In The Critic, Emma Webb interviews a Pakistani couple acquitted of “blasphemy” – i.e., insulting Islam – but still forced to flee their home country. Webb’s daring account chronicles the underreported attacks on Christians in multiple countries outside the Western world, where religious strictures threaten not only free speech and social choices but life itself.

Palestinian Culture: Unique in its Own Destructive Way
Although the Palestinian Authority enjoys an array of cultural departments and programs, A.J. Caschetta in Jewish World Review finds that all of it – art, education, literature, poetry, music, education and film – is oriented to two goals: the vilification of Jews and the destruction of Israel. Caschetta notes this is in sharp contrast to Arab and Muslim traditions, which include myriad aesthetically normal cultural works. Palestinianism, Caschetta finds, is “a very sick culture”, driven by resentment and fuelled by hate.


