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Re-Hashing the ‘Cuties’ Black-Lash: A Case Study in Illiberal “Feminist” Racism

October 5, 2020 | by Majalli Fatah | 2 Comments

Pseudo-progressives oppose depicting the harsh reality of young girls caught between the misogynies of two worlds, the Islamic and the Western. Read more

Attacked in Public – When “Punch a TERF” Is More Than Just a Meme

October 16, 2019 | by Andreia Nobre | 4 Comments

Andreia Nobre desribes how she was attacked in the street for discussing feminist issues. "Punch a TERF" is not a cute slogan, it is inciting violence. Read more

France: The Inability of a Secular State to Protect Secularists

May 16, 2018 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Despite living in one of the most secular countries worldwide, ex-Muslim secularists in France still face hate speech, death threats, and an idle government. Waleed Al-Husseini founded the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. He escaped the Palestinian Authority after torture and imprisonment in Palestine, fleeing to Jordan and then France. He is an ex-Muslim and […] Read more

Chaos and Confusion at the Italian/French Border, Ventimiglia

April 5, 2018 | by Guest Writer | 1 Comments

In Ventimiglia, migrants live in squalid conditions, stuck in limbo, as they try to cross the border from Italy to France. Read more

French Embassy in Burkina Faso attacked by jihadist terrorists

March 4, 2018 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

A terrorist attack on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso on Friday, March 3, believed to be targeting the anti-terror force G5-Sahel has killed dozens. A jihadist terror attack on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso claimed dozens of lives on Friday, March 3. There were two attacks, with one on the French Embassy in […] Read more

‘Pedocriminal’ – Topless Feminists Protest Polanski Event

October 31, 2017 | by Dan Fisher | 0 Comments

‘Very Important Pedocriminal’ was the slogan painted on one protester’s back at the museum of cinema, Cinémathèque Française, as the venue attempted to host a retrospective of Roman Polanski’s cinema history. The 84-year-old French-Polish director’s films include Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, The Pianist and The Ghost Writer. Polanski had been invited to present his latest film ‘D’après […] Read more

Q&A on Ex-Muslims with Waleed Al-Husseini – Session 2

August 2, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of France, Waleed Al-Husseini, on the oppressed and terrible condition of ex-Muslims in France and in Muslim countries. Read more

The Macron Moment: Lessons for Britain’s Progressives

May 13, 2017 | by Fraser Gray | 0 Comments

Progressives everywhere can take heart from Emmanuel Macron's victory in France, but what relevance does it hold for progressives here in Britain? Read more

FN Loses Its Rising Star: Marion Maréchal-Le Pen Steps Back From Politics. For Now.

May 12, 2017 | by Fraser Gray | 0 Comments

“More people worship the rising sun than the setting sun,” a young and ambitious Roman general is said to have quipped to the ageing dictator Sulla. For many in France’s Front National, the twenty-seven year old Marion Maréchal-Le Pen was the rising sun they saw as the future of their movement. But two days ago […] Read more

An Interview with Waleed Al-Husseini – Founder of Council of Ex-Muslims of France

April 20, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Waleed Al-Husseini founded the Council of Ex-Muslims of France. He escaped the Palestinian Authority after torture and imprisonment in Palestine to Jordan and then France. He is an ex-Muslim and atheist. Here is his story. Read more