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March 5, 2019

Britain Shouldn’t Let Its Policies be Dictated by Fears of Offending Fanatics

The case of an Islamic State fighter stripped of her citizenship.

Recently the case of Shamima Begum—one of a group of London schoolgirls that raveled to Syria to join Islamic State, and who now hopes to return to the UK—has consumed British public attention. Following an interview in which Begum, now in a Syrian refugee camp, expressed no remorse for her actions, Home Secretary Sajid Javid stripped her of her citizenship. Douglas Murray notes a troubling argument against doing so, made by Britain’s extremism commissioner Sara Khan, whom he otherwise finds “hugely admirable”:

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March 5, 2019

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    Even as each accuses the other of being soft on terror.

  2. Britain Shouldn’t Let Its Policies be Dictated by Fears of Offending Fanatics

    The case of an Islamic State fighter stripped of her citizenship.

  3. An Embrace of Social Justice Won’t Help Synagogues Retain Members

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  4. Why Jews and Muslims Should Oppose the Banning of Public Symbols of Religion

    The naked public square is bad for religious minorities.

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