Mick Hartley
Politics and Culture
Category: Uncategorized
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Following on from that earlier post about Islamic supremacy – Islam did not come to exist with other religions – here’s Armin Navabi on Facebook:
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The employment tribunal examining the Sandie Peggie case has found that, yes, she was harassed by NHS Fife – but her other claims were dismissed. Only a partial victory, then. First thoughts from Sex Matters: We are pleased that Sandie Peggie has won her claim of harassment against NHS Fife, and that the hospital trust…
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That worked out well. A 2026 World Cup fixture designated by organisers as an LGBTQ+ ‘Pride Match’ will feature two countries where homosexuality is illegal. The local organising committee in Seattle, one of the host cities for the Fifa tournament next summer, have said the match at the city’s Lumen Field on 26 June will…
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A reminder for those, like the Pope, who are all happy-clappy about Christians living in harmony with Muslims. As we see, across the Middle East, in Nigeria and elsewhere, the feeling is not always mutual. Chicago Islamic scholar Mohammad Nusairat, from MEMRI TV: “Unfortunately these days we don’t repeat this often enough, or we don’t…
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Mental health charities are worried about the impact of single-sex rules on poor trans people. It’s the Guardian, of course. Hadley Freeman: It has been made abundantly clear to women, over and over, that the trans movement is entirely predicated on prioritising men’s feelings over women’s physical safety. It’s a shame but no surprise those…
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Helen Joyce at The Critic. What madness have we just come through? Diane Ehrensaft, an influential psychologist based in San Francisco, has said that toddlers can send non-verbal “gender messages”. A baby boy may signal a female identity by unpopping his onesie to mimic a dress, or a baby girl may rip out a hairclip…
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More here. The students have been identified. The high school has dealt with issues surrounding antisemitism before. Earlier this year two teachers at Branham High School were found to have violated California law when a California Department of Education investigation concluded that they had delivered one-sided instruction on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that “discriminated against Jewish students” in ethnic literature…
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The Birmingham Maccabi Tel Aviv saga gets worse: A senior police officer has apologised to representatives of the Jewish community after wrongly telling parliament they had agreed with the controversial decision to ban Israeli football fans from a game in Birmingham. Mike O’Hara, the West Midlands assistant chief constable, claimed officers had consulted with Jewish…