What happened when I wrote about Islam in Britain
Media commentators can refute what I saw, but I’ve spoken with many British Muslims who agree with my portrayals
Islam
Friday
Thursday
Why I’m a Muslim
Cruel and cowardly jihadists try to obscure the beauty of my religion from view
Thursday
How a 14th-century Arab thinker influenced Ronald Reagan
At a press conference in October 1981, Ronald Reagan quoted Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) in support of what is known as supply-side economics. Although the 14th- century politician and thinker wrote extensively about economics and was almost unique among medieval Arab writers in so doing, it is quite ‘marvellous’ writes Robert Irwin, the author of … Read more
Wednesday
Sharia law and the relative mercies of French justice
For many years, the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan, has been one of my closest enemies. In Switzerland and France this Islamist dauphin had a slightly hard time establishing his reputation. This was not just due to his poor scholarship (the basis of which lay in a fawning book about his … Read more
