Long reads The spread of Wahhabism, and the West’s responsibility to the world In 2013, the European Union declared Wahhabism the main source of global terrorism. But it's not just a “Middle East problem”; it is our problem, too. By Karen Armstrong
Wahhabism to ISIS: how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism Although IS is certainly an Islamic movement, it is neither typical nor mired in the distant past, because its… By Karen Armstrong
The gods meet fire with fire The fundamentalists have hijacked religion since 11 September; and the secular fundamentalists are a By Karen Armstrong
Cries of rage and frustration Terror in America: Fundamentalism - The US is the true home of religious extremism, which b By Karen Armstrong
The loneliness of the intellectual woman Virginia Woolf prescribed a room of one's own for women writers. Karen Armstrong finds that it's mor By Karen Armstrong