From MEMRI TV: In an October 18, 2024, lecture at the Islamic Society of Central Jersey, American Islamic scholar Suhaib Webb stated that student activism can go “hand in hand” with Islamic practice. He praised Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and other student groups for inviting imams to lead prayers at their encampments. Webb…

We need a dissolution of the universities https://t.co/TqkG7oDo3U — Helen Joyce (@HJoyceGender) November 9, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js A better view of that abstract (click to enlarge):

Janice Turner in the Times today, in praise of Kemi Badenoch: How, some asked in wonder, did this Lagos-raised young woman with braided hair win over the Tory membership: the whitest, oldest, and by definition, most conservative of electorates? The answer was clear in her interview last Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: she didn’t run on…

Unison boss Steve North's dismissive comment on the Darlington Five – "anti-trans bigotry" – has not gone down well: During her battle with Darlington NHS trust, Lisa Lockey, a nurse, says she has been threatened and intimidated, all because she does not want to undress in front of a man. But it was criticism from…

This, from David Samuels at UnHerd, is well worth reading – How Trump crushed Obama’s legacy. As the leader of the Democratic Party, Obama was hardly a pretender to power in Washington. Rather, between 2008 and the evening of 5 November 2024, he was usually the foremost power in the land. After serving two elected…

Joan Smith's new book Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac rescues some famous – infamous – women of ancient Rome from the gruesome tales told about them by (male) historians. The title gives a clue as those familiar old men's tales = often formulated, it's argued, in the spirit of, "oh come on, the men can't…

Irish school textbook:Islam is peaceful Judaism is violent pic.twitter.com/67HnsGLD1T — Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) November 8, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

It's getting towards the end of the season for the ornamental non-native trees like the maple, or the American sweetgum seen below behind the Henry Moore sculpture. The native trees though – the beeches and the oaks – are just getting into their best autumn colour.

From the Jerusalem Post: In the heart of Amsterdam’s Dam Square on May 15, 2022, an ominous scene unfolded. It was Nakba Day (marking the displacement of Palestinians during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence), and the square was filled with Palestinian flags, anti-Israel banners, and chants. At the center of this protest stood Thomas Hofland,…

Jonathan Sacerdoti in the Spectator – Amsterdam has failed its Jews: Last night in Amsterdam, a scene unfolded that should send shockwaves across Europe: hundreds of Jews were hunted and beaten by mobs following a football match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax. Whether a spontaneous flare-up or organised assault, terrified fans were forced to…