Donner wants an end to integration policy and a tougher approach to people who ignore Dutch values or disobey the law. He is planning to …
Why context matters
I know I said I was gone for the weekend (and I am, but I need to get this out of my chest or else…). …
Algerian-born man living in France is refused French nationality
via World news @ The Guardian: An Algerian-born man living in France has been refused French nationality because of his “degrading attitude” towards women.[…] In …
Beware of the Jihadists among us
An FBI agent infiltrated a Mosque in South Los Angeles. The congregation became so alarmed by his extreme talks of Jihad that they reported him …
Guantanamo Operations: Bureaucracy, rhetoric and how to use words like a scalpel
I just finished reading the Guantanamo Operations Manual, courtesy of Wikileaks (proper military name Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedure). The first (and most obvious) thing …
My daily dose of cognitive dissonance
I think I mentioned this before, but there is this Dutch guy whose Twitter I stalk every once in a while. I don’t follow him …
Far-right, la nouvelle vague
inessita: “Anti-Muslim group the English Defence League, that includes Sikhs, Jews and gays in its ranks, is federating with other European movements that are part …
The machinery of hate resurrects in Germany
The Sarrazin Debate: Germany Is Becoming Islamophobic Thilo Sarrazin’s comments about Muslims have triggered outrage in Germany and abroad, but have met with willing listeners …