http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3618 <!--paging_filter--><p><strong>ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS </strong></p><p>Why don't Islamists and those on the ‘left' read a history book or two instead of spouting ignorant canards about a so called 'neo-McCarthyite' movement against Muslims?  The latest example of this flagrant abuse of history is to be found in a blog by the <em>New Statesman's</em> Mehdi Hasan, in which he attacks <em>Daily Telegraph</em> journalist and blogger, Andrew Gilligan.<p><a href="/node/3618"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3618#comments Andrew Gilligan Daily Telegraph Islamism Jamaat-e-Islami Joseph McCarthy Lutfur Rahman Mehdi Hasan New Statesman Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:13:56 +0000 Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens 3618 at http://standpointmag.co.uk