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Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Seventy Seven

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousNSS urges action on imam who preached death for ‘blasphemers’Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prisonStudy:

The Khazar Theory 🪶Valid Scholarly Hypothesis Or Antisemitic Hoax

Barry Gilheany ✍ This article is a response to a recent review by Anthony McIntyre in The Pensive Quill of the Israeli Professor of History Shlomo Sand’s bestselling book The Invention of the Jewish People (2009).I must stress at the outset that I have not read the book, nor have I engaged with the voluminous, mainly archaeological, source material that Sand draws upon. But I do wish

A Morning Thought @ 2658

A Morning Thought @ 2657

The Heroic War Photographer Punished By Soviet Antisemitism

People And Nature ☭ Written by Simon Pirani.This week, amidst the nauseating hypocrisy of official VE Day celebrations, you may well see the iconic photograph of the Soviet flag being raised above the German parliament building in Berlin.The photo was a posed shot: Yevgeny Khaldei, the photographer who took it, never pretended otherwise. He made the flag himself, from three red

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Seventy Six

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousGaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aidFrom Assange To Winstanley: Dawn Raids &

Can Political Art Ever Enjoy True Freedom Of Expression?

Dr John Coulter ✍ The Kneecap gigs controversy has certainly opened up the debate as to what now constitutes political art and how much freedom of expression can it be entrusted with.The photo with this article pictures me in the Stormont Chamber of Parliament Buildings sitting in what would have been my late dad’s Assembly seat. Rev Dr Robert Coulter MBE was a UUP MLA from 1998 until

A Morning Thought @ 2656

A Morning Thought @ 2655

Satchwell & Adams

Anthony McIntyre ☠ It has the feel of a sign displayed above the main entrance to a solicitor's office. But the activities over the years of two men with the surnames Satchwell & Adams suggest it might work better as signage for an illegal firm rather than a legal one.For weeks court news has been replete with reports on Richard Satchwell and Gerry Adams' immersion in