Islamism
Sorry, but you can’t take the Islam out of Islamic State
At last, British politicians have been galvanised into action by the appalling events last weekend in the Tunisian resort of…
Let's fight terror - by holidaying in gorgeous, welcoming Tunisia
It needs – and deserves – British visitors more than ever
As blatant rip-offs go, this one is shaping up nicely: Odyssey, BBC2, reviewed
This week’s Imagine… Jeff Koons: Diary of a Seducer (BBC1, Tuesday) began with Koons telling a slightly puzzled-looking Alan Yentob…
Original sin makes us better people. I wish Muslims believed in it
These days, on the subject of Islam, non-Muslims have mostly divided into two camps — though there’s a little wandering…
Anders Brievik: lonely computer-gamer on a killing spree
In 2011, Anders Breivik murdered 69 teenagers in a socialist summer camp outside the Norwegian capital of Oslo, and eight…
How do bright schoolgirls fall for jihadis? The same way they fall for Justin Bieber
How could they? How could girls brought up in the wealthy West abandon their families and their own bright futures…
It’s not Netanyahu’s fault that Jews in Europe are afraid
Have you seen the prices for houses in Israel? Astronomical, mate. You wouldn’t believe it. An arid and perpetually embattled…
A survivor of the Copenhagen attack speaks: ‘If we should stop drawing cartoons, should we also stop having synagogues?’
An interview with Helle Brix, who was at the meeting in Copenhagen on Saturday when the shooting happened
Confusion, snobbery and Pegida – a letter from Dresden
Sachsenschweine — Saxon pigs — said the graffiti as my train moved out of Berlin on its way to Dresden.…
How Marine Le Pen is winning France’s gay vote
Marine Le Pen’s unlikely rainbow coalition
How to save Islam from the Islamists
It’s time to reclaim Islam from the Islamists
'Religion of peace' is not a harmless platitude
Despite what our leaders tell us, Islamic extremism is all about Islam
The attack on Charlie Hebdo is an attack on freedom
The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo lambasts, attacks and lampoons absolutely everybody. Its targets include all religions, all identity groups,…
For some left-wing men, the misogyny of the Islamic State is part of the appeal
For some left-wing men, the misogyny of the Islamic State is part of the appeal
The myth of the White Widow
Samantha Lewthwaite almost certainly isn’t as monstrous as the papers say. And she definitely isn’t as important
My boy the radical Muslim
Reckoning with my stepson’s turn to radical Islam
What will it take for us to stop doing business with Qatar?
Qatari money has flooded into London – but also into much less savoury places
The nun who took down an Isis flag – and stands up for east London's Muslims
Sister Christine Frost, who works on an east London estate, sees why young Muslim men are going to fight in Iraq and Syria
Our boys in the Islamic state: Britain's export jihad
Why we lead the West in exporting jihad
Do Israel's critics think there are not enough dead Jews?
The anti-Semitic West almost seems to want Israelis to suffer
Let's face it – Ray Honeyford got it right on Islam and education
The Bradford head teacher was dismissed for emphasising nationality over religion. He should have been applauded
Baghdad notebook: "Things were better in Saddam's time"
In the passport queue at Baghdad airport, my heart sinks. This place vies with Cairo for the title of most…
The bloody battle for the name Isis
‘This’ll make you laugh,’ said my husband, looking up from the Daily Telegraph. For once he was right. It was…
The Spectator's notes: Diana's bed, Boris's dirty trick and Prince Philip's mystery tie
On Friday night, I went to Althorp, childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales, to speak at its literary festival.…
The Birmingham ‘Trojan Horse plot’ is — like WMD — a neocon fantasy
I can remember where I was when Colin Powell presented to the United Nations his evidence for the existence of…
