Author: Paul Cliteur

Emeritus Professor of Jurisprudence at Leiden University and former Senator Paul Cliteur is the author of "Bardot, Fallaci, Houellebecq and Wilders" (2016). He is also a philosopher, writer, publicist and columnist. He is known in The Netherlands for his conservative perspective, his atheism, and his republicanism.
Paul Cliteur07/06/2025

Arthur Schopenhauer and Academic Freedom

When Paul Cliteur began lecturing at Leiden University in the Netherlands (1984), he was strongly […]
Paul Cliteur17/05/2025

Pim Fortuyn on Islam and the laundromat of humanism and enlightenment

What does late Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn’s criticism of Islam and migration look like? Fortuyn […]
Paul Cliteur08/05/2025

Are liberal Islam critics in the Netherlands Islamophobic?

In the West, criticising religion is no longer taboo; at least, not when it comes […]
Paul Cliteur21/04/2025

The West should demand the release of Algerian Islam Critic Boualem Sansal

Algerian French writer Boualem Sansal, 75, has been sentenced to five years in an Algerian […]
Paul Cliteur20/03/2025

The Ukraine Paradigm: Challenged by George Kennan and Donald Trump

The current paradigm on the war in Ukraine sees Russia, more specifically Russian leader Vladimir […]
Paul Cliteur09/03/2025

Jeffrey Sachs & Francis Fukuyama clash on the Russia-Ukrainian War

The American unwillingness to further subsidise the war in Ukraine has unleashed a feverish debate […]
Paul Cliteur03/03/2025

Rushdie attacker Hadi Matar found guilty of attempted murder

In a knife attack in the French city of Mulhouse in late February, one person […]
Paul Cliteur11/02/2025

The murder of Quran burner Salwan Momika illustrates jihadist theo-terrorists are pushing the envelope in the West

The murder of Quran burner Salwan Momika in Sweden in late January shows that jihadist […]
Paul Cliteur24/01/2025

Woke Bishop Mariann Budde gives Trump a taste of his own medicine the day after his inauguration

During Donald Trump’s inauguration, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and all […]
Paul Cliteur02/11/2024

20 years after Van Gogh: a murder that was not a tragic accident

Twenty years ago, on November 2, 2004, the controversial Dutch writer and filmmaker Theo van […]
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