"I have known Maajid Nawaz since he came out of prison in Egypt a decade ago and we’ve both travelled a long way since, sometimes together, sometimes on opposite sides."

"I’ve said it before: where do the Israel-bashers stand on Syria? I’ll say it again because I hear a resounding silence."

"European progressives' obsession with Israel has led them to explain away physical and verbal abuse, or even murder, of their own Jewish citiziens."

Mainstream Muslims are turning a blind eye to the links between religious hostility to the West and the growth in jihadist attacks

The selective silence of leading lights in the counter-Jihad movement fuels the violence of Anders Breivik and other European fascists

Sayeeda Warsi prioritises anti-Muslim attitudes but ignores the real threat to Western society posed by radical Islamists

Critics like to think that neoconservative ideas lie buried in the sands of Iraq. But neocons are still in the mainstream of US politics

Until Republicans convince voters that strong foreign policy is crucial to national security, America’s decline will continue

‘Contrary to what Imran Khan has said, drone strikes are the best tactic available against al-Qaeda. Our government needs to spell that out’

'A widow of the Munich Olympic massacre asked Jacques Rogge if he would have refused to commemorate the victims if they had not been Israelis. "difficult question," he replied