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"Jesus was a leftie"

So says Daily Mail star writer. Why will that annoy lefties so much?

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Quote of the Week!

Coming all the way from Idaho

Shlomo Sand in conversation with the New Statesman

The Invention of the Jewish People

Horrific shooting at Fort Hood

What does this mean for America's Muslim soldiers?

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Science as a "political act"

Pierre Bourdieu on Claude Lévi-Strauss

Gay rights and "cultural relativism"

A response to Peter Tatchell

Universal soldiers

Asterix and Obelix, 50 years on

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Palestinian Gandhi

Have we found one?

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Autism should never be used as a political insult

We condemned George Osborne; we should condemn France's Europe minister, too

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Can Ken Clarke stay in this shadow cabinet?

Pro-European Tories must remain consistent -- and brave

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A life less ordinary

Why modern film-makers should not be afraid of tackling Islam

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Obama's first year -- good or bad?

Debating the Obamaniacs

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Latest Comments

Horrific shooting at Fort Hood

And of course Luddite, asking ''what is mentally wrong with muslims'' is perfectly fine. And good point by Just Observer. Ultimately Western interests trump everything else, one American life...

From JA, 07 November 11:57

"Jesus was a leftie"

Why does the left seek to ignore this tradition? How inept are you? Religion is a capitalist drug, dreamt up to oppress, divert and subdue. It is characteristic of what the left strives against.

From Mathieu, 07 November 11:45

"Jesus was a leftie"

Interestingly two leading Socialists in the UK -George Galloway and Tony Benn are both practising Christians. There is also however, a strong movement against organised religion amongst many...

From Alistair Cole, 07 November 11:01

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