Is God a hedgehog?
Martin Rowson has some terrible thoughts
Faith & Religion
Zero Tolerance
Floris van den Berg on how 'small humanism' is protecting fundamentalist Islam from criticism
Carbolic and Confession: Laurie Taylor interviews Helena Kennedy
Helena Kennedy tells Laurie Taylor about her Catholic childhood in Glasgow and the roots of her passion for justice
Crescent among the stars
Gilles Kepel asks how Turkey will change the face of Europe
Reason meets faith
Haydn Mason reads an account of a Baroque clash of hearts and minds
Faith kills
David Boulton examines an extreme answer to extremism
Death to Deviants
My escape from homophobic hell in Algeria, by Ramzi Isalam
Speak up for humanity
Once again the bullying tactics of Christian Voice are frighteningly evident.
Decent, honest and truthful?
Frank Jordans uncovers the spiritual loophole that allows healers, clairvoyants and mystics to advertise their bogus wares
Halo inflation
Behind the grand ceremonies attended by faithful pilgrims, says Raffaella Malaguti, there is a complex agenda and a Pope who has become the most prolific saint maker in history