The naivety must stop, reality must be grasped.
The article below was composed several weeks ago. It was originally written as a speculative article for a non-Orthodox Jewish magazine. The article was…
naivety
De-radicalisation naivety – Why on earth were claims of reform by this stabby savage believed?
When it comes to the issue of Islamic violent extremists, Western societies cannot afford naivety. However, it was naivety that appears to have played…
The dangerous naivety of Lord Dubs
Naivety is a charming and endearing thing when it is present in a small child. You expect children to be naive and engage in…
Time to re-evaluate interfaith work with Muslims perhaps?
I happen to believe that in some cases and in some circumstances, interfaith work can help humanity walk along what is called in Hebrew,…
Another ‘no s**t Sherlock’ story from Germany
I along with many others, warned what might happen if governments allowed into European nations large numbers of people from cultures that are soaked…
The ‘Boy Owen’s schoolboy error about Islam
The Guardian writer Owen Jones is not so much a purveyor of serious and erudite political thought, but more a source of amusement for…
Interfaith idiocy, naivety and incompetence in Blackburn Cathedral and in the city’s arts scene
One of the major problems with interfaith work, as I see it, is that those undertaking this work suffer from a surfeit of naivety….
Fizzy wriggles?
I saw an interesting article in a recent(ish) edition of Britain’s Jewish Chronicle. It was written by Fiyaz Mughal formerly of the Tell Mama…
How naïve and foolish does a Rabbi have to be to appear at a multifaith event with a known and proven Islamic extremist?
The answer is that the Rabbi would have to be seriously naïve and ill-informed to share a platform with a man proven in court…
What a difference 20 years makes
Twenty years ago my attitudes, along with the attitudes of many others towards Islam were very different. Like many Britons I saw Islam as ‘just…
