In Israel, you see strong borders as the best way to ensure peace, while in Europe, people see it as a cause of war. — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“The claim that Islam is a religion of peace is a nicety invented by Western politicians so as either not to offend their Muslim populations or simply lie to themselves that everything might yet turn out fine. In fact, since… — 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
