Vodka laced with antifreeze. Fake ham made from dyed chicken. Mozzarella comprising less than half real cheese. These and other horrors were recently exposed by trading standards officers in West Yorkshire, UK. Of the 900 foods they tested, more than a third proved to be dodgy in some way. And these results are probably far …
There is an emerging trend in British universities towards gender apartheid. This has no foundation in Islam. Indeed, the Koran explicitly sanctions the concept of legitimate social intermingling in Chapter 24:61. The distorted dogma of sexual segregation is an archaic pre-Islamic patriarchal throwback that is now in vogue in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. This non-Koranic …
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Yesterday I wrote a piece deploring the attitude of the US government towards CIA bullying and torture. If Epicureanism means anything it means happiness, pleasure and getting along together. So it makes writing a positive-sounding blog a bit difficult when assaults on the community come thick and fast. I refer to yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, …
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The US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that same-sex married couples in the US are to be granted the same rights under federal law as heterosexual couples – even in states where gay marriage is not permitted or recognised. In a move hailed as a legal landmark by rights campaigners, Holder said all justice …
Florida is facing renewed calls for the reform of its “stand your ground” law, following another controversial trial in which a majority-white jury failed to convict a white man who shot dead an unarmed black teenager. Michael Dunn, 47, got into an argument with four teens on a petrol forecourt in November 2012 over what …
