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November 21, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ISIS KILLS THE POPE – Or at least wants to. After promising new attacks this Christmas season (specifically on Vatican), ISIS now take on the Pope, fantasising about beheading the …

Politics

Real outrage about the “fake Sheikh” (or fake outrage about a real one)

November 14, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Many on the left and in the Islamic community seem to be more outraged about a possibly fake Sheikh preaching peace than many very real Sheikhs preaching intolerance and Islamism. …

Politics

November 7, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IT’S ALL OUR FAULT – But of course: A British jihadist bride who married America’s most senior Islamic State member said she was radicalised by racism in the UK. Tania …

Politics

November 2, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“HE READ BOOKS BY NOAM CHOMSKY AND BOB WOODWARD AND WATCHED PORN” – Goodies from Osama bin Laden’s laptop: The CIA on Wednesday released a vast archive of intimate Al-Qaeda …

Politics

November 1, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA LONE WOLF? – Another day, another “Allahu akbar”, but nothing to be concerned about, at least according to a “Forbes” deputy editor If youre scared of …

Politics

October 31, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I NEVER DO IT ON TINDER – An online hook-up almost leads to a blow job: Two terror suspects planned to carry out a bomb attack in the UK after …

Politics

October 30, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A COUNTRY FIT FOR HEROES – Speaking of ISIS, this is disgraceful: Terror suspects including jihadis returning from fighting in Syria are to be offered taxpayer-funded homes, counselling and help finding jobs to …

Politics

October 30, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MODERN DAY HEROES – For years, hundreds of men and a few women from around the world have been fighting in Syria against ISIS, mostly as part of the Kurdish …

Politics

October 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GOOD LUCK, PRINCE CHARMING; YOU’LL NEED IT – Saudi Arabia’s next king, 32-year old Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is making the right noises: “We want to …

Politics

October 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

KILL THEM ALL AND LET GOD SORT OUT HIS OWN – Don’t want battle-trained jihadis coming back home to your country? No problem. The forces fighting the remnants of the …

Politics

White Eagle over Raqqa

October 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Earlier this week, after several months of heavy urban fighting, the capital of the ISIS caliphate, Raqqa, has been declared liberated by the Syrian opposition forces, composed largely of Kurdish …

Politics

If ISIS falls in a desert, and Obama is not the President, does anyone hear about it?

October 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Raqqa, the “capital” of the ISIS caliphate straddling Syria and Iraq, has fallen. The rolling back of the Islamic State, a terrorist organisation which over the course of an unexpected …

Politics

October 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN AND PORN IN RAQQA – Things you find on a laptop belonging to a Belgian-Moroccan ISIS bride in Syria: Some nights she was busy searching for …

Politics

Las Vegas shooter’s white privilege

October 5, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Behold, a new media talking point is born – apparently the Las Vegas mass murdering shooter Stephen Paddock enjoys, posthumously, white privilege, because everyone calls him a “lone wolf” instead …

Politics

I can’t even

October 3, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

What does one say in the face of horror that unfolded yesterday? Twenty-two thousand men and women enjoying a country music festival in the middle of Las Vegas, watching Jason …

Lifestyle / Politics / Travel

Egyptian notes

September 14, 2017August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Much of Egypt looks like it has suffered through a decade of civil war bookended by powerful earthquakes. It hasn’t either; that’s just Egypt, a country so in love with …

Lifestyle / Politics / Travel

Luxor Massacre – 20 Years On

September 11, 2017August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Almost exactly twenty years ago, in the morning hours of 17 November 1997, six Islamist terrorists slaughtered two guards and 56 foreign tourists at the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut …

Politics

Hands off Khalifa!

August 28, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As a non-Muslim, if given a choice I would much rather live under Mia Khalifa than under the Khalifate. Not that I ever envisage being given this choice, but still, …

Politics

August 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BARCELONA – ISIS has claimed responsibility for another terrorist attack where a van driven by an Islamist was used to mow down and kill at least a dozen people and …

Politics

Ten commandments of the media coverage of violence, crime and terrorism

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Lo and behold, I went up Mountain CNNMSNBCABCNPRNYTWaPoHuffPoSalon and stole two stone tablets on which those who want to control the narrative have inscribed the rules of covering stories, to …