Benjamin Lazarus is a freelance journalist based in London and Bristol. He tweets at BLazarus1
The storm is just beginning
European countries with sizeable Muslim populations would do well to be cautious in the face of an Islamist backlash
- 24 January 2013
Islam's sanguinary scenes
Make no two ways about it – unless we uphold our liberties in the face of backwater clerics and their man-made claims of sacredness, we’ve lost
- 19 September 2012
Why the Shafilea Ahmed trial should be the final nail in the coffin of Multiculturalism
Through their own gravamen, multiculturalists ensure cultures are shut-down and sealed off identities, thereby giving license to barbaric practices
- 12 June 2012
A rejoinder to Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan has berated those on the Left whose support for Ken Livingstone has been absent. Is he serious?
- 13 April 2012
The Arab Spring, ‘double-think’ and Palestinian statehood
Those who advocate hacking away at the UN – Palestine umbilical cord would do well to think twice about why democracy should be starved from the Palestinians, but not their Arab brothers and sisters across the region
- 20 November 2011
Charlie Hebdo's War: when satirising Muhammad prompted terrorism (again)
Amongst other lessons, this sorry episode has highlighted the continual disillusionment that exists in our media and political class when it comes to dealing with Islamic fundamentalism
- 11 November 2011
Will the Libyan 'Arab Spring' soon turn to 'The Winter's Tale'?
The death of Gaddafi, if as spontaneous as reports indicate, may have the adverse effect of killing with him invaluable information that the fledgling national entity requires.
- 31 October 2011
Latest on the blog
- NY Democrat pleads with Republican not to share document proposing confiscation of guns
- Sunday Times blood libel cartoon, on Holocaust Memorial Day no less
- Palestinian jailed for Facebook like
- 'Muslim Patrol' vigilantes attempt to control London streets
- Saudi cleric who raped and killed daughter receives small fine
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