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Islam and Rushdie

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From Fatwa to Jihad

James Turley reviews Kenan Malik’s From fatwa to jihad: the Rushdie affair and its legacy Atlantic, 2009, pp266, £16.99 The year 2009 is the anniversary of many things - the 20th of the collapse of the eastern bloc countries that instigated the final death of a decrepit Stalinism; the 25th of the Miners’ Great Strike; and ...

Notting Hill Race Riots 1958

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Last year was the 50th anniversary of the Notting Hill Race riots. CS member John Sidwell wrote this article examining some of the issues The riots that broke out in Notting Hill, 1958 marked the first major race riot in Britain post-mass immigration.  It spanned five nights over the August Bank holiday, sparked by the bating ...