“The fact such a trial could even be contemplated demonstrates that Germany is becoming little more than a satrapy [province] of Erdogan”
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Douglas Murray
Douglas Kear Murray is a British conservative political commentator, cultural critic, author, and journalist. He is an associate editor of the conservative British political and cultural magazine The Spectator, and has been a regular contributor to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun, the Daily Mail, New York Post, National Review, The Free Press, and UnHerd.
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Born 16 July 1979 · Q1252408
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2026· 3 entries
“[Islamic Prophet] Muhammad was a bad man”
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The Jerusalem Post: Douglas Murray
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2025· 5 entries
Yahoo: Douglas Murray Doubles Down on Joe Rogan Slam for Twisting History: ‘Don’t Feed Me This S—‘ | Video
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Yahoo: Douglas Murray Calls Out Joe Rogan Over 'Just Asking Questions'
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RealClearPolitics: Douglas Murray: Americans And The West Have To Ask Why We Have So Many People Willing To Protest In Support Of Hamas
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Murray appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience alongside Dave Smith to debate the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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Published video “Audible Teaser: On Democracies and Death Cults (Out April 8)”.
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2024· 9 entries
Published video “One Year Since October 7th - my conversation on @CallMeBackPodcast”.
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Published video “An excerpt from my conversation with Dan Senor on @CallMeBackPodcast”.
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Published video “Douglas Murray’s Upcoming ‘Save the West’ U.S. Speaking Tour”.
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Published video “Douglas Murray: Great Men Will Save the West | The Restoration Podcast 001”.
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Published video “L’Europe contre l’antisémitisme | Douglas MURRAY”.
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Published video “A Dangerous Moment, with Douglas Murray | Uncommon Knowledge”.
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Published video “Douglas Murray’s Commencement Speech to Columbia Graduates: The Kindling of the Fire Is Now Your Job”.
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Published video “Douglas Murray Choose Life, Not the Death Cult”.
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Published video “The Impact of America's Drug Crisis”.
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2022· 2 entries
And debuted at number one on The Bookseller's nonfiction bestseller list in the UK, having sold 11,673 copies in its first week
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That Hijab had inflamed racial tensions in Leicester during riots between Muslim and Hindu communities
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2021· 2 entries
Murray chastised the Biden administration for withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan
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Murray began working for Weiss' The Free Press, and Weiss has described him as a friend
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2020· 3 entries
Columnist Bari Weiss placed Murray within the intellectual dark web, a loosely affiliated group of commentators, with whom she is largely sympathetic but also critical, including Bret Weinstein, Dave Rubin, Joe Rogan, an
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“at the end of every empire, they get interested in sexual fluidity, hermaphroditism, and so on.”
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Which advocates for freedom of speech, and criticises cancel culture
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2019· 6 entries
“Jeżeli w przyszłości Europy Zachodniej nie ma miejsca dla kultury, która ją ukształtowała, to z całą pewnością zastąpią ją inne kultury i tradycje.”
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“Mark Steyn for instance wrote a wonderful book [...] Bat Ye'or of course, a great scholar, a great writer, with famous Eurabia [...] More than half the children in Amsterdam schools are non-Dutch [...] It will happen during our lifetime. This is not the distant future. 11 years until you lose the Netherlands.”
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An article in Social Policy Review described Murray's views as a kind of "mainstreamist" ideology that defies easy categorisation as extremist while remaining "entangled with the far right"
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Murray praised Israeli society's "attitude towards nationalism", and lauded Israel's approach to border security
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“Tylko współcześni Europejczycy radośnie odnoszą się z pogardą do siebie samych na międzynarodowym targowisku dla sadystów.”
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“Wydaje się, że Europejczycy, więźniowie przeszłości i teraźniejszości, nie mają już żadnych rozsądnych rozwiązań na przyszłość. I właśnie w takich okolicznościach wreszcie spadnie na nas śmiertelny cios.”
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2018· 3 entries
Awarded Sappho Award (2018).
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Murray engaged in a series of discussions about religion with Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson
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Murray filmed a video for PragerU entitled "The Suicide of Europe"
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2017· 1 entry
Bloomsbury published Murray's The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam, which spent almost 20 weeks on The Sunday Times bestseller list and was a No
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2016· 1 entry
Murray organised a competition through The Spectator in which entrants were invited to submit offensive poems about Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with a top prize of £1,000 donated by a reader
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2014· 1 entry
Murray defended and supported Israel during the 2014 Gaza War
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2013· 1 entry
Murray condemned journalist Owen Jones for claiming that Israel had killed an 11-month old child in a military strike
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2011· 1 entry
Wrote, "My parents had been promised that the old grammar school standards and ethos remained, but none did
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2010· 1 entry
During an Intelligence Squared US debate titled "Is Islam a Religion of Peace
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2009· 2 entries
“Unless Muslims are allowed to discuss their religion without fear of attack there can be no chance of reform or genuine freedom of conscience within Islam.”
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Murray was prevented from chairing a debate at the London School of Economics between academic Alan Sked and philosopher Hamza Tzortzis on the topic "Islam or Liberalism: Which is the Way Forward
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2008· 1 entry
Murray listed the cases of 27 writers, activists, politicians, and artists — including Salman Rushdie, Maryam Namazie, and Anwar Shaikh, all three of whom had received death threats due to their criticism of Islam
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2007· 2 entries
Assisted in the writing of the Center for Strategic and International Studies's report Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain World: Renewing Transatlantic Partnership, written by Klaus Naumann, John Shalikashvili,
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Which became part of the Henry Jackson Society, where he was associate director from 2011 to 2018
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2006· 2 entries
“conditions for Muslims in Europe must be made harder across the board: Europe must look like a less attractive proposition.”
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Murray authored a defence of neoconservatism – Neoconservatism: Why We Need It – and went on a speaking tour promoting the book in the United States
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2004· 1 entry
And defended the war against critics on multiple occasions
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1979· 1 entry
Born 1979-07-16.
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