Issue 426 of New Internationalist
Reader-owned global journalism
October 2009
October 2009
Thirty years after the Iranian Revolution, political Islam is at a crossroads. But is the Islamic Republic really Islamic? Writer and broadcaster Ziauddin Sardar explains why he thinks it most definitely is not.
Who is funding Islamic extremism? Nafeez Ahmed gives the lowdown on support for ‘our terrorists’ – and it goes beyond the usual suspects.
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Greening the law
The streets have traditionally been the home of environmental activism. But could campaigners be just as at home in the...
Our terrorists
*Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed* on the spooky complicity between Western intelligence agencies and Islamist extremism.
Permission denied
*Maria Golia* recalls why part of her Egyptian education involved learning how to break the rules.
Toxic planet
Our profligate use of deadly chemicals is coming back to haunt us, writes *Zoe Cormier*.
Our terrorists
Islamic fundamentalist militants are the enemies of Israel and Western governments, right? Think again. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed...
Thursday Night Widows
Nominally a thriller, Thursday Night Widows is less concerned with the 'whodunnit' aspects of plotting than with a psychological...
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