Column: Let the extremists speak – if only so we can fight back
This week, TheJournal.ie regular columnist Lisa McInerney argues that everyone is entitled to their opinion – because it gives us a chance to stand up against odious claptrap.
View ArticleFrench police detain 19 suspected extremists
Nicolas Sarkozy gave no details about what the detainees are suspected of – only that the arrests were “in connection with a form of Islamist radicalism”.
View ArticleDCU gets €5m to investigate violent political extremism online
The research will look at the activities of violent jihadists, nationalist-separatists and extreme right-wing groups on the internet.
View ArticleBelgian premier apologises for WWII deportation of 25,000 Jews
The Belgian Prime Minister said the country has been “complicit in the most abominable crime” by deporting tens of thousands of Jewish people to Nazi concentration camps during the war.
View ArticlePakistan medics remove bullet from shot child activist
14-year-old Malala Yosafzai is intensive care after being shot in the head by the Taliban on her school bus.
View ArticleLisa McInerney: The loudest voices in pro-life camp discredit the civil ones
There is common ground to be found between pro-life and pro-choice people, writes Lisa McInerney, but plastic foetuses and death threats are eroding it.
View ArticleNeo-Nazi linked to Breivik arrested amid fears of ‘major terrorist act’
Kristian Vikernes, who is said to have been linked with Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, was arrested by intelligence officers in France earlier today.
View Article139 arrested in China for ‘spreading jihad’
Beijing has warned of growing religious extremism in the western region of Xinjiang.
View ArticleMichael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale convicted of Lee Rigby murder
Rigby’s family said justice had been done, but “no amount of justice will bring Lee back”.
View ArticleAttacks on foreigners in Germany rise by 20%
New figures show that there were 473 xenophobic attacks in 2013 – up from 393 the previous year.
View ArticleOpinion: ‘Our children wake up crying in the night… Isis has stolen our lives’
Christian families in Mosul are being given four stark choices: convert to Islam, pay a tax for non-Muslims, leave the city, or have their heads cut off.
View ArticleOpinion: ‘I ate leaves and grass to stay alive’ – Iraqi families pushed from...
Religious minorities who have been forcefully displaced by Islamic State extremists face an uncertain future.
View ArticleOpinion: The killing and imprisonment of journalists should concern us all
Worrying press arrests in Ferguson and the grisly murder of James Foley underlines it is in all of our interests to ensure journalists can report without fear.
View Article‘I’ll Ride With You’: A blueprint for how we should deal with terrorism
Yesterday’s gesture by a Sydney commuter was an extraordinary show of solidarity and humanity – showing what differentiates us is negligible in comparison to what unites us.
View ArticleBrother of murdered French policeman: Do not confuse extremists with Muslims
Malek Merabet also chided the media for using footage of his brother’s killing.
View ArticlePope on Paris attacks: People become ‘enslaved to deviant forms of religion’
Pope Francis’ comments come as France’s deploys up to 10,000 security services to prevent further attacks.
View ArticleExplainer: What is Boko Haram and why can’t Nigeria stop them?
The group killed over 2,000 people last week.
View ArticleNew Charlie Hebdo will feature caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed
The magazine’s front page will be released this evening.
View ArticleOpinion: Learning from the Paris bloodshed – the need for an intercultural...
Irish sports clubs, and in particular the GAA, have been immeasurable helpful in warmly welcoming young people from diverse backgrounds.
View ArticleOpinion: An alliance between secular and religious people would defeat extremism
Defeating religious extremism cannot be left one group alone – we’re in this together.
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