Dermot O'Leary
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Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals. I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook. Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation. Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration. It was an act of domination and therefore division. It shouldn’t happen again.




Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals. I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook. Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation. Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration. It was an act of domination and therefore division. It shouldn’t happen again.






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🚨🗣NEW: Father and sister of Lisa Dorrian - ‘We are closer now than we've ever been’ 🎤🎥Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 speaking to Lisa Dorrian’s sister, Joanne, and her father John. They were at Stormont today as Justice Minister @naomi_long brought forward the Sentencing Bill. The Bill will introduce “Charlotte’s Law”, which aims to reduce the trauma experienced by families of murder victims in so-called “no body” cases. It would create a statutory aggravator for failing to disclose the location of a victim’s remains, as well as new sentence reductions for post-sentence disclosures. Lisa, aged 25, went missing from a caravan park in Co Down in February 2005. Her body has never been found. A string of recent arrests has given the family renewed hope, and Joanne welcomed the opportunity to be at Stormont today to speak about the Bill. @letsfindlisa

















