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Articles by subject: terrorism

Crossing the line? (by Paul Sims, November/December 2011 )
Did the Met’s anti-terrorism unit end up in bed with Muslim extremism? Paul Sims meets Robert Lambert, the ex-Special Branch man fighting accusations of collusion
The rise of the female suicide bomber (by Mia Bloom, November/December 2011 )
Al-Qaeda leaders are increasingly in favour of using women in terrorist attacks, reports Mia Bloom
Aftershock: 9/11 ten years on (by Stephen Howe, September/October 2011 )
A decade after the destruction of the Twin Towers, the greatest change to the world has been the reinvention of Islam, says Stephen Howe
Norway’s tragedy calls for perspective (by Kenan Malik, September/October 2011 )
We must respond to extremism by protecting liberal values, argues Kenan Malik
Book review: Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven (by Stephen Howe, May/June 2011 )
Stephen Howe discovers the best book to be written on modern Pakistan
Book review: Ours Are The Streets by Sunjeev Sahota (by Jake Wallis Simons, March/April 2011 )
Jake Wallis Simons isn't blown away by a debut novelist's take on homegrown radicalism
Book Review: Secret Affairs by Mark Curtis (by Richard Wilson, July/August 2010 )
Did the British government collude with terrorists? Richard Wilson finds out
Book review: Hamas by Beverley Milton-Edwards and Stephen Farrell & Hizbullah by Naim Qassem (by Stephen Howe, May/June 2010 )
When it comes to the two big Islamic political parties in the Middle East, should we fight or engage, asks Stephen Howe
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East by Gilles Kepel (by Michael Binyon, November/December 2008 )
Michael Binyon is impressed by Gilles Kepel's analysis of Jihad
Inside the global rebellion (by Mark Juergensmeyer, July/August 2008 )
The 21st century has seen the world rocked by a variety of religious challenges to the secular state. Mark Juergensmeyer went in search of common features
True confessions (by Stephen Howe, March/April 2008 )
What can we learn about extremism from the memoirs of former Islamist radicals? Stephen Howe investigates
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.
After bombs and ashes (by Paul Gilroy, November/December 2005 )
Moving back from Yale to the London School of Economics, Professor Paul Gilroy finds his home town changed but the people just as mixed up
Left behind (by Nick Cohen, September/October 2005 )
Nick Cohen reflects on the book that changed his mind about Bush and Blair's war on terror
Philosophy of Terror (by Richard Norman, Winter 2002 )
Richard Norman reviews Ted Honderich's take on terrorism
Straw Dogs (by Editorial Staff, Winter 2001 )
Let loose the dogs of war? Noam Chomsky replies in an interview with Svetlana Vukovic.
What's Wrong With Terrorism? (by Richard Norman, Winter 2001 )
In this article, chair of the Humanist Philosophers' Group, Richard Norman, scrutinises definitions of terrorism.
Technology & Terror (by Stuart Clarke, Winter 2001 )
Techno terrorism? Chemical warfare? Be afraid, be very afraid?
Islam and Armageddon (by Ibn al Rawandi, Winter 2001 )
What are the central tenets of Islam?
Why Faisal Shahzad bombed Times Square (by Pervez Hoodbhoy, Web Exclusive, May 2010)
Blame Pakistan’s simmering anti-Americanism, says Pervez Hoodbhoy
Film review: Four Lions (by Fred Rowson, Web Exclusive, May 2010)
A film that laughs at suicide bombers but doesn't offend anyone? Chris Morris's big screen debut is the mouse that didn't roar, says Fred Rowson
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