French Ambassador After Islamist Beheading: “France is a Muslim Country” Responding to the beheading of a school teacher by an Islamist in Paris, French ambassador to Sweden Etienne de Gonneville told broadcaster SVT, “France is a Muslim country.” Yes, really. Samuel Paty was decapitated by an 18-year-old Chechen jihadist in
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Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a teacher, freelance writer, and the Features Editor of the Canberra Declaration. He contributes regularly at the Spectator Australia, Caldron Pool and The Good Sauce. He hosts his own blog ‘Cross + Culture’ at kurtmahlburg.blog France was left reeling last week after a
This month’s winner of the BFD Free Speech award is an unlikely winner as it is the country of France. I still find it hard to believe that France, given its shameful history of appeasement, actually had the fortitude to stand up for free speech but nevertheless France deserves
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covidplanb.co.nz Iceland gives us a unique insight into COVID-19 infections since it has one of the highest per capita testing rates in the world, over 10 fold greater than New Zealand. What’s more they are very open about the severity of cases, and the proportion that need
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