Accompanied by the sneers of his former fellow travelers and under the protection of his old adversary, embodied by the British secret service, Salman Rushdie went underground for ten years after the release of The Satanic Verses. He slept in windowless apartments and changed his accommodation several times a week. Often enough he woke up…
A group of Muslims who prayed in front of the Colosseum during protests against the Israeli offensive in Gaza has been accused of threatening behavior by center-right politicians. Approximately 50 Muslims prayed by the Roman amphitheater during the demonstration, refueling a similar incident in Milan earlier this month. “The pseudo-prayers in Milan and in front…
The same people that organized a major 2003 protest against the war in Iraq are now promoting a demonstration to demand that Israel end of the war against Gaza. The city of Madrid followed similar plans in Barcelona and other Spanish cities, with demonstrators embodying an anti- or “no to war” spirit, similar to feelings…
A policeman has been knocked unconscious and two others have been injured during a protest in London against the fighting in Gaza. An initially peaceful demonstration ended with a group of protesters throwing missiles at police and smashing windows on Kensington High Street near the Israeli Embassy. Riot officers from the Metropolitan Police force charged…
Protesters and other citizens in Cologne worked en masse on Saturday to shut down their city and prevent a demonstration by Europe’s radical right. But have they given too much attention to the fringe group, Pro Cologne, which organized the rally? When radical-right activists from around Europe arrived in Cologne on Saturday for a rally,…
