Tag: Islam
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‘Carry on as usual,’ urge police and politicians
Should we really refuse to let terror attacks change our ways? This is what freedom-loving Western societies are always told. But now a debate is raging about whether it makes sense.
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After IS: a new fight to unite Iraq
Iraq’s Islamic State nightmare is slowly drawing to its close. But defeating the militants will still leave a society mired in complex tensions. Can Iraq ever become a normal nation again?
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Mosque’s destruction is ‘death knell for ISIS’
An ancient mosque in Mosul where ISIS first promulgated its “caliphate” has been destroyed. Iraq’s prime minister says this is “an official declaration of defeat”. Is he correct?
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Far-right terrorist attacks London mosque
Just past midnight on Monday a man drove a van into worshippers at a London mosque. One man is dead. Many are now blaming the attack on a pervasive Islamophobia in the UK. Is this fair?
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Politics resumes in wake of terror in London
The stakes could not be higher, the mix more febrile. A UK election campaign in its final days. The third UK terrorist attack in three months. Which party is catching the mood of the nation?
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London horror: ISIS claims responsibility
As ISIS claimed last night that it ordered Saturday’s London Bridge attack, the world once again attempted to understand the motivations of the killers. Where does this evil come from?
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Egypt’s Christians hit by Palm Sunday attacks
Dozens died after two blasts targeted Egypt’s Christian minority yesterday. Christians face persecution and violence across the Middle East. Is this the most under-reported story of the era?
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The causes of terror: crime, drugs, ideology
Why did he do it? This weekend much was disclosed about the Westminster attacker, Khalid Masood. Like many terrorists he was a violent criminal. He was also an extremist. Which matters more?
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Europe flirts with far-right in Dutch election
Today the Netherlands heads to the polls, and all eyes are on its blonde-haired anti-Islam politician, Geert Wilders. Is this the first wave in a tsunami of far-right support across Europe?
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Six die in ‘cowardly’ attack on Quebec mosque
Yesterday vigils were held in Canada for the six Muslims who were shot and killed in Quebec City on Sunday. The country is famously welcoming to all cultures — are those values under threat?
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Latest Star Wars film expands religious myths
Much of the action in Rogue One takes place on the planet Jedha, a holy land and place of pilgrimage for Jedi Knights. What...
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Fall of Dabiq is ‘end of the world’ for ISIS
Yesterday ISIS lost control of a small Syrian town which is the battleground that will end the world. Or so it teaches. Is this ‘game over’ for ISIS? Or the trigger for a bloody martyrdom?
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Burkini bans on Riviera test French secularism
The mayor of Cannes has banned a garment worn by some Muslim women from the town’s beaches. France is fiercely proud of its secular values, so should politicians use the law to enforce them?
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Bastille Day horror: France bitterly divided
The recent Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan terrorist attacks in France both united the country. The massacre in Nice has done the opposite this weekend. Politics has rarely been more rancorous. Why?
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Muslims begin longest Ramadan for 33 years
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan has begun. This year Muslims face arduous self-denial through long daylight hours. Why do so many people around the world still believe in fasting?