Eleni Polymenopoulou (Brunel): A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Earth: Artistic Freedom, Cultural Heritage and Islamic Extremism. From The Critique, a symposium on the philosophical challenges of terrorism and warfare: Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech and Religious Violence. Beenish Ahmed on why converts to Islam are so susceptible to becoming terrorists. U.S. military releases bizarre paper claiming wearing hijab is “passive terrorism”. Is true religion always extremist? Beware defining a person’s beliefs for them. How “religious” is religious violence? Michael M. Rosen reviews Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks. “Violence more common” in Bible than Quran, text analysis reveals. Democracy in a time of war: Patrick Provost-Smith on the figure of the religious extremist.
