Classic. Nadia Murad, a Yezidi girl, was 19 years old when lSlS kidnapped and held as a slave for 3 months, tortured and raped.lSlS kiIIed her mother and 6 brothers. Nadia's book event was cancelled in Canada because organizers felt 'her story could promote Islamophobia' pic.twitter.com/5GW6ZEaFXK — Azat Alsalem (@AzzatAlsaalem) May 10, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

A depressing report in the Times from Eliana Silver: When I was accepted last year to do a master’s degree at a prestigious university in London I was excited. Being the daughter of a diplomat I had spent my life travelling and had never felt particularly linked to my Jewish identity. There is a thriving…

Autistic children are believed to be particulalry vulnerable to the siren song of trans activists, so this is not good news: A school for severely autistic children has signed up to a controversial LGBT charter pushing “pseudoscientific” transgender ideology. Experts accused Kaimes School in Edinburgh, which takes children from age five, of “breathtaking” recklessness over…

Baroness Falkner, head of the Equalities and Human Rights Commision, has long been a target for trans activists in general, and Stonewall in particular, for her stubborn insistence on the importance of women's rights. She's been accused of bullying and harassment by senior staff, and, it was claimed, took a “determinedly anti-trans stance”. Oh dear.…

A strange story: MI5 has apologised for failing to promptly disclose information to a woman who was attacked with a machete by one of its agents. The woman, known by the alias Beth, has complained to the watchdog which considers complaints against the intelligence services. In 2022 a BBC investigation revealed the man – who…

Arthur Siegel, February 1942. "Detroit, Michigan. Looking towards downtown from the slum area in the early morning. These are conditions under which families lived before moving to the Sojourner Truth housing project." {Photos: Shorpy/Arthur Siegel for Life magazine] Named after the abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, the Sojourner Truth project didn't quite go…

Insane: Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Malmo, Sweden, on Thursday evening ahead of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest where Israel’s contestant, Eden Golan, was due to perform her song Hurricane. Police estimated that between 10,000 and 12,000 people took part. Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, was in the crowd, wrapped…

Here's that message from Jewish Students at Columbia University: We proudly believe in the Jewish People’s right to self-determination in our historic homeland as a fundamental tenet of our Jewish identity. Contrary to what many have tried to sell you – no, Judaism cannot be separated from Israel. Zionism is, simply put, the manifestation of…

It's almost like he has some special magical advantage… 🚨BREAKING🚨 A trans-identified male dominated the Girls Varsity 400m at the Portland Interscholastic League Championship Semi-Finals yesterday. Aayden Gallagher will now compete in the finals as a “girl.” (Joint release with @ThePublicaNow) pic.twitter.com/a8iSZYeWWS — REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) May 8, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

The forgotten conflict in Sudan, from Jane Flanagan in the Times – ‘My dark skin is a death sentence in Darfur’: The threat of genocide has returned to Darfur, the western region of Sudan that two decades ago bore witness to the mass killing of at least 300,000 people from non-Arab communities during an ethnic…