Mills and minarets
The proving grounds for the government's policy to prevent home-grown Jihad are the industrial towns of the North. Paul Sims investigates
Human Rights & Ethics
Moral dilemmas
Do we have the right to judge others? Steven Lukes reviews the evidence
Diary: Science friction
It seems even sci-fi geeks can indulge in a spot of retrospective offence, says Natalie Haynes
Hatefest
We must prevent the UN being unravelled by bigotry and conflict, argues Ian Williams
From Fatwa to Jihad by Kenan Malik
Lindsay Johns is impressed by Kenan Malik's take on Rushdie and race
In the burning house
In 2005 Russian artist Anna Alchuk was publicly vilified and put on trial for her involvement in the Caution:Religion! exhibition. Three years later she drowned herself. Her husband, the philosopher…
Unsafe havens
The Government is planning tougher penalties for men who use trafficked prostitutes. But who is helping the women themselves? Rahila Gupta uncovers a distributing trend
The Turnaround by George Pelecanos
Stuart Sim visits George Pelecanos's mean streets
Editorial: Vive la Revolución!
Amid the battered bankers and pessimistic pundits why are humanists so happy?
Dangerous mind?
Stephen Howe chases the storm of controversy surrounding the ideas of Edward Said