‘Journals cannot be investigating prosecutors or detectives.’… Read the rest

Demonstrators denounce Ignatieff as a cheerleader for torture.… Read the rest

Vedic Foundation nearly pulled a fast one, but scholars raised the alarm.… Read the rest

‘It is no surprise that conservative Christians admire these books. They teach us to accept authority.’… Read the rest

The idea of a God that can answer prayers and intervenes in the world – that’s a hopeless idea. … Read the rest

Brilliance of civil rights universalism was critique of racialised ways of viewing individuals.… Read the rest

When a person thinks God is an old pal or helping to mow the lawn, this is idolatry and paganism. … Read the rest

Gray’s pessimism rests on some sweeping generalizations and untestable ideas.… Read the rest

Independent thinking and reasoning, ijtihad, was something Islam always prided itself on. … Read the rest

Ariel Dorfman tries out a quintuple tease, succumbs to Stockholm syndrome.… Read the rest

‘How many more perverts?’ howls the Sun.… Read the rest

Marks of new fundamentalism are rigidity, self-righteousness, eagerness to use compulsion.… Read the rest

The murder of more than one million Armenians in 1915 is now being discussed openly.… Read the rest

The philosophy of literary ‘form’ is still in its infancy.… Read the rest

Nostalgists fail to see that everything is better than in the cold foggy bathroomless days of yore.… Read the rest

The ‘new feminism’ of pornification looks very much like the old objectification.… Read the rest

Students questioned said science is important but demanding.… Read the rest

Federation of Student Islamic Societies says ban is ‘unacceptable’.… Read the rest