London is one of the world's centres of Arab journalism and political activism. The failure of left and right, the establishment and its opposition, to mount principled arguments against clerical reaction has had global ramifications. Ideas minted in Britain — the notion that it is bigoted to oppose bigotry; 'Islamophobic' to oppose clerics whose first desire is to oppress Muslims — swirl out through the press and the net to lands where they can do real harm. Nick Cohen
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London, the capital of the United Kingdom, has become a hub for Arab journalists and political activists. A place where ideas are born and spread. Ideas that criticize the political system in the Arab world are taken up by Arab journalists who then share them with their friends and colleagues online. Eventually, these ideas make their way into the mainstream media in countries such as Egypt, Syria and Jordan where they can be picked up by millions of people.

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