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Liberal Dhimmitude: 12 Signs You’re Part of the Problem

Dhimmi literally means “protected person,” and the term was originally applied to non-Muslims who capitulated willingly to Islamic expansionism between 638 and 1683, and who lived in Muslim countries as craven second-class citizens. A bit like the French in World War

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Palace Denies Documentary on Royal Family ‘Spiked’ by Lawyers

A documentary on the British Royal Family has been “spiked” according to senior schedulers. The programme, called “Reinventing The Royals” was pulled from the state broadcaster’s schedule at the last minute, allegedly over pressure from Buckingham Palace, Variety Magazine reports.

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Suicide Bomber: Parents Gave Me to Boko Haram

Nigerian Zahra’u Bangida, 14, claims her parents handed her over to radical Islamic group Boko Haram to be a suicide bomber. Authorities arrested her on December 10 after a double suicide attack killed ten people at a market in Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria.

Quentin Sommerville laughs off suggestions he was high!

Watch: BBC Presenter Too High to Finish Report

A BBC presenter was unable to finish a serious report about drugs after he stood too close too a burning pile of heroin and cannabis. Quentin Sommerville, the corporation’s Middle East correspondent, got the giggles when he was trying to