Images of veiled women make it hard to think about the Muslim world without thinking about women.… Read the rest

Rasool Nafisi cites a new tactic in the regime’s campaign against independent free thought.… Read the rest

Said many Iranian intellectuals were in danger of being tricked into ‘acting against national security.’… Read the rest

Excerpts from the Cairo Trilogy with discussion by Fouad Ajami.… Read the rest

Tedious windbag interviewed September 1.… Read the rest

Homoeopathic treatments will be able to list on labels what conditions they are supposed to treat. … Read the rest

Egypt has lost a towering figure in the world of literature.… Read the rest

Major media keep recirculating them; corrections are ignored.… Read the rest

Bush’s information-processing abilities are under discussion.… Read the rest

‘I’m a woman, and I couldn’t stand the repression. I wanted to go swimming, do ballet, ride horses, tell jokes.’… Read the rest

Canada made repeated concerted efforts to obtain consular access to Jahanbegloo.… Read the rest

Part of the case against Jahanbegloo is his Woodrow Wilson fellowship, notes Mohamad Tavakoli.… Read the rest

Iranian anger at US government dates back to overthrow of Mossadegh.… Read the rest

News tempered by reports of supposed confession made to national media upon release.… Read the rest

Museum said it acted on a complaint from a member of Muslim arts group Artists Circle. … Read the rest

It’s not political, not exclusive, not secretive, he says.… Read the rest

Released on bail, perhaps to face trial on unknown charges.… Read the rest

A spokesman for Stonewall praised the club for being the first to ‘put their head above the parapet.’… Read the rest

If football is permeated by casual homophobia, what does that say about our society? … Read the rest

Had health problems after 1994 stabbing by Islamist angry at portrayal of God in one of his novels.… Read the rest