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Published in: HomeEgypt, and the post-Islamist middle eastThe 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...
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Published in: oDRLies and Innuendos: What happens when you take on the Russian far rightResearching the Russian nationalistic right is a game of high stakes. Last year, I found out the hard way, writes...
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Published in: HomeThe “Islam” drumbeat: an Orwellian story
A reductive and tendentious portrayal of Islam and its followers is spreading across Europe and America. It is all...
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Published in: HomePope Benedict: the faith of authority
A delicate papal visit to Britain was in the end a diplomatic success. All the more reason to examine the ideas it...
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Published in: oDRSochi: a city with no mosqueIn 2014 Russia will host the Winter Olympics in Sochi, once upon a time the capital of independent Circassia. The...
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Published in: HomeThe intolerance of the tolerant
The advance of populist anti-Islamic forces in the liberal bastions of northern Europe - Denmark, the Netherlands...
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Published in: oDRUpdate the software of the Russian soul?Government attempts to modernise Russia are doomed because the Russian mindset remains stuck in an unchanging...
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Published in: HomeAyodhya: verdict and consequence
An Indian court’s ruling on the Hindu-Muslim dispute over the sacred site of Ayodhya sheds light on the relationship...
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Published in: oDRChechnya: choked by headscarves
In Chechnya there is official support for attacks on women when they are considered to have ‘flouted’ Islamic rules...
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Published in: oDRA prognosis for Ukraine's ebbing democracySix months into office, Yanukovych has moved swiftly to strengthen government. Indications are mounting that his...
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Published in: oDRPrayer and politics: Russia's pincer movement in UkrainePatriarch Kirill was received with acclaim in Ukraine, but there was more to his visit than Orthodox fervour. Alexa...
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Published in: HomeEurope's Muslims: burqa laws, women's lives
Several European states - France, Italy, Belgium and Britain among them - are involved in legal, social or political...
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Published in: HomePope Benedict's divisions
The current form of governance of the Catholic church and the Vatican City State raises fundamental questions about...
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Published in: HomeThe Geert Wilders enigma
The high-profile Dutch politician Geert Wilders is closer to mainstream centre-right politics in the Netherlands...
Tell the police: Investigate the Downing Street parties
The Met Police should investigate now, before any further evidence can be destroyed.
