New Atheists and old prejudices
New Atheists and Christian fundamentalists have become strange bedfellows in their crusade against Islam. This has alienated many atheists, especially in the Arab world.
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Spain, return and the other 1492
Spain’s recognition of the Jews it expelled ignores another historical crime: the Muslims forced out of Andalusia.
Read MoreThe last word on the migrants’ almanac
For those tired of the endless polarised debate on immigration, there is a breed of migrants that no political or cultural frontier can hold back.
Read MoreAngels and demons at the Guardian
Guardian readers accuse me of being everything from a neocon ‘Uncle Tom’ to an ‘Islamofascist’. Does this mean I’m doing my job properly?
Read MoreA history of violence by British ‘jihadis’
British-born ‘jihadis’ have been wreaking havoc at home and abroad for generations, lured by a heady mix of idealism, romance and rebellion.
Read MoreA war on erroneus myths about the West
It is time to dispel the myths that conservative Muslims often propagate about ‘the West’.
Read MoreA war on erroneous myths about Muslims
It is time to dispel the myths surrounding Muslims – namely, that we are all terrorist, anti-feminist teetotallers.
Read MoreDutch government limps on following Hirsi Ali controversy
The ruling Dutch centre-right coalition has decided to limp on to early elections in November after shooting itself in the foot with its hardline immigration policy that almost cost one of its parliamentarians – the controversial Ayaan Hirsi Ali – her Dutch nationality.
Read MoreAyaan Hirsi Ali is out but not down
Caught between a rock and her own hard line, the outspoken Ayaan Hirsi Ali is being stripped of her Dutch nationality and has been forced to give up her seat at the Dutch parliament following allegations of identity fraud.
Read MoreMuhammad cartoons: Abuse freedom and we all lose
In the wake of the controversy surrounding the Muhammad cartoons, it is not freedom of expression that is under threat, but the right to human dignity
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