Islam

Articles

Essay: Red Shi’ism, Iran and the Islamist revolution by Alastair Crooke (October 2009)

From the Iranian revolution to the Palestinian struggle, it has often been Islamic ideas that have inspired resistance to imperialism. Here, Alastair Crooke argues that the left needs a more complex understanding of the thinking, critical forms of political Islam

Essay response: How not to understand Islamist politics by Saeed Rahnema (October 2009)

Saeed Rahnema argues that Alistair Crooke’s understanding of the Iranian revolution and recent events is deeply flawed

Essay response: Which side are you on? by Azar Majedi (October 2009)

Alastair Crooke’s glorification of the Islamist movement is based on distortions and falsification, says Azar Majedi

This artist blows by Anikka Weerasinghe (March 2009)

The young British Muslim artist Sarah Maple has been at the centre of controversy since first bursting onto the art scene at the end of 2007. Interview by Anikka Weerasinghe