The Guardian is picking sides in the Leicester riots

Leicester – Multicultural Vibrance

The outlet has failed to acknowledge the role of Islamism in the conflict

The events over the past few weeks in Leicester and, more recently, Smethwick have drawn attention to an under-discussed ideology: Hindutva. This is a system of beliefs that encompasses three elements: 1) Hindu rashtra (nation), 2) Hindu jati (race) and 3) Hindu sanskriti (civilisation), which was crafted in the early 1900s. In essence, it is designed as a way of life for Hindus, devout and non-devout, as well as atheist Hindus.

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When Iran’s ‘morality police’ came for me

The “morality police” came for me exactly 13 minutes into my lecture on gender and sexual politics in post-revolutionary Iran. Four sets of auditorium doors swung open simultaneously. In they came, boots pounding, weapons clanking. The Tehran lecture hall erupted in confusion as the komiteh, as the morality police are known, filled the room.

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Fury over ‘special treatment’ for ISIS Beatle behind horrific beheadings

Fury erupted today over the ‘special treatment’ handed to a British ISIS ‘Beatle’ who killed four hostages as it emerged he would be spared spending the rest of his life in an American supermax prison after concerns were raised about his mental health.

El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, or ‘Ringo’ will allegedly not be jailed in solitary confinement at ADX Florence in Colorado – but instead he’ll spend his sentence at a less restrictive prison on the same site known as USP Florence High.

Elsheikh, from West London, received eight life sentences after committing ‘some of the most barbaric terrorist acts ever seen’ as part of the twisted ‘ISIS Beatles’ group which captured, tortured and killed a group of journalists and aid workers in Syria in 2014.

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Just look the other way – MPs’ scandalous response to the rape gang crisis

WITH the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, the sins of Britain and its Empire, real or imagined, have inevitably been in the news again. Something called ‘Irish Twitter’ (which one suspects is about as in tune with Irish public opinion as Twitter is with public opinion generally), has been foaming at the mouth about the Irish potato famine of 1845-49 being a deliberate act of genocide, a view of history that even the most rabid Irish republican tends not to believe. 

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Iran recruits extremist foreign militias to help ‘wipe out rioters’ from Tehran

Iran has recruited extremist foreign militias to help “wipe out rioters from the streets of Tehran”.

Demonstrators continued to take to the streets in Iran on Sunday to protest the death of Mahsa Amini who died in police custody after being arrested for incorrectly wearing a hijab.

Militias from Syria, Lebanon and Iraq calling themselves “the volunteers from Islamic lands” announced they were joining the clampdown on public dissent in a social media post.

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An Anti-Muslim Symbol From India Is Paraded on Main Street, New Jersey

The bulldozer has become a symbol of oppression in India. Its appearance in a New Jersey parade has exposed fault lines between the region’s Hindu and Muslim communities.

EDISON, N.J. — The India Day Parade featured a pretty standard lineup of festival fare.

A Bollywood actress waved to fans from the top of a handmade float. Indian flags fluttered in the breeze. Flashy cars and quirky ads (“Kidney donors are sexy,” read one) passed by.

Then, toward the middle of the caravan, came a small yellow bulldozer, decorated with photos of India’s prime minister and a hard-line protégé.


More hereHow bulldozers became a vehicle of injustice in India

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Two more of the usual suspects arrested over Oslo gay bar shooting

OSLO, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Norwegian police said on Monday two men had been arrested on Sunday on suspicion of involvement in a mass shooting that killed two people and wounded 21 in and around an Oslo gay bar in June.

A Somali citizen in his 40s and a Norwegian one in his 30s, each with prior involvement in criminal activity, were arrested by police on Sunday, Oslo police said in a statement.

Police last week said its hypothesis that the shooting was an act of terrorism had been strengthened during its investigation.

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A little good news: “Influential” Kill Crazy Muslim Cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi Dies

Influential cleric Qaradawi, supporter of Arab Spring uprisings, dies

DUBAI, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood and defender of Arab Spring revolts, died on Monday at age 96, according to a post on his official Twitter account.

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Official inquiry finds PREVENT counter-terrorism scheme is also too focused on Right-wing extremism and not the ‘lethal threat from Islamism’

Urgent overhaul planned for Prevent which is ‘protecting terrorists and not the public’

Suella Braverman is planning an urgent overhaul of the Government’s counter-extremism programme after an official inquiry concluded Prevent was treating potential terrorists as “victims”.

Government sources said the new Home Secretary had internally identified reform of Prevent as “a key priority for her within her first few months”.

The disclosure comes as The Telegraph reveals the damning findings of an official inquiry that has concluded that Prevent has strayed from its “core mission” of stopping people from becoming terrorists.

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Sundance Liked Her Documentary on Terrorism, Until Muslim Critics Didn’t

The film festival gave Meg Smaker’s “Jihad Rehab” a coveted spot in its 2022 lineup, but apologized after an outcry over her race and her approach.

Meg Smaker felt exhilarated last November. After 16 months filming inside a Saudi rehabilitation center for accused terrorists, she learned that her documentary “Jihad Rehab” was invited to the 2022 Sundance Festival, one of the most prestigious showcases in the world.

Film critics warned that conservatives might bridle at these human portraits, but reviews after the festival’s screening were strong.

“The absence of absolutes is what’s most enriching,” The Guardian stated, adding, “This is a movie for intelligent people looking to have their preconceived notions challenged.” Variety wrote:

The film “feels like a miracle and an interrogative act of defiance.”

But attacks would come from the left, not the right. Arab and Muslim filmmakers and their white supporters accused Ms. Smaker of Islamophobia and American propaganda. Some suggested her race was disqualifying, a white woman who presumed to tell the story of Arab men.

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Far right demonstrators demand British government overturns its immigration policy as Met police make arrest and keep them apart from ‘anti-fascist’ counter-demo

The Metropolitan Police have arrested one man and are seeking to keep apart rival demonstrations of far-right protesters and anti-fascists in Westminster.

Pro-Putin and Tommy Robinson-aligned group ‘Patriots for Britain’ held an anti-immigration march at Parliament Square from midday.

Anti-fascists (known as ‘Antifa’), meanwhile, gathered at nearby Marsham Street to protest at the Home Office just yards away.

“Pro-Putin and Tommy Robinson-aligned???”

This way to the promised land: SUE REID sees a human trafficker brazenly leading a 70-strong line of Iraqis and Iranians to catch a bus to the beach in Dunkirk… Hours later they were sailing to Britain. How WILL our new Home Secretary end this crisis?

Police name eight men charged over Leicester clashes between Muslims and Hindus – including suspects from Birmingham and London – as they investigate 158 violent incidents

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Iran’s women are desperate and furious. They won’t take it any more

Mahsa Amini was just 22 when she died in suspicious circumstances while detained in Tehran. Mahsa, from the northwestern Iranian province of Kurdistan, was pronounced dead on September 16 from suspected brain damage caused during her time in police custody. She is believed to have been arrested for wearing her headscarf in what was deemed an “improper” manner.

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Fake kidnapping and Twitter bots: how ethnic violence flared in Leicester

Leicester – Multicultural Vibrance

His knife glinting in the darkness, the hooded young man slipped down the usually quiet residential street. More than a dozen others ran past a row of Hindu homes, kicking cars as they went. One ripped down a saffron flag, a symbol of Hinduism, and a man called the police to say “there are 20 people attacking my house”. Half a mile away, in a Muslim neighbourhood, residents were calling 999 to report similar assaults and property damage.

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Iran’s ‘morality police:’ What do they enforce?

The so-called morality police arrested 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran for wearing what they deemed inappropriate clothing and took her to a police station, where she slipped into a coma. Three days later, she died in a hospital. Her death sparked widespread anger and led to anti-government rallies that continue to embroil dozens of cities, according to videos posted on social media.

President Ibrahim Raisi’s government has deployed security forces, to crack down on the protesters.

So, what exactly is the “morality police” force and how does it operate?

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