Islamist death squads in Iraq are targeting gays and lesbians, reports Peter Tatchell
Fred Halliday, who died on 25 April 2010, showed himself typically ahead of the curve in this article from 2007. The Vatican has power without accountability, an archaic structure and is launching an assault on secularism. Time to abolish it, says Fred Halliday
Humanists are not dogmatists obsessed with belief, says Caspar Melville
The Vatican is fast-tracking Pope John Paul's canonisation. But, as Toby Saul discovered, he has still got something to prove
Contemporary pornography is a hideous distortion of the joys of sex. Yet, argues Nina Power, it could all have been so different
Michael Bywater won't be joining the new atheists
What do they mean by 'post-secular'?
For some it's barbaric, for others a religious imperative. But why, asks Sally Feldman, is circumcision still the most frequently performed operation in the world?
You don't have to be religious to experience inexplicable moments of epiphany, argues Laurie Taylor
A powerful coalition is trying to define Europe as Christian. And, warns Donald Sassoon, they must be stopped at once