Sexual cleansing
Islamist death squads in Iraq are targeting gays and lesbians, reports Peter Tatchell
Faith & Religion
Ban the Pope
Fred Halliday, who died on 25 April 2010, showed himself typically ahead of the curve in this article from 2007. The Vatican has power without accountability, an archaic structure and…
Editorial: I respect your ignorance
Humanists are not dogmatists obsessed with belief, says Caspar Melville
Miracle workers
The Vatican is fast-tracking Pope John Paul's canonisation. But, as Toby Saul discovered, he has still got something to prove
Naughty but nice
Contemporary pornography is a hideous distortion of the joys of sex. Yet, argues Nina Power, it could all have been so different
Infantile disorder
Michael Bywater won't be joining the new atheists
Editorial: Bleaker still and bleaker?
What do they mean by 'post-secular'?
Slice of life
For some it's barbaric, for others a religious imperative. But why, asks Sally Feldman, is circumcision still the most frequently performed operation in the world?
Secret openings
You don't have to be religious to experience inexplicable moments of epiphany, argues Laurie Taylor
Hostile takeover
A powerful coalition is trying to define Europe as Christian. And, warns Donald Sassoon, they must be stopped at once