and all Sharia breaks loose
Firstly, it wasn't Fireman Sam who apparently slipped on a page of the Qur'an; it was Elvis. But the headline 'Elvis slips on the Qur'an' would probably cause problems…
Mrs Proudie: Sudden Jihadist Syndrome, Sultan Erdoğan, and nasty pieces of work
Goodness! The sun has had his hat on this week and Barchester has been baking hot: we have had to hose down the old gentlemen at Hiram’s Hospital several…
May we no longer say Jehovah's Witnesses are not real Christians?
Dr Shiraz Maher is a lecturer at King's College London and a Senior Fellow of The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR). His list…
What British Muslims Really Think, or what Christians need to rethink?
Channel 4's documentary What British Muslims Really Think informed us that 52% of them want homosexuality to be outlawed; 39% believe that a woman should always obey her husband;…