My friend and colleague Narendra Dabholkar was murdered for standing up to superstition. Let us hope his death inspires Indians to continue his fight for rationalism, says Sanal Edamaruku
Our incoming editor Daniel Trilling calls for a new approach to discussing religion
On the 68th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, David Baresch's powerful account of visiting the sites shows that the past is not forgotten
With the royals more popular than ever, this is a bad time for anti-monarchists. Paul Sims gathers his thoughts.
How did a mild-mannered British businessman find himself dodging Soviet agents to smuggle the proofs of Andrei Sahkarov's banned memoirs into Moscow in 1989? Bryan Hamlin confesses all
News that Channel 4 is to broadcast daily prayer calls during Ramadan has prompted a wave of tabloid outrage. Is it time we started to take anti-Muslim prejudice more seriously?
With the Supreme Court ruling in favour of same-sex marriage, and a heroic filibustering effort in Texas, liberals have scored key victories in the culture wars
It's time for some clear thinking on Islamic veiling, says Terri Murray
In an address to school children in Belfast, the US President suggests that religious schools have a divisive effect on communities
From Istanbul, Padraic Rohan reports on the continuing unrest and the challenges facing the Prime Minster and the opposition parties