William Dalrymple

Society

India - Introduction

• 30 January 2006
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Ideas

NS Christmas Essay - 'Scholars are only now beginning to realise the extent to which the Mughal emperors adopted what most would assume to be outrightly Christian devotions'

• 19 December 2005

In the year that Islamist terrorism finally reached London, it is important to emphasise that Christianity and Islam are not nearly so far apart as both Bin Laden and the neo-cons would like us to believe

World Affairs

Inside Islam's ''terror schools''

• 28 March 2005
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Madrasas are Islamic colleges accused by the US of incubating terrorism and the attacks of 9/11. From Pakistan, William Dalrymple investigates the threat

World Affairs

The ecstasy of God's dancers

• 13 December 2004
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Now more than ever the world needs a gentle, tolerant version of Islam. Sufism is exactly that, but it faces growing hostility from moneyed Saudi fundamentalists. William Dalrymple reports

Society

Islamophobia

• 19 January 2004
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It's not just Robert Kilroy-Silk who rants against Arab culture and Muslim faith. Prejudice against Islam has become a disease, and attacks on mosques are now routine

Politics

How the Israelis try to bury Jerusalem's past

• 26 February 1999

In the Holy Land, everything is political, even archaeology, reports William Dalrymple

Politics

A city lost to the forces of darkness

• 18 December 1998
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Indian independence and partition destroyed the city of Lucknow and its Hindu-Muslim culture. William Dalrymplemourns the passing of a civilisation