Richard Dawkins is outspoken in denouncing religion. But what really drives him, he tells Andrew Anthony, is the wonder, and truth, of Darwinism
Writer and critic of Islam Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells Andrew Anthony how she's learnt to embrace nomadism
She says Islam's backward, the Qur'an terrible. But Ayaan Hirsi Ali – whose provocative new book is extracted here – won't let a fatwa intimidate her…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali to be placed under national police protection anywhere in the European Union
Ali Eteraz: Ayaan Hirsi Ali should note that when addressing injustice in Islam, there is a need for reconciliation between secular humanists and Muslims
Alexander Linklater: Ayaan Hirsi Ali and her sister, Haweya, grew up in conditions that most western psychologists would consider traumatic.
In 1989, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali Muslim, supported the fatwa against Salman Rushdie. But on moving to Europe her views changed and she turned against Islam. Two years ago she fled Holland after the brutal murder of her artistic collaborator Theo van Gogh. Andrew Anthony meets the fierce critic who lives under the constant threat of death.
Andrew Anthony: Ayaan Hirsi Ali has a view of freedom that makes many western liberals uneasy.
Natasha Walter looks at two books that assess the impact of Islam on women in the west, The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Murder in Amsterdam by Ian Buruma.