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Published in: oDRRussia’s new saints and the challenges of memoryThe Soviet-era repression of Christian clerics has led to the posthumous recognition of many new Orthodox saints....
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Published in: HomeWhy let facts ruin the story? Norwegian comments on US coverage of the Norway terrorInstead of getting the facts, the US media seemed most concerned making reality fit their pre-fabricated narrative.
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Published in: HomeNorway's atrocity: the mental tunnel
The deadly attacks in Norway are fuelling debate about multiculturalism, immigration, security and radicalisation....
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Published in: HomeNorway’s tragedy: contexts and consequences
The atrocities inflicted on Norwegian society by a far-right activist leave the country shocked and in mourning....
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Published in: oDRRussian Orthodoxy: rendering unto God…but Caesar pulls the stringsThe Russian religious revival has seen a huge increase in church-going, but morality has not improved. The...
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Published in: HomeThe London bombs, five years on: a digest
The coordinated bomb-attacks on London’s transport network on 7 July 2005 (“7/7”) left dozens dead and hundreds...
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Published in: HomeGeert Wilders and Dutch democracy
A court in the Netherlands has found the influential politician Geert Wilders innocent of charges of fomenting...
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Published in: oDROsh: one year onBefore the interethnic violence of last June, Osh was a remarkable meeting point of Uzbek and Kyrgyz cultures. That...
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Published in: oDRTatarstan: religious coexistence too important to failChristians, Jews and Muslims have lived side by side for generations in Tatarstan. The Soviet period cut a swathe...
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Published in: HomeModerate secularism: a European conception
The question of religion’s place in modern secular societies is intellectually contested and politically divisive....
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Published in: HomeFrance, Europe, and the Arab maelstrom
An Arab world in transformation has found France’s elite shamed by its links with the old order. A control-freak...
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Published in: HomeArab insurgencies, women in transition
The waves of change in the Arab world have women at the centre. But how will they fare as revolt turns towards a new...
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Published in: HomePostmodern Islam and the Arab revolts
The emancipatory movements in the Arab world represent an inner shift in the self-understanding of Islam - one that...
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Published in: HomeEgypt, and the post-Islamist middle east
The portrayal of Egypt’s uprising in terms of its potential capture by Islamists is doubly misleading, says Asef...
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Published in: oDRFriends and neighbours: religious harmony in Tatarstan?In a world riven by the conflict between Christianity and Islam, the Republic of Tatarstan offers a heartening...
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Published in: oDRWho was Mister Putin? An Interview with Boris NemtsovRussians can sense that Project Putin has reached its twilight. The prime minister would be well served by retiring...
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Published in: HomeMulticulturalism, Britishness, and Muslims
The idea of multiculturalism has been subjected to greater criticism in recent years, especially on the grounds that...
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Published in: HomeThe religious crisis of American liberalism
The extraordinary arc of Barack Obama’s popular appeal tells a deeper story of America: of how the relationship...
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Published in: oDRA recipe for radicalisation: the campaign against Islam in TajikistanA government campaign against Islamic education and political movements in Tajikistan, prompted by an armed conflict...
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Published in: oDRTolstoy: a life too largeWhat else could possibly be written about Tolstoy? Before reading Rosamund Bartlett’s new biography, Susan Richards...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
