“A society that says we are defined exclusively by the bar and the nightclub , by self-indulgence and our sense of entitlement, cannot be said to have deep roots or much likelihood of survival. But, a society which holds that… — 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 off their minds the moment that the question of Islam comes along. Most bizarre is that you can get away with saying anything, absolutely anything, so long as it is flattering of Islam. It doesn’t matter… — Douglas Murray Copy Share
“Nevertheless, although modern European guilt is currently described as though it is a terminal condition, there is no certainty that it will be. Will young Germans, the grandchildren, great-grandchildren and eventually great-great-grandchildren of those people who lived through the 1940s always feel the taint of their heredity? Or is it possible that at some point there will come a moment… — Douglas Murray Copy Share
“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 attempt to create a state based on Mohammed's instructions as laid down in the Koran, in hadith, and in Mohammed's own example. — Douglas Murray Copy Share
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
