Tag Archives: Islam

Turkey & the EU

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner Andrew McCarthy has a piece on possible Turkish membership of the EU up on the home page, very well worth reading in many respects, but not least for this observation: In Turkey, the administrators of the … Continue reading →

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So Unsophisticated, That First Amendment

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago law school frets in Slate: The universal response in the United States to the uproar over the anti-Muslim video is that the Muslim world will just have … Continue reading →

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Erdogan, Again

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Turkey’s thuggish (“mildly Islamist”, if you are The Economist) prime minister Erdogan is doing his bit to restrict free speech. The Seattle Times reports: Prompted by the anti-Muslim video produced in California that has stirred deadly … Continue reading →

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Re: ‘Free Speech is Free Speech is Free Speech’

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Reason’s Jesse Walker adds a quick footnote to Matt Welch’s earlier comments: A quick footnote to Matt’s excellent post about the Cairo embassy’s comments on “religious incitement”: In addition to being wrongheaded, these little announcements are … Continue reading →

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‘Free Speech Is Free Speech Is Free Speech’

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Back at the time of the Mohammed cartoon troubles, an article published in the embattled Jyllands-Posten included this phrase: “Ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed. Der er intet men.” The translation? “Free speech is free speech is … Continue reading →

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Humiliated in Cairo

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

As, on 9/11, an Egyptian mob storm the US Embassy on 9/11 in Cairo “offended” by a film about Islam made in America, America’s diplomats cringe and kowtow, and jettison the principle of free speech in favor of religious privilege: … Continue reading →

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Untold Story

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Today of all days, it is disheartening to read this: A screening of a controversial documentary on the history of Islam has been cancelled on security advice after its presenter was threatened. Historian Tom Holland’s Channel … Continue reading →

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‘Honor’ Killings

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: The Daily Telegraph’s Cristina Odone is rightly appalled by the murder of Shafilea Ahmed: Shafilea Ahmed’s parents have been found guilty of her murder. The beautiful 17-year-old Cheshire schoolgirl was killed by her own mother and … Continue reading →

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Abdus Salam

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Writing in the Spectator, Shiraz Maher suggests (correctly, surely) that most people are unlikely to have heard about Pakistan’s contribution to the discovery of the Higgs Boson, and explains why that is just fine with Pakistan: … Continue reading →

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The Islamic Reformation

Posted on July 7, 2012 by David Hume

In the wake of 9/11 there was a lot of talk about an “Islamic Reformation.” Such discussion was a key pointer to elite and public ignorance about the exact nature of the Reformation. On the one hand, the Reformation did … Continue reading →

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