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Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan’s polemical take on politics, economics and foreign affairs

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The sorry truth is that the virus of anti-Semitism has infected the British Muslim community
By Mehdi Hasan - 21 March 10:30

It's a shameful fact that Muslims are not only the victims of racial and religious prejudice but purveyors of it, too.

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The scene of attack on US army Humvees in the al-Waziriyah quarter of Baghdad
The hawks were wrong: Iraq is worse off now
By Mehdi Hasan - 14 February 10:14

Saddam is gone – but at what cost?

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Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln.
Today we remember Lincoln as a great redeemer – and that should give Obama hope
By Mehdi Hasan - 28 January 12:00

Time for the 44th president to prove he can be the heir to the 16th.

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Richard Dawkins. Photograph: Getty Images
God is the best answer to: “Why is there something rather than nothing?”
By Mehdi Hasan - 19 December 7:36

Mehdi Hasan v Richard Dawkins.

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President Morsi at the UN General Assembly in September
Ignore the neocons – I refuse to give up on Egypt, or the Arab spring
By Mehdi Hasan - 29 November 8:44

Long live the Arab Spring - despite the murmurs about Morsi’s “pharaonic” decree in Egypt and the Syrian bloodbath, I refuse to lose faith in the people of the Arab world.

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Men walk past a bank of television screens in the BBC headquarters
We must defend the BBC from Murdoch and death by a thousand Tory cuts
By Mehdi Hasan - 14 November 18:41

If we want to preserve quality public-service broadcasting in Britain, we must defend the Beeb.

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10 things I learned from debating abortion on Twitter
By Mehdi Hasan - 16 October 10:36

A response to the reaction to my most recent column.

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In a year when Britishness is celebrated, the citizenship test is a sham
Testing makes a mockery of Britishness
By Mehdi Hasan - 04 July 14:27

In a year when Britishness is celebrated, the citizenship test makes a mockery of it.

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General Mamduh Shahin (R) and army Ismail Etman
Forget the Brotherhood. It’s Egypt’s generals who should worry us
By Mehdi Hasan - 28 June 11:45
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US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who says Iran isn't developing nukes
Memo to Sunny Hundal: Iran isn't "developing nukes"
By Mehdi Hasan - 11 June 12:46

Iran Watch, part 9.

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Paul Krugman
Krugman: Labour is "weak" in its opposition to cuts
By Mehdi Hasan - 30 May 16:19

The Nobel economist is scathing in his criticism of the two Eds.

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Sayeeda Warsi enters Downing Street for her first cabinet meeting. May 2010.
Warsi and her accuser: the letters in full
By Mehdi Hasan - 30 May 13:06

Does Dr Wafik Moustafa have an axe to grind against the Conservative Party chairman?

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The British public backs Francois Hollande
By Mehdi Hasan - 25 May 11:36

A new poll by YouGov contains some pretty bad news for the austerity junkies.

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The sound of a consensus cracking...
By Mehdi Hasan - 21 May 11:54

Breaking news! Right-wing pundits now admit that they underestimated Ed Miliband.

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A third intifada?
By Mehdi Hasan - 14 May 17:29

Expect violence and chaos if the Palestinian hunger strikers perish.

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I like Ken, but he was his own worst enemy
By Mehdi Hasan - 05 May 15:57

Defeat for Livingstone can't be pinned on Miliband. And victory for Boris Johnson can't be shared by

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting
Netanyahu looks increasingly isolated on Iran
By Mehdi Hasan - 30 April 18:12

Iran Watch, part 8

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David Cameron
The Tories are in trouble
By Mehdi Hasan - 29 April 10:22

A new YouGov poll shows just how bad the situation has become for the governing party.

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David Cameron at the Lord Mayor of London's banquet in November 2010
Another attack on posh boys Cameron and Osborne...
By Mehdi Hasan - 28 April 11:37

...and, once again, it's from a Tory MP.

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George Osborne carries the Budget box, March 2012. Photograph: Getty Images
Austerity isn't working...
By Mehdi Hasan - 26 April 15:51

...and there's nothing wrong with saying "I told you so". But is anyone in government listening?

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Why is John Yates working for the brutal Bahraini regime?
Why is John Yates working for the brutal Bahraini regime?
By Mehdi Hasan - 17 April 13:45

The former Met commander is defending a blood-stained Middle East tyranny.

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Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister with David Cameron, April 2012.
Friendly versus unfriendly dictators
By Mehdi Hasan - 12 April 12:45

Cameron's speech on Islam and democracy contains some glaring omissions.

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Sheikh Raed Salah
Raed Salah takes on the Home Secretary and the press...
By Mehdi Hasan - 10 April 16:10

...and wins!

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Galloway's victory: everyone's an expert
By Mehdi Hasan - 30 March 12:26

Why did Bradford West fall to Respect and how bad it is for Labour?

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The time has come for the state funding of political parties
By Mehdi Hasan - 26 March 16:29

The status quo is unsustainable and the argument for reform is overwhelming.

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Give the World Bank presidency to Jeffrey Sachs
By Mehdi Hasan - 23 March 11:37
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Forget Osborne. It was Miliband's afternoon.
By Mehdi Hasan - 21 March 17:19
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The reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran.
Fisking Fawkes
By Mehdi Hasan - 20 March 11:15

Iran Watch, part 7

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Fighting leaks
By Mehdi Hasan - 16 March 12:55

...the Apple way versus the Labour Party way.

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Answering John Rentoul - on Iran, Israel and the never-ending nuclear debate
By Mehdi Hasan - 14 March 11:23

Iran Watch, part 6.

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