You can’t talk people out of religion
Jacques Berlinerblau responds to Kenan Malik’s review of his book.
Politics & Conflict
Book Review: How to Be Secular by Jacques Berlinerblau
Why is secularism a toxic word in the US, and can it be rehabilitated? Kenan Malik on a new book by American academic Jacques Berlinerblau, which promises to do just…
A letter from Syria
Reporting from the Turkey-Syria border, Padraic Rohan asks whether the West's refusal to aid rebels in ousting Bashar al-Assad is feeding Islamist extremism
The chosen ones
Early in the race for the White House both parties pledged to steer clear of religion. As it comes down to the wire have they kept their word? Abby Ohlheiser…
Book review: The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside The Global Battle for Democracy
With Mubarak and Gaddafi vanquished, and Assad clinging on, there couldn't be a more auspicious time for a book about how dictators have adapted to modernity. Right time, right subject,…
Lessons unlearnt
With its cast of blood-thirsty mullahs, equivocating politicians, apologetic liberals and artists requiring police protection, Salman Rushdie’s memoir of the fatwa years couldn’t be more timely, says Kenan Malik
Jokers in the pack
As David Cameron’s reshuffle shifts the Coalition to the right, Sarah Ditum warns of trouble ahead for women's rights
Book review: Radical by Maajid Nawaz
Alom Shaha admires the honesty of a former Islamist
Ghost towns and checkpoints
In the West Bank, Bidisha observes the psychological consequences of Israeli occupation
The tax battle turns Biblical
Those arguing for tax cuts are finding justification in the Old Testament. Martin Robbins reports