An exclusive look at the blog of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, translated by Peyvand Khorsandi
With cartoon controversies reverberating across the world Tzvetan Todorov, one of the world’s foremost philosophers, considers the after-effects of the Danish images
Edna Fernandes gains unique access to the ultra-orthodox Deoband madrassa in rural India
Sami Zubaida questions Islamic democracy
Stan Cohen reviews JM Coetzee's latest
200 years since it was abolished, slavery is not only still happening, reports Rahila Gupta, it’s actually increasing all over the world
If Pakistan falls, Jihadis will have the bomb. Maruf Khwaja warns of his country’s deepening crisis
Those calling for partition in Iraq should remember the consequences of another attempt to carve up a diverse society along religious lines
This year, a record number of student activists have been found guilty of terrorist crimes. As the new academic year begins, Paul Sims assesses how universities are dealing with the challenge
Stan Cohen on Primo Levi's report from the death camps