Sharia councils in Britain are putting Muslim women “at risk” by pressuring them to stay in abusive marriages. In a small terraced house in east London, a woman and her husband argue before an Islamic scholar who sits on a dais above them in a room that looks and feels like a court. This is… Continue reading Sharia Court in Dewsbury
Month: October 2020
Campaign Against Halal Part 4
The majority of halal certification agencies in Australia are owned and operated by mosques. Mosques practice and preach segregation (between men and women, Muslims and non-Muslims), inequality of women (a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man’s) even lesser status is afforded non-Muslims, how to use democracy to advance Islam – to name… Continue reading Campaign Against Halal Part 4
Brexit Part 18
At a time when southern Europe has nearly 10 times more refugees and migrants arriving by sea, the UK plan has been described in Brussels as “very unbalanced” and “not good enough”. More than 4,100 people have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year, compared with 39,283 who traversed the Mediterranean to… Continue reading Brexit Part 18
Sep 2020. Greek Refugee Camp Destroyed by Fire Part 2
Lesbos, Greece – In the middle of the burned remains that were once the Moria refugee camp lies a notebook left behind by one of the thousands of people who rushed to save their lives when fires tore through the sprawling refugee camp on Lesbos. On one page, a few basic sentences. The book had belonged… Continue reading Sep 2020. Greek Refugee Camp Destroyed by Fire Part 2
BBC Bias Part 9
There have been two interesting columns in the New Statesman, (one in the magazine, one online) on BBC bias and other issues about BBC News by Roger Mosey and Mark Damazer, both distinguished former BBC News executives. These are the best pieces I have read about the state of BBC News for some time. I… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 9
Sep 2020. Syria’s Refugee Child Brides Part 2
“I couldn’t go to school because of the war,” says Ola, a Syrian refugee who was married at 14 years. “We had to stay at home, the schools closed. I studied only until 6th grade.” The Syrian war has created a vortex of conditions, such as displacement and poverty as well as fears about the… Continue reading Sep 2020. Syria’s Refugee Child Brides Part 2
Bubonic Plague in China
China has announced an emergency after a three-year-old boy contracted the bubonic plague in the south-west of the country. The young boy was infected with the disease in a rural village in Menghai county, Yunnan. The case of the deadly disease was reported in the China last week before being confirmed on Sunday. The child is… Continue reading Bubonic Plague in China
Political Islam Part 31
Since 2018, the Macron administration has designated French 47 districts — including Bourtzwiller and its 15,000 people — as quartiers de reconquête républicaine (areas of republican reconquest) in a drive to retake control of previously lawless zones by sending in extra police and improving schools. Moderate Muslims have backed Mr Macron’s approach. “There really is… Continue reading Political Islam Part 31
Sep 2020. Syria’s Refugee Child Brides Part 1
Child marriage among Syrian refugee children is on the rise. Two girls tell us about their lives as wives and mothers. Each year, childhood ends for an estimated 15 million girls around the world who marry before the age of 18, according to the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW). South Asia has the… Continue reading Sep 2020. Syria’s Refugee Child Brides Part 1
Debunking Identity Politics – Heather MacDonald Part 2
Heather MacDonald argues that the Left Progressive Liberals in America doesn’t see them as Moral Relativists, she sees them as a Dogmatism, a different set of Values and Virtues that they are absolutely convinced, they see America as Endemic White Supremacy. She sees them as Judgementalist, similar to the worst characters of Puritans. She adds… Continue reading Debunking Identity Politics – Heather MacDonald Part 2