Secular Egypt: dream or delusion?
Is Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?
Read MoreIs Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?
Read MoreIslamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.
Read MoreIt is high time for Israelis and Palestinians – with grassroots support from Egyptians – to unlock their latent people’s power and forge a popular peace.
Read MoreEgyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.
Read MoreEgyptian Islamists and Arab Socialists share a history of clashing with foreign influences.
Read MoreSome in the west are more likely to believe in elves in Middle Earth than in Arab men in the Middle East who are secular and do not oppress women.
Read MoreThe fifth anniversary of the 7 July attacks has refocused attention on Islamist terrorism, but the neo-Nazi threat goes largely unnoticed.
Read MoreFollowing the lead of Islamists, Egyptian Christians are trying to ban an award-winning novel, Azazeel, because it ‘insults’ Christianity.
Read MoreEgypt’s secularists and Islamists agree on one thing: Mubarak must go. But when he does, how long will they stand united?
Read MoreThe depiction of Egypt as a country of religious fanatics who await a breeze of freedom to turn Egypt into a radical regime is far from accurate.
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