The public is to the left not simply of New Labour, but the political and media classes as a whole. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I will call out someone if he's Islamophobic, and I will also call out anti-Semitism. It's immoral to call out one and… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Billionaires and corporations buy and sell politicians, while citizens struggle to exercise their right to vote or hold their elected representatives to… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Scepticism may be evidence of a healthy and independent mindset; but conspiracism is a virus that feeds off insecurity and bitterness. — Mehdi Hasan Bitterness Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of robust debate, and I'm not averse to engaging in the odd ad hominem attack myself. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
There are no authentic reports in any of the Muslim books of history of the Prophet Muhammad punishing anyone for same-sex acts. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
The rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria has been a disaster for the public image of Islam - and a boon… — Mehdi Hasan Disaster Copy Share Image
I have a long history of defending, and promoting, free speech and open debate - especially (especially!) within Muslim communities. — Mehdi Hasan Communication Copy Share Image
The terrorists may want to try and legitimize their violence by cynically appealing to Islamic motifs or doctrines, but there is no… — Mehdi Hasan Help Copy Share Image
The state exists to serve and protect every citizen, regardless of colour, creed, race or religion - and the welfare state should… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Always remember: You have to identify the disease before you can begin work on a cure. In the case of support for… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
From a moral point of view, it is wrong... to smear or stereotype minority communities, to pretend or give credence to the… — Mehdi Hasan Bigotry Copy Share Image
How is it that labels like 'centrist' and 'moderate,' which common sense tells us should reflect the views of a majority of… — Mehdi Hasan Centrist Copy Share Image
There are two Tory parties: the trendy, socially liberal Notting Hill set which dominates at the national level, and the unreconstructed, reactionary,… — Mehdi Hasan Conservative Copy Share Image
The reality is that religion, across the board, and in and of itself, neither provokes war nor promotes peace - and it… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
To claim that ISIS is Islamic is egregiously inaccurate and empirically unsustainable, not to mention insulting to the 1.6 billion non-violent adherents… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Millions of ordinary Americans may suffer from a toxic combination of ignorance and amnesia, but the victims of U.S. coups, invasions, and… — Mehdi Hasan Bombing Copy Share Image
One of the hardiest myths in British public life is that there is a conspiracy of silence on immigration. Liberals and leftists,… — Mehdi Hasan Debate Copy Share Image
Social media has emboldened an army of online Islamophobes; in the real world, mosques have been firebombed and politicians line up to… — Mehdi Hasan Media Copy Share Image
Let's be clear: There is no doubt that the citizens of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea both fear and loathe the… — Mehdi Hasan Doubt Copy Share Image
None of us believes in an untrammelled right to free speech. We all agree there are always going to be lines that,… — Mehdi Hasan Communication Copy Share Image
Like Obama before him, Trump will escalate in Afghanistan. Like Obama before him, Trump will lose in Afghanistan. And the rest of… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
How many Americans, for example, are aware of the fact that U.S. planes dropped on the Korean peninsula more bombs - 635,000… — Mehdi Hasan Bombs Copy Share Image
As a supporter of secularism, I am willing to accept same-sex weddings in a state-sanctioned register office, on grounds of equity. As… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account?… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
The truth is that the dream of 'two states for two peoples,' born in the '90s, died in the noughties. The two-state… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
When you demonize Muslims as a community, as an entire group of people based on the crimes or actions of a tiny… — Mehdi Hasan Community Copy Share Image
The French elites' strategy of trying to defeat the Le Pens by aping their rhetoric, stealing their policies, and pandering to their… — Mehdi Hasan Failure Copy Share Image
I was 13 years old when I first heard of the Sultan of Brunei. The absolute ruler of a tiny, oil-rich kingdom… — Mehdi Hasan British Copy Share Image
In theory, the filibuster helps whichever party is in the minority in the Senate. In practice, it is the Republicans who have… — Mehdi Hasan Cynical Copy Share Image
I love my job... but I find myself awkwardly straddling the divide between British Islam and the British media. I get pretty… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Orthodox Islam, like orthodox interpretations of the other Abrahamic faiths, views homosexuality as sinful and usually defines marriage as only ever a… — Mehdi Hasan Debate Copy Share Image
The inconvenient truth that our lazy media elites do so much to ignore is that Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and Warren are much closer… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
To speak of the Muslim world is not to endorse a totalitarian project, nor to bolster an Islamist narrative, nor to suggest… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Religion is simply one of a multitude of factors - economic political, cultural, social, tribal, racial - which shape and drive human… — Mehdi Hasan Action Copy Share Image
We have to find a way to try and reconcile our beliefs - and Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, has traditionally seen… — Mehdi Hasan Christianity Copy Share Image
