News Round-Up
13 January 2025
The Cold Truth – Britain’s Grim Winter’s Tale
13 January 2025
by Sallust
The APPG's dangerously vague definition of Islamophobia is smothering free speech and silencing critical discussions on grooming gangs, warns Freddie Attenborough in the Spectator.
How afraid should free speech lovers be about Labour’s agenda in 2025? Very afraid!
A new report reveals that after the Southport murders, those seeing Muslims as having "completely different" values rose from 38% to 44%, while 80% of Jews now feel less safe since the October 7th Hamas terror attack.
An anonymous academic at a major British university has written a blistering piece for the Jewish Chronicle about the alarming levels of anti-semitism she encounters on her campus every day.
Labour plans to enshrine in English law a controversial definition of 'Islamophobia' that prohibits criticism of Islam. Kareem Muhssin says this constitutes a serious threat to the lives of ex-Muslims like him.
Is the Labour Government's war on free speech about to extend to criminalising 'Islamophobia'? Andrew Doyle says the last thing we need is two-tier blasphemy laws, whereby it's fine to criticise Christians but not Muslims.
The Free Speech Union and Fair Cop have threatened the Home Secretary with legal action over her calls to ramp up the recording of 'non-crime hate incidents'.
British ex-Muslims have to be very careful when criticising Islam for fear of violent reprisals. If Sir Keir Starmer criminalises 'Islamophobia' they could be at risk of prosecution, too, says Dr. Benjamin Jones.
A Muslim entrepreneur has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Reform U.K., saying migrants who came to Britain legally are dismayed that “we have lost control of our borders”.
Did German authorities make Mannheim knife attack victim Michael Stürzenberger a target for his radical Muslim assailant by dubbing him an "enemy of Islam"? Robert Kogon investigates.
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