Isolation of ghettos where Muslim law and outlook prevails is seen as a cause of the unrest.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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No Intifada, No Cause, Just Gang Stuff
Once two or three districts had their night on the news, every other quartier wanted to follow.
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Three Muslims Killed in Hindu Attack on Village
Why? Rumours that cows had been slaughtered for the Islamic Eid-al-Fitr celebrations.
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‘Respect’ Apparently a Somewhat Incoherent Word
You should respect yoof no elders no doctors no the poor no the rich no people with guns.
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John Judis on Reactionary Legal Philosophy
Alito doesn’t weigh women’s liberty and independence against other factors; he fails to acknowledge them.
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Always Heed the Rhetoric
‘Principled’; ‘tough and fair’ instead of ‘tough but fair’ – it all adds up.
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Can Evolutionary Psychology Inform Lit Crit?
Achilles was Alpha male, Emma Bovary lusted for alpha male. Now what?
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Christian Identity Church Called ‘Hate Group’
Despite not calling non-whites ‘mud people.’
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John Fowles 1926-2005
The French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Magus, The Collector; three landmark novels.
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Raj Persaud Accused of Plagiarism
Journal article on Milgram’s experiment echoes book by US scholar.
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Alan Johnson Interviews Martin Shaw
The reactionary left sees human rights and democratisation as expressions of imperialism.
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He Called Us Louts, says Arsonist
Youth explains grievance: ‘He should have said sorry for showing us disrespect, but now it is too late.’
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Ceci n’est pas Ordinary Delinquency
‘These riots show evidence of social protest.’
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Nick Cohen on Plutocracy
‘When such opulence surrounds you, you are in danger of finding it normal.’
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Mshari Al-Zaydi on Crisis in Saudi Education
Those who mention need to reform education are attacked and accused of being agents of West.
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Sarcasm is Okay
If you’re a Basil Fawlty.
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‘Youths’ Set Fire to Disabled Woman on Bus
Officials say rioting is also about youths simply ‘having a go’ at the police. And women on crutches.
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Scientific Consciousness at its Best
Informed guesswork that is open-minded, free-ranging, intellectually playful.
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Alister McGrath Gives the Game Away
‘The post-modern devaluation of truth is a convenient escape hatch for believers in one or another god.’
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Father and Sons Convicted of ‘Honour’ Killing
Shame, dishonour, contrary to religion and tradition.