At this event, Melanie Phillips discussed her book, "The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power"(Encounter Books, 2010).

Britain has been successful at preventing another major terrorist attack since the suicide attacks in London on July 7, 2005, but there is an ongoing debate in Britain about amending, or doing away with altogether, some of the counterterrorism authorities that have been put on the books since 2005.

Investigations into the background of the Christmas day bomber expose the dangerous radicalism of British Muslims.

If the British public wants "greater assurance against the possibility of attacks,""some increase in intrusive activity by the UK's intelligence and security Agencies is the inevitable consequence."

There may be more to fear from a mosque in Leeds than a madrassa in the Middle East.

France's counterterrorism efforts are the most effective in the world. The United States would do well to adopt some of France's strategies.