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,…
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
As David Cameron’s reshuffle shifts the Coalition to the right, Sarah Ditum warns of trouble ahead for women's rights
Alom Shaha admires the honesty of a former Islamist
In the West Bank, Bidisha observes the psychological consequences of Israeli occupation
Those arguing for tax cuts are finding justification in the Old Testament. Martin Robbins reports
He’s played basketball at the highest level and was the first major league sportsman in America to come out as gay. Now he’s a psychologist, an OBE and an outspoken…
With Mitt Romney all but confirmed as the Republican nominee for the Presidency the US is having a bit of a 'Mormon Moment'. But will he attract the all-important votes…
When he was invited to debate David Starkey on the subject of Britishness, Musa Okwonga looked forward to the opportunity to challenge the historian's controversial views on race and multiculturalism.…
We all think it's a good idea to keep religion away from politics, don't we? Richard Smyth begs to differ