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Altared states
Like most people in modern, secular Britain, Will Self is not a believer. Yet he still feels awed and humbled when he enters our great churches – spaces built for contemplation. This Lent, he will be retreating there, rather than to today’s temples of art.
Doing it for ourselves
Muslim women are talked about by others in the west as if they are powerless victims, in need of rescue. Give us a break.
Strange death of Methodist England
The announcement by the President of the Methodist Conference, Rev David Gamble, that he would be prepared for his church to “go out of existence” and merge with the Anglicans is shocking and really very sad news.
Dalia Mogahed - extended interview
A longer version of this week's NS interview with the advisor to Barack Obama.
The NS Interview: Dalia Mogahed, adviser to Barack Obama
“Corny as it may sound, I am proof of the American dream”
Good Muslim, bad Muslim
Tariq Ramadan argues for a new understanding of what it means to be a “moderate” Muslim.
The great divide
Don’t know your Sunnis from your Shias? You are not alone, but their conflict will shape the future of the world.
Leader: Britain has nothing to fear from Islam
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West
Andrew Stephen
President Cheney?
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