Why do all the major religions have a fetish about women's hair? Sally Feldman celebrates a hidden source of power
Some atheists start believing in anything after they give up believing in God, says Meera Nanda
We first reported on Dyab Abou Jahjah, the controversial leader of Belgium's Arab European League, in July 2004. Since then French riots and the cartoon crisis have raised his profile. At a meeting in Rotterdam he debated with equally controversial Muslim advocate Tariq Ramadan. Rosemary Bechler was there
Paul Kurtz reviews a new book on American fundamentalism
Michael Marsden goes in search of the Holy Spirit
Jonathan Rée on Daniel Dennett's attempt to do away with religion scientifically
On the eve of the Palestinian elections in 2006, Aya Yasmina May asked what we can expect of Hamas
What if you not only believed that the world was going to end but had the power to make it happen? David S Katz explores the modern occult
Rather than bicker with believers, we should join forces with them, says Bernard Crick
Laurie Taylor finds out how long we've got