jihad
Making holy war
When the British formed the basis of their empire in the 1600s by acquiring territories in India and North America,…
Britain’s prisons are a breeding ground for Islamist terror
Was Reading terrorist Khairi Saadallah radicalised behind bars? What we do know is that locking Saadallah in HMP Bullingdon to develop…
The word ‘extremist’ has lost all meaning
A few years ago, in these pages, Matthew Parris defined Ukip as a party of extremists. Perhaps one of his…
A clash of loyalties
If someone was to lob the name Antigone about, many of us would smile and nod while trying to remember…
France’s civil war…
...and the struggle facing Europe
Why do bright schoolgirls run away to Syria?
How could they? How could girls brought up in the wealthy West abandon their families and their own bright futures…
Raging towards utopia
The Sykes-Picot agreement will be 100 years old next year, but there will be no congratulatory telegrams winging their way…
Diary
As weather bombs brew in the north Atlantic, I’m roughing it by heading off to Rajasthan, and the literary festival…
The hype jihad
Isis slaughters kidnap victims because it guarantees headlines. It's better at slaughtering innocents than it is at winning wars
When my enemy’s enemy is still my enemy
‘I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: if you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.’ When ‘The…
The ransom business
Islamic State commanders know exactly how to extract the greatest possible profit from their hostages. Some care about little else
High life
Next time you read about an auctioneer’s gavel coming down on a $150 million painting bought by some flunkey representing…
The British beheaders
Why we lead the West in exporting jihad
Murder porn
It’s time to stand up against the self-righteous sharing of videos of beheading and other gruesome violence
‘It’s jihad, innit, bruv’
Meeting the British Muslims who have joined the ‘Islamic State’
Is it ever possible to fight a war in full accordance with the Human Rights Act?
The ghost people, the letter people. The ones we hear about in court but never call by their real name;…
