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Creepy Sir Tony: When one thought that there couldnt possibly be
Creepy Sir Tony: When one thought that there couldnt possibly be more items to add to the long and extensive list of a thousand plus things to activel...

On blasphemy in Islamic fiqh: Amidst all the sound and fury of the
On blasphemy in Islamic fiqh: Amidst all the sound and fury of the past week, the more observant will have noticed that the few salafi-jihadists in No...

Germany: For some utterly mysterious reason I tend to get
Germany: For some utterly mysterious reason I tend to get terrified when German ex-convicts and racists start marching against minorities in the stree...

Attacks on mosques in Sweden: Sweden has in the course of one week
Attacks on mosques in Sweden: Sweden has in the course of one week seen no less than three arson attacks on mosques. That is another nail in the coffi...

We dont do torture, or perhaps we do after all, and us doing it is
We dont do torture, or perhaps we do after all, and us doing it is what makes it moral: Former Bush Chief of Staff Karl Rove, last seen in Norway in 2...

Free speech - the populist right-wing version: Those of us who
Free speech - the populist right-wing version: Those of us who have been paying some attention to the uses and abuses of the rhetorical tropes surroun...

Thanks, and thanks again: When one has made it past the age of
Thanks, and thanks again: When one has made it past the age of forty, the thought of passing ones birthdays over in silence does occur from time to ti...

Family news, or another Bangstad doctorate: One of the greater
Family news, or another Bangstad doctorate: One of the greater challenges my mother has faced over the years is to explain what on earth her three chi...