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Critics of Islamism

  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump was a millionaire in inflation-adjusted terms by age eight.
  • Mohammad Reza PahlaviOn his first day at a Swiss boarding school, Iran's crown prince got beaten up.
  • Salman RushdieA fatwa ordering Salman Rushdie's execution was broadcast on Radio Tehran on Valentine's Day 1989.
  • SuhartoSuharto ruled Indonesia for 31 years, longer than any other president. He grew up poor, passed between relatives.
  • Nigel FarageNigel Farage told reporters on the 4th of July 2016 that he wanted his life back. The line echoed the slogan of the referendum campaign he had just won, in which he demanded his country back. He also promised that this resignation as…
  • Giorgia MeloniGiorgia Meloni ended a speech at a rally in Rome on the 19th of October 2019 with four short declarations. "I am Giorgia. I'm a woman, I'm a mother, I'm Italian, I'm Christian." She was attacking a proposal to replace the words father and…
  • Pete HegsethOn the 24th of January 2025, the United States Senate divided evenly on whether Pete Hegseth should lead the Department of Defense. Vice President JD Vance broke the tie, and the confirmation passed 51-50. Only one earlier Cabinet nominee,…
  • Viktor OrbánViktor Orbán ended sixteen years as Hungary's prime minister at 21:31 on the 12th of April 2026, when he conceded an election to Péter Magyar. Voting had officially closed at 19:00. He said, "The responsibility and opportunity to govern…
  • Christopher HitchensOn the 8th of October 2011, Christopher Hitchens collected the Richard Dawkins Award at the Texas Freethought Convention. It was his final public appearance. Christopher Eric Hitchens, a British and American author and journalist, had been…
  • Abdel Fattah el-SisiAbdel Fattah el-Sisi, the 6th president of Egypt, was born on the 19th of November 1954 in Gamaleya, a quarter of Historic Cairo beside the al-Azhar Mosque. In later life he liked to recall that neighbourhood. Muslims, Jews and Christians…
  • Reza PahlaviReza Pahlavi declared himself king of Iran on the 31st of October 1980, his twentieth birthday, taking the title Reza Shah II from exile. The monarchy he claimed had been abolished the year before. Almost at once, John Trattner, a…
  • Slavoj ŽižekSlavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher whom one admirer called the Elvis of cultural theory and whom another label dubbed the most dangerous philosopher in the West. He was born on the 21st of March 1949 and has written over 50 books. He…

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