“I inform the proud Muslim people of the world that the author of the Satanic Verses book… and all involved in its
So… is this going to become an annual event? Like, I don’t know, the Annual Festival of Provocation? Because, if you’ve been
You don’t have to be Christian or even religious to appreciate the compelling and magical properties of the Nativity story, with its
A recent announcement in the press says an ancient ring found in Bethlehem ‘belonged to the man who crucified Jesus’. The man
Well, that was bloody insane – all of it. But then we appear to be living in an insane asylum in which
Jerusalem is regarded as an international city, under a world body protectorate. That is its prevailing status. The United Nations has affirmed
As a little kid, one of my very first musical experiences was Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Even before I was an infant
A curious disc-like object pouring smoke and hovering over buildings was recently found in a monastery wall painting believed to date to
This year’s Christmas piece was originally going to be like last year’s and focus on an element of the Nativity tradition; instead,
Watching the memorial service to Muhammad Ali on Friday was at times, as you’d expect, very poignant. But it was more than