So Misbah could come back, after all
From a life of luxury in Pakistan to a modest house in Blackburn: Molly, a teenager torn between two cultures | Mail Online “Molly”, real name Misbah Rana, is the girl who ran away...
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Charity pressure II: “Poppy Fascism”
Following on from my earlier post about being under pressure to give money to charity, another row has broken out about the decision of a British news presenter, Jon Snow, not to wear a...
How much can we blame al-Awlaqi?
So, Roshonara Choudhary, the stupid woman who tried to murder the MP, Stephen Timms, has received a 15-to-life sentence. Today, the Guardian (and probably other papers) printed transcripts of her interviews with the police...
Man gets brain damage from life support switch-off
BBC News - Tetraplegic man's life support 'turned off by mistake' This story really did shock me — I didn’t mention this earlier today in case it upset friends of mine but someone else...
“Too stupid” family reunited in Ireland
Joyfully kissing her beautiful baby boy - the girl branded too stupid to be a wife or mother | Mail Online I’ve been following this story on and off since I first heard of...
The differences between the Inglis and Gilderdale murder cases
Earlier this week, a mother named Kay Gilderdale was acquitted of the attempted murder of her daughter Lynn in December 2008. Lynn Gilderdale had been bed-bound since the age of 14 with severe ME...
“Trick or treat” murderer back in jail
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Foyle and West | Greysteel killer back behind bars I’m not sure why this guy was let out at all. He was part of a gang that walked...
Getting others’ hands dirty
Last week, there was an inquest into the suicide of a young woman, Kerrie Wooltorton, who drank poison and called an ambulance, supposedly because she did not want to die alone. The 26-year-old had...
Media shame over Dugard frenzy
When a slavering press brands kidnap victims such as Jaycee Lee Dugard ‘sex slaves’, it shames them | Hadley Freeman | Comment is free | The Guardian This article attacks the media for the...
With friends like this …
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Jackson friend claims paternity “Mark Lester, a former child star and long-time friend of Michael Jackson, says he could be the father of one of the late pop star’s...
Digital Niqabi on fitna and niqab
The sister known as Digital Nomad has posted two interesting entries recently, the most recent on this nonsense of condemning mobile phones as a cause of fitna and fornication. This is not just within...
Why illegal dumping is no joke
BBC News: Families win birth defect battle This is about a group of families who sued the local council in Corby, an old steel town in the east Midlands, for birth defects caused by...
The obligatory Jackson post
Since so many other Muslims seem to be blogging about Michael Jackson’s death, I thought I might as well, as the papers have been full of coverage, with the Guardian and then the Observer...
Alcohol and rape story was distorted
PR and prejudice: why rape story erred (from the Guardian) Ben Goldacre writes a regular column, Bad Science, which is often dedicated to debunking stupid newspaper stories based on distortions of statistics and science....
Let Biggs rot
I agree with Jack Straw’s decision not to let Ronnie Biggs go free. He has served, in total, a third of his sentence, and the parole board, despite recommending his release (on the grounds...
Rose-tinted, fluffy-rimmed spectacles, anyone?
Just as one man’s freedom fighter is another’s terrorist, one man’s cute, fluffy endangered species is another’s vermin. Last week Prince Charles called for an eradication drive against the evil grey squirrel, an “invasive”...
Hatemonger Abu Hamza’s sons are crooks
BBC NEWS | England | London | Abu Hamza’s car scam sons jailed Two sons and a stepson of the hate preacher Abu Hamza (real name Mustafa Kamel), who occupied Finsbury Park mosque with...