Faith & Religion

Tahrir Square

A theocracy on the Nile?

The triumph of the Islamist parties in Egypt's elections has raised fears of a religious takeover of the state. Austin Mackell reports from Cairo

Inside the heresy files

Inside the heresy files

Interrogation. Surveillance. Ethnic profiling. Censorship. The words come from 21st-century headlines, but they have an ancient pedigree. Cullen Murphy on how the Inquisition ignited the modern police state

Q&A: Andy Hamilton

Q&A: Andy Hamilton

Comedian and writer Andy Hamilton on being a ‘wavering agnostic’ with sympathy for the Devil

Return of the moral minority

Return of the moral minority

Fire-and-brimstone evangelists are usually associated with the US. But turn to the BBC at the weekend and you’ll see they’re enjoying a revival on these shores, says Francis Beckett

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