Political language, wrote George Orwell in 1946, “has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness”. His point is demonstrated by an organisation based in London called the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC).
It has received more than £1 million of charity money since 2013 yet fails to live up to its declared aim of defending global human rights. Instead, it reliably fails to criticise Iran, a theocracy that abuses human rights domestically and exports terrorism abroad, not least in Syria and Iraq. [The Times (£)] Read more
