The Southport Inquiry has uncovered an al-Qaeda training manual and images of Jihadi John on Axel Rudakubana's devices, indicating the motive for the attack was an Islamist ideology. Rudakubana had also searched for "Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing" just 40 minutes before the attack and was in possession of other violent material, including content on Nazi| The Expose - Home
The United Nations International Day to Combat Islamophobia is a good time to argue the fundamentally flawed concept should be ditched| Radicalism of fools
Turkey Book Talk #249 – Mustafa Kutlay, senior lecturer in comparative politics at City St George’s University of London, on his recent Foreign Affairs article “Turkey’s Middle-Power Dilemma”. Turkey is widely cited as one of the increasingly influential players in the emerging world order, with greater appetite and greater capacity to play a bigger role in its […]| Turkey Book Talk
Turkey Book Talk #245 – David Tonge on “The Enduring Hold of Islam in Turkey: The Revival of the Religious Orders and Rise of Erdogan” (Hurst). The book meticulously explores the political, e…| Turkey Book Talk
A 200-year-old masterpiece evokes the brutality of October 7.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
Yesterday’s news about the horrific massacre in Paris shook me really hard. I spent the day very upset, and the night puzzled by my extreme reaction. Terrorist attacks have become fixtures of the daily news, with yesterday alone seeing over a dozen killed in Iraq. Why did this bother me so much? I think I’m … Continue reading →| Some Thoughts on a Mysterious Universe