Volume 116 Issue 4 Winter 2001

Islam and Sexual Apartheid: There can be no compromise on the universality of human rights. And cultural relativism both compromises women's rights and justifies sexual apartheid.

Cover Story

Time to stand up: Stop respecting religion and start submitting it to the same scutiny as any other idea or argument, said Richard Dawkins, just months after 9/11

Technology & Terror: Techno terrorism? Chemical warfare? Be afraid, be very afraid?
Bring back that human feeling: After Manhattan what we need is a sense of human community not promises of eternal bliss or the temptations of rampant materialism.
Letter Inciting Religious Hatred: In response to the post- September 11th move to introduce a law preventing "incitement to religious hatred" Peter Atkins took Blunkett by the horns.
Religious Hate = Thought Crime: Jennie Bristow has has no time for pic 'n' mix liberterians. And the non-reaction to the Incitement to Religious Hatred Bill is a prime example.
The World After Manhattan: Hazhir Teimourian asks what will happen to East-West relations after September 11 2001.
Liberal Muslims?: Does Islam allow for liberalism? Marilyn Mason considers the lives of liberal Muslims.
Humanist Web: Islam online
Cosmopolitan Emotions?: When disaster falls or tragedy strikes, what are the borders of our emotions and our compassion?
Dissent in the House: Were our elected representatives speaking with one voice post-September 11th? No, dissent was still to be heard.
Weapons of Civilisation: There's only one really effective weapon in the war against terrorism. And that's the principles of Enlightenment civilisation, says Sanal Edamaruku
Rationalism a la mode: It takes all sorts. From Fruit 'n' Veg horoscopes to the horror of a mother armed and willing to use the Holy Water... Dr Shirl takes them on...

What's Wrong With Terrorism?: In this article, chair of the Humanist Philosophers' Group, Richard Norman, scrutinises definitions of terrorism.
Straw Dogs: Let loose the dogs of war? Noam Chomsky replies in an interview with Svetlana Vukovic.
Islam and Intellectual Terrorism: Turbans of the mind are disallowing and disavowing proper intellectual engagement with Islam.
Islam and Armageddon: What are the central tenets of Islam?
The New American Theocracy: The land of the free is becoming the land of the religious right and the reaction to the World Trade Center attacks proves the point, says Paul Kurtz.