‘Follow God, work & provoke no one’
That’s the philosophy of a unique Muslim sect. Richard Dowden traces its spread across the diaspora
Culture
Sidestepping Jewish apartheid
Edna Fernandes, author of The Last Jews of Kerala, responds to Ben Rich's criticism of her book in the July/August issue of New Humanist
Diary: Return to the Festival
Twenty-five years after his first Edinburgh appearance, Arnold Brown's hoping to become an overnight sensation
True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste
In deepest Scandinavia, Keith Kahn-Harris discovers social democratic Satanism
The Last Jews of Kerala by Edna Fernandes
Ben Rich misses the last Jews of Kerala
The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken: The New Politics of Religion in the United States
Owen Hatherley gets to grips with the Religious Right
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People by Jonathan Dimbleby
Michael Binyon tours Russia with Jonathan Dimbleby
A Good & Happy Child by Justin Evans
Philip Womack is absolutely terrified by a spooky debut novel
Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal by Rob Riemen
Jenny Bunker sips the spirit of nobility
Editorial: The real new media
Time for tough thinking