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Schengen, in my view, is the biggest threat to European security in the current circumstances due to the vulnerability of the Turkish-Greek border and the former's state sponsorship of the ISIS. As far as I am aware, Schengen members are allowed under the agreement to impose temporary border...

I am afraid this is likely to be the first of many such attacks, what with over 700 French nationals reportedly fighting alongside Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Al Husseini Al Qureshi in the Caliphate..To get a handle on this in the short term, France would have to suspend the Schengen Agreement...

3 assailants have been identified-they were already known to authorities and had recently returned from the Caliphate. Here's hoping the Gandarmerie find and liquidate them soon 9 Police and anti-terror magistrates reportedly identified the three assailants, two of whom are brothers, reports...

The trouble is that such attackers identify themselves as Muslims, invoke God and the prophet and claim they are commiting these atrocities in the name of their faith. Ideological naunces aside, these people are the 'real Muslims' in Western popular imagination, a sentiment the growing far right...

But the purpose of the attack has already been served-it was never intended to stifle free speech but rather to generate discord, polarise public opinion in the West and create distrust/hatred against Islam and Muslims in order to perpetuate the Jihadi myth of a Western crusade against the...

Its only a matter of time before this is repeated in the UK. Besides the random and brazen nature of the attack, what worries me more is that fact that the attackers were armed with automatic weapons and even a flipping RPG!. It would be fairly easy to smuggle these into the UK, concealed in the...

Trying telling a three year old that her long awaited trip to Disneyland has been cancelled! I've paid a few quid for onward travel to Oz, accommodation etc which I stand to lose if I cancel the trip. In the short term, I would have to part with my beard since it flags me up as an 'undesirable'...

Have you no shame??? Regardless of the rights and wrongs of past Western intervention, its Muslims killing each other all over the Middle East at the moment and apologists like you only merely encourage the slaughter through your spurious attempts to shift all the blame on to the 'West'. I...

B*****rds!!! Parisians have never been renowned for being very friendly but this is going to make life difficult both for locals and tourists who even remotely resemble adherents of a certain faith. I am due to visit the place with my little one on our way down under in a few months and I am now...

Genuine question-why would someone short $ (unless they want to commit financial suicide) if it is expected to appreciate further against the Rupee? You generally 'short' something if you expect it to decline in value and not the other way round As for the rest of your post, I agree with the...

And the evangelical menace is not just confined to India-check out how these groups systematically target Ismailis and other non Sunni denominations living in remote and economically backward regions of Puristan. As in India, the modus operandi is primarily based on exploiting vulnerabilities...

This is largely characteristic of the shift in public perception across Europe in recent years-'Islamophobia' has become mainstream and has gained a level of acceptability unimaginable a decade ago. I routinely overhear my work colleagues slag off Islam and Muslims and these are respectable...

Anti-immigrant protests claim to want to preserve Judeo-Christian culture as critics accuse it of harbouring neo-Nazi elements Germans take to the streets to protest against 'Islamisation' - Telegraph A new type of anti-immigration protest is sweeping across Germany, as thousands take to the...

@Full Moon The US government is already offering tax breaks and other incentives to encourage investment in Shale so the industry is well supported by the state in many respects. As for US intervention to stem price falls, the big drillers would still be making money at $ 60 pb and, in any...

It's obvious..The shale industry does not need saving as the bulk of it will remain viable at sub $60 pb due to improvements in technology and lower operational costs from front loading of capital expenditure at existing sites. And its not just US the OPEC should be worried about-the success of...

You mean a 'rich,soon to be poor' member from SA?:D

Over 90% of Saudi's state revenues are derived from Petroleum exports and the sector directly accounts for over 50% of the economy-the rest largely comprises of services which are supported by the oil industry anyway. Saudi Arabia is a classical example of the 'Dutch Disease', wholly reliant on...

Saudis risk playing with fire in shale-price showdown as crude crashes Saudis risk playing with fire in shale-price showdown as crude crashes - Telegraph A deep slump in prices might heighten geostrategic turmoil across the Middle East Saudi Arabia and the core Opec states are taking an...

No amount of security can stop an individual intent on detonating himself in a crowd..I suspect Pakistanis do not use many sniffer dogs either as they are considered filthy by Muslims.. RIP to the deceased by the way.

I am not one for judging people by their relationship history but someone who used to aspire to the highest office in what is still a very conservative nation, should expect to be held to the highest standards of moral and social conduct that the nation generally identifies with. In this...