Yes. This is a war. But not against Islam.

The horrific attacks against innocent people in Brussels yesterday have shocked and appalled the world.

This is a war, but not against Islam

The horrific attacks against innocent people in Paris have shocked and appalled the world. The Islamic extremist terrorist group, ISIS, has admitted ‘responsibility’, and now some are calling for an all-out attack on Islam and all Muslims. That, in my view, would be a terrible mistake.

It’s mostly Muslims who are the victims of ISIS; it’s mostly Muslims who are fighting ISIS; most Muslims in Britain and the rest of the world are strongly against ISIS and similar terrorist groups; the vast majority of Muslims are loyal and upstanding citizens.

Misleading claim about why Syrian boy drowned

A YouTube video posted yesterday by a UKIP supporter claims that the Syrian boy who was washed up on a Turkish beach drowned because ‘his father wanted new teeth.' The video has so far been viewed over 400,000 times and also posted by far-right groups.

The video shows a clip from a short Sky News interview to which has been added (not by Sky News) an opening title stating, ‘Syrian boy drowned because his Father wanted new teeth’.  

Fiddling whilst the rest of the world burns?

• Terror alert across three continents: Read more in The Guardian

 HORRIFIC TERROR ATTACKS struck across three continents today, in Tunisia, Kuwait and France, leaving many dead and injured. 

TENS OF MILLIONS OF DESPERATE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND DISPLACED PEOPLE are fleeing war, terror and poverty in what the United Nations has described as, 'the world's worst refugee crisis since records began.'