“On 11 September 2012 crowds of friendly locals in Kabul, Afghanistan, were chanting the usual ‘Death to America’ slogans. At the same time American flags were torched from London to Sydney. And in Benghazi, Libya, a group of ‘spontaneous protesters’… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“The same uneven application of values applies in the weird worlds of academia and the think tanks. Like the media, they choose to close… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, although modern European guilt is currently described as though it is a terminal condition, there is no certainty that it will be. Will… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“But under President Obama, as much as under his predecessor, the continuing call to celebrate Islam rather than any other religion – like Christianity,… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
ISIS may seem un-Islamic to President Obama, but to anybody who has read Islam's core texts, it might appear to be a fairly straightforward… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
Fanaticism is at its very strongest when it has political or, better still, religious motivation. — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“growth solely accounted for by immigration – led to the usual strains” — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them. But animal… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“By 2015 more British Muslims were fighting for Isis than for the British armed forces.” — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“Sad to say, this Islamophilia problem does not occur only at the low-ranking level of Director of the CIA. But at least you’ve always… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“Islamophilia’. And it has gripped the Western world. It could be defined as the expression of disproportionate adoration of Islam. I don’t say –… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“And so all the time the European brain has held onto two contradictory things. The first is the dominant established narrative of a generation:… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“Such visible failure and a sense of lost moorings can be – for the individual as for society – not only a cause for… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“The problem for US officials is the same problem that filters through all the other sections of our societies. It goes something like this.… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“On 11 September 2012 crowds of friendly locals in Kabul, Afghanistan, were chanting the usual ‘Death to America’ slogans. At the same time American… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“To immerse oneself in popular culture for any length of time is to wallow in an almost unbearable shallowness.” — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
