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Articles by subject: fundamentalism

How to defend free speech (by Nick Cohen, March/April 2012 )
With the persecution of Salman Rushdie, the continuing furore over ‘offensive cartoons’, and polluters, dictators and terrorist bagmen using British libel law to shield their misdeeds from public scrutiny, the opponents of free speech have never had it so good. This is Nick Cohen’s ten-point plan to stop the rot, protect free expression and turn back the tide of outrage that threatens our right to speak
The triumph of Rushdie's censors (by Kenan Malik, March/April 2012 )
The response to the latest threats against Salman Rushdie shows that we have become dangerously accustomed to the erosion of free speech, says Kenan Malik
Return of the moral minority (by Francis Beckett, January/February 2012 )
Fire-and-brimstone evangelists are usually associated with the US. But turn to the BBC at the weekend and you’ll see they’re enjoying a revival on these shores, says Francis Beckett
Bad Faith Awards 2010 (by Paul Sims, January/February 2011 )
Who gave the silliest sermon or pious pronouncement of the past year? Thousands of you voted and the results are in
It's the faith, stupid! (by Caspar Melville, January/February 2011 )
Social scientist Olivier Roy has been tracking religion for three decades. Caspar Melville talks to him about his new book Holy Ignorance
Battle of the Babies (by Caspar Melville, March/April 2010 )
A new book argues that liberal secularism and high birth rates are fuelling a revival of religious fundamentalism. Caspar Melville speaks to its author Eric Kaufmann
Allah's ambassadors (by Edna Fernandes, November/December 2007 )
Edna Fernandes gains unique access to the ultra-orthodox Deoband madrassa in rural India
Campus crusades (by Ebenezer Obadare, November/December 2007 )
Ebenezer Obadare reports on the rise of Nigeria’s student zealots
Holy Warriors: A journey into the heart of Indian fundamentalism by Edna Fernandes (by Meera Nanda, July/August 2007 )
Meera Nanda on India's fundamentalist mix
Editorial: Bleaker still and bleaker? (by Caspar Melville, November/December 2006 )
What do they mean by 'post-secular'?
Infantile disorder (by Michael Bywater, November/December 2006 )
Michael Bywater won't be joining the new atheists
Editorial: One year on (by Caspar Melville, July/August 2006 )
I became editor of New Humanist a year ago, just as religious fundamentalism was making its remorseless march to the centre of the global agenda.
Freak show (by Paul Kurtz, May/June 2006 )
Paul Kurtz reviews a new book on American fundamentalism
Apocalypse Now (by Matt Cherry, Autumn 2002 )
Why do so many of America’s most fundamentalist Christians support Israeli expansionism? asks Matt Cherry
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