The balance of the argument is strongly against them. But this might change – and there are few absolutes when the balance of liberty and security is weighed.
The “peace process” is not a get out of jail free card – whether or not it ever justified handing them out.
Also: SNP attacked by Scottish councils for annulling hundreds of millions of poll tax arrears; and Plaid MP attacks Government over driving licence flags.
All too often the bigotry of Islamism is either shared or indulged by parts of the free societies it seeks to destroy.
Conservatives largest party. Labour close behind. Less bad for the LibDems that some predict. UKIP win three seats. The SNP grab over 20.
The reality is that jihadists have claimed more lives in Muslim-majority countries than anywhere else.
But since this particular strain is expressed using the symbols of Islamic culture and Muslims’ identity, resisting it needs politics of exceptional subtlety.
The West’s reponse to the challenge of global terror has been lamentable. We need an “Axis of Good” to take the fight to global jihad.
The Chancellor on terror in France, the NHS, the Northern Powerhouse, the election debates – and the next election.
Plus: Charlie Hebdo and 7/7. Mildenhall’s closure: a garden city opportunity? More bad news for the Bow Group. And: I ditch the Telegraph for the Times.
Media that decide not to reproduce the magazine’s cartoons of Mohammed shouldn’t be criticised.
The cultivation of hyper-sensitivity is now spreading from the post-modern left to the rest of the political spectrum
Sometimes the religious beliefs of a terrorist are irrelevant; sometimes they are critical – as in this case.
If the “fault” for terrorism ever lies in our actions, it is only because we are good people standing up to evil men.