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Most of the oppression of Muslims in the world right now is carried out by other Muslims.

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If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without whi...more

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Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country...more

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Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

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Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best e...more

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Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has c...more

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Don't let the zealots make Muslim a terrifying

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Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be...more

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Nobody ever wanted to go to war, but if a war came your way, it might as well be the right war, about the most important things in the world, and you ...more

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Repression is a seamless garment; a society which is authoritarian in its social and sexual codes, which crushes its women beneath the intolerable bur...more

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The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list, freedom of speech, a mul...more