Tag: War

In this article the author explores whether we really need religion in this day and age. What are the positive and negative points that religions bring and how do they balance out in the end?

People in Wootton Bassett, the town famous for honouring dead British soldiers returning from Afghanistan, reacted defiantly on Saturday to news that a controversial Islamic group is to march through its streets. Islam4UK – which calls itself a “platform” for extremist movement al-Muhajiroun – plans to parade through the Wiltshire town in the coming weeks. The group’s website says the event is being held “not in memory of the occupying and merciless British military” but of the Muslims its says have been “murdered in the name of democracy and freedom”.

Even before it opened on the Edinburgh Festival fringe in 2007, there were calls for Jihad: The Musical to be boycotted by theatre-goers. Now Mandrake hears that the controversial production will open in London at the Jermyn Street Theatre early in the New Year. Although it features songs such as Building A Bomb Today and I Wanna Be Like Osama, Ben Scheuer, its composer and co-lyricist, insists that it is not in the worst possible taste.

Some will recognize the many “one-liners” pulled from this text.  While this is not the full essay, I believe it to be the full chapter titled “The World As I See It”.

Outmatched by technology, the Taliban is taking its war to the road in a campaign that not only damages infrastructure but is also taking a toll in lives.

To fight militancy, Pakistan needs to conquer its radicalized north-west, then govern it.

Dr John Dickson argues that much violence in the world is not caused by religion, as opposed to what he says atheists claim.