Nick Ebdon 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 has discussed 'toxic masculinity' against the backdrop of Louis Theroux's Netflix documentary Manosphere with ... a cross-dressing man who talked about the 'misogyny' he experiences

This is a very odd post from a Conservative who says he believes in freedom of expression under law and is a principal spokesman of the Free Speech Union. I appreciate that he does not like Islam and there is no reason why he should. As a Christian it is not my faith. But the use of Trafalgar Square ( with permission) for religious events Christian and other goes back a long way. There have been prayers and hymns, chants and religious events performed there in the past. If such an event 'shouldn't happen again' it raises the question of whether this is to apply to all religious events or just to Muslim ones. If to all, then we are moving like France to imposing secularism as a norm and it is contrary to our national tradition and does not seem to have helped develop social cohesion there.If just to Muslims then it is an act of discrimination against them without any lawful basis. To achieve it you would have to enact discriminatory legislation targeted at Muslims. Is this what Nick Timothy is advocating ?

Why does the Royal British Legion have to pay, but when it comes to hate marches the taxpayer picks up the tab? Remembrance parades commemorating those who sacrificed their lives for this country are an important part of British life 🧵

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.

Israel has closed the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem for two weeks. The compound is considered the third-holiest site for Muslims, and it’s been almost empty throughout Ramadan. Israel says the closure of holy sites in Jerusalem is for “safety reasons” amid the ongoing war with Iran.

From what Medani’s wife celebrated: An 8-year-old Jewish girl was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th, forced by them to make a video in captivity, and plead for her release.