Sikander Amani A state flirts dangerously with authoritarianism once it starts dictating how women should be dressed. One might add that it is perhaps high time lawmakers of all countries, Muslim countries and France alike, stop obsessing about women’s clothing and women’s bodies It is no small irony to see women in burqa suddenly come under the spotlight. After months of auditions, a French parliamentary commission recommended on January 26 adopting a law barring women who wear the full veil (naqab or burqa) from using public services, including schools, hospitals and public transportation. Since then, such women, who admittedly shy … Continue reading Macho men taking an unhealthy interest in womens clothing

The death of leading international UFO expert, Paul Vigay, is a mystery, a coroner has admitted, after he drowned without leaving a suicide note. Related Articles UFOs no longer investigated Police chase UFO over Cardiff Britain’s X Files: RAF suspected aliens of “tourist” visits to Earth Record year for UFO sightings UFO files: secret US spy plane Aurora could be behind sightings Former Armed Forces head wanted probe into UFO sighting, newly released files show Miss Smith, who shared a final meal with her former boyfriend before his death, told the hearing: “It was not aggressive. It was just emotional. … Continue reading Death of UFO expert Paul Vigay ‘a mystery’

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Posted by Mehdi Hasan The idiocy, ignorance and Islamophobia of Wole “Wally” Soyinka’s comments. Last night I took part in a discussion, on the BBC World Service, about the Nigerian poet and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s outrageous comments about Britain and Islam. In an interview with Tina Brown’s Daily Beast, Soyinka joined a long line of leading literary and cultural figures (Martin Amis, V S Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Michel Houellebecq, etc) who push ill-informed, ignorant and often idiotic theories about Islam, Muslims and “radicalism”. Riazat Butt has an excellent response over at the Guardian’s Comment is Free, but I wanted to pick up on some … Continue reading Is Britain a “cesspit” for Islamist terrorists?

Satoshi Kanazawa is an evolutionary psychologist and professor at the London School of Economics. Although his research as a scientist has ruffled some feathers in the past, his attempts as a “public intellectual” are indisputably inflammatory. In a recent article entitled, “What’s Wrong with Muslims” published in his blog hosted by Psychology Today, Kanazawa wrote: “Major Nidal Malik Hasan is a native-born American citizen, trained military officer, and educated MD and psychiatrist. Yet none of these things matters for him; first and foremost, he is a Muslim…They are all united in their values and goals by their singular identity of … Continue reading Is Your Professor an Islamophobe?