The annals of history in the making
Decades after the release of The Satanic Verses and the calls for his death which followed it, Salman Rushdie remains one of the most wildly and widely misunderstood contemporary writers in the English language.
Read moreBy Khaled Diab The environmental movement has scored remarkable recent successes, but the situation for the climate and nature remains
Read moreBy Khaled Diab The concentration of immigrants in certain poor neighbourhoods in Denmark is far more a sign of the
Read moreBy Khaled Diab The European Union has committed itself to dispelling the spectre of racial prejudice. But with the resurgence
Read moreBy Khaled Diab A sudden lurch from ignoring or underplaying the threat of right-wing extremism in America to treating white
Read moreBy Khaled Diab Despite the paranoid conspiracy theories and fear-mongering of the extreme right, cultural diversity is a beautiful and
Read moreBy Khaled Diab Outside America, Donald Trump has provoked near universal outrage and dismay. However, Europeans and Middle Easterners must
Read moreBy Khaled Diab The super rich are leaving only the scraps for everyone else to fight over, which is fuelling
Read moreWhile critics of Israel can be anti-Semitic, many who criticise Israel harbour a deep respect of and love for Jews. Similarly, supporting the Jewish state is not necessarily a manifestation of philo-Semitism and can stem from anti-Semitic motives.
Read moreBy Khaled Diab The Danish government plans to force minorities out of what it classes as “ghettos”, but its Denmark’s
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