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Interdisciplinary Review of General, Forensic, Prison and Military Psychiatry and Psychology and the related subjects of Behavior and Law with the occasional notes and comments by Michael Novakhov, M.D. (Mike Nova).
Even though the literature on violent behavior contains many references to the Macdonald triad (and its aliases), collectively these studies do not provide sufficient evidence of its ability to predict violence, nor, in fact, of its existence as a bona fide phenomenon.
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Sam Harris, Racial Profiling and American Muslims
Huffington Post (blog) In fact, last year you wrote this about the 2011 attacks orchestrated by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway that resulted in the deaths of over 70 people: One can only hope that the horror and outrage provoked by Breivik's behavior will temper the ... Islamophobia: Europe's New Political DiseaseThe Platform all 4 news articles » Europe’s New Political Disease
Posted by: Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari Tags: anti-muslim,Breivik,EDL,Europe,far-right,Freedom,islamophobia,Le Penn,Politics,racism Posted date: May 1, 2012 | 3 Comments
The rise in anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe is a troubling reality to which political parties are lending legitimacy and exploiting
A new wave of anti-Muslim intolerance and antagonism is sweeping Europe. The far right political gains seen in some parts of the continent are alarming. Anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and extreme right parties seem to be cashing in on economic hardship and austerity measures. In a blinkered world of ‘us’ and ‘them’ they have found in Europe’s Muslim citizens the ‘others’. In this fevered atmosphere of rising nationalism Islam, the religion of its most-impoverished people, is taking over the continent. Never mind the agonies such sentiments caused when acted upon by the Norway killer, Anders Breivik last year. “Racism is the lowest form of stupidity; Islamophobia is the height of common sense!” said one group in 2008. To any person with a modicum of common sense such attitudes are absurd and bordering on a mythical view of reality. We must check their rise. In a powerful indictment, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, posted a blog about how European Muslims are stigmatised by populist rhetoric (October 2010). “European countries appear to face another crisis beyond budget deficits – the disintegration of human value. One symptom is the increasing expression of intolerance towards Muslims. Opinion polls in several European countries reflect fear, suspicion and negative opinions of Muslims and Islamic culture,” he wrote. He was not alone in giving Europeans this warning; many people across British politics and media have shared similar sentiments for some time. Amnesty International has shared this concern. In its April 2012 report Choice and prejudice: discrimination against Muslims in Europe Amnesty exposes the impact of discrimination on Muslims. Marco Perolini, Amnesty’s expert on discrimination, says: “Muslim women are being denied jobs and girls prevented from attending regular classes just because they wear traditional forms of dress, such as the headscarf. Men can be dismissed for wearing beards associated with Islam. …. Rather than countering these prejudices, political parties and public officials are all too often pandering to them in their quest for votes.” Amnesty International has accused France, Belgium and the Netherlands of failing to implement proper laws banning discrimination in employment. It is disheartening that a continent that had learnt many lessons in such a hard way, after the devastation of the two World Wars, and which prides itself in equality and human rights, is allowing itself to be influenced by the forces of intolerance and hate. It is now open season to malign Muslims because of their religious and cultural practices. Yet Muslim immigrants arriving after the war joined in the effort to rebuild the economies of war-torn Europe in the 1950s. In almost every field of life, Muslims have been an integral part of the European tapestry. Muslims are today at home in Europe, have been contributors to its past and are stakeholders in its future. Yet the language and rhetoric used by the Far Right and the level of political expediency in mainstream European politics is mind boggling. The hate mongers are apparently succeeding in swapping a racist agenda for an Islamophobic one. The lacklustre response from European leaders has paved the way for anti-Muslim bigotry to move closer to the mainstream. It took a cold-blooded massacre of 77 Norwegian youths by a far-right ‘Christian’ extremist, Anders Behring Breivik last summer, to shake the conscience of Europe’s political class. It was a horrendous wake-up call to home-grown far-right violence and ideology, inspired by the rhetoric of vote-chasing politicians, pseudo academics, media analysts and hate groups like the English Defence League (EDL) in Britain. Breivik, in his recent trial, has made vitriolic attack on European leaders for their ‘impotence’ to stand up against Muslim ‘conquest’ of Europe. In this, he is propounding the ‘Eurabia’ fantasy that is central to the so-called ‘counter jihadist’ movement propelled by ideologues in the USA. Elsewhere, in countries like France, the shockwave of the far-right Front National polling nearly one fifth of French voters in the first round of the presidential elections is still reverberating. Both the socialist candidate and the incumbent President are now wooing the supporters of Marine le Pen. We should not be complacent in Britain. The recent news that the EDL has joined hands with the British Freedom Party (BFP) is going to have political implications. The BFP was formed in 2010 by disaffected members of the BNP and whatever its stated objectives, its main target is the Muslim community. It wants to ban the Niqab, stop the building of new mosques and Islamic schools and outlaw Sharia (as if it runs Britain!) including Islamic finance. The news that EDL head Tommy Robinson is to be appointed Deputy Leader of the British Freedom Party has alarmed anti-racist groups like HOPE not hate and others. The alliance of EDL and BFP would be more dangerous than the BNP: the current EDL head ‘Tommy Robinson’ (real name: Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, a tanning salon manager from Luton) has a better media presence than the Holocaust-denying Nick Griffin. In focusing on Islam and the threat of ‘Islamist extremists’ they can have a bigger appeal than the simple racist agenda of the BNP. With political trust at an all-time low, this far right alliance may take advantage of voter apathy in national and local politics to advance their cause. Be that as it may, we must stand firm and not let our country and continent slip into the intolerant past. We must join hands to slay the dragon of Islamophobia and help build Europe again with everyone’s help, Muslim and non-Muslim, alike. It is time we listen to the voices of sanity, not hate. Image from: www.islamineurope.blogspot.com |
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Globe and Mail Lord Black, she notes, “is now a very informed and outspoken commentator on prison reform, and does not think the government's expensive mega-jails plan will work.” Believe it or not, Ms. Atwood and Lord Black have become BFF. When Payback, her book on ... Conrad Black granted permission to live in Canada after release from prisonToronto Star all 435 news articles » Conrad Black Nears End of Jail Term - Wall Street Journal
By PAUL VIEIRA
Lord Black was convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice in the U.S. in 2007, and is due to finish off his 42-month sentence in days. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons indicated Black's "actual or projected" release from a Miami penitentiary was May 5. An attorney for Lord Black declined to comment. Lord Black was born in Canada but renounced his citizenship in 2001, after he was offered a life peerage in Britain's House of Lords. Then-Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien said Canada had the right to block him from accepting the post while he held a Canadian passport. With his impending release, questions have swirled over whether he'd be let back into Canada considering the revoked citizenship and his felony conviction. On Tuesday, Canada's government seemed to suggest he could come back. Canada's Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney, told reporters the government generally approves over 10,000 temporary permits a year for foreign nationals to enter Canada, with a "large number of those" granted to people with criminal records. In those cases, immigration officials have determined that the crimes were nonviolent offenses, "and the individual has a low risk to reoffend and (doesn't) pose a risk to Canadian society," he said. He declined to comment specifically on Lord Black, citing privacy issues. Fanning speculation, the Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto reported Tuesday that the Canadian government had granted Black a one-year temporary resident permit. Government officials declined to comment. Lord Black, who presided over a media empire that at one time included London's Daily Telegraph and the Chicago Sun-Times, initially served more than two years of his jail term. He was then freed on bail in July 2010 after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the reach of a federal law that gave prosecutors the authority to bring cases against executives who deprive companies of their "honest services." The justices then ordered the lower courts to take another look at Lord Black's conviction. A U.S. District Court judge in Chicago ordered Black in June 2011 to return to prison for about a year on top of the 29 months he had already served. Lord Black has one compelling reason to get back to Canada later this month. His book, "A Matter of Principle," is a finalist for Canada's National Business Book Award. In the book, he maintains his innocence and recounts his fight in the U.S. justice system. The award will be announced later this month in Toronto. |
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