Handbook of a Non-Extremist

This short but powerful and poignant book challenges total or excessive belief in any thought system. It examines the dangers of ideology, nationalism and religion and proposes a modicum of doubt as essential for peaceful and harmonious co-existence within and between nations and creeds. It considers questions of culture and war and suggests that harmful rigidity of thought may often be found at opposite ends of political and religious divides.

It also reports the biased use of language in the media and how negative, loaded terms may conceal a hidden agenda of racist hostility to outsiders.

The book then makes an impassioned plea for the spirit of tolerance, which is depicted as both a moral and scientific imperative. It also specifies the merits of true democracy and the deficiencies of dictatorships, commenting explicitly on human rights and the rule of law. It concludes by citing the Norwegian tragedy of July 2011 and the need to be steadfast in the face of extremism and resolute in the defence of the rights of all races, nationalities and creeds.