Obituary

John Esposito's warning against a clash of civilisations has never been more urgent

The Georgetown scholar died on 15 July, as US bombs fell on Iran. He spent his career warning that treating Islam as a threat would become a self-fulfilling prophecy

Former Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad dies at 74

Liamine Zeroual: The Algerian president who followed the straight and narrow

Jurgen Habermas' death ends the illusion of a universal European philosophy

Hamid Dabashi

Walid Khalidi reshaped how the history of Palestine is written

Basheer Nafi

Renowned Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi dies aged 100

Mohammad Bakri, renowned Palestinian director of Jenin, Jenin, dies at 72

Geoffrey Bindman: A lawyer who spent his life searching for the truth

David Hearst

Dick Cheney may be gone, but the wars he waged are forever

Mohamad Elmasry

Mohamed al-Fayed: Egyptian billionaire and former Harrods and Fulham FC owner dies

Sinead O'Connor, iconic Irish singer who converted to Islam, dies aged 56

Tributes pour in for Jewish American anti-Zionist activist Shatzi Weisberger

Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Scholar-activist who helped inspire a revolution in Egypt

The tragedy of Mikhail Gorbachev was written by the West

Jonathan Steele

Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader who oversaw group's decline and rise

Putin is a war criminal - and so was Madeleine Albright

Jonathan Cook

Remembering Desmond Tutu in times of uncertainty

Stiaan van der Merwe

To honour Tutu's legacy, we must side with the oppressed not the oppressor

Kamel Hawwash

Algeria: Former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies aged 84

Tariq al-Bishri: A legacy of resolving Egypt's tensions

Mohammad H Fadel

From Argentina to Palestine, Maradona was the flawed hero of the people

Oscar Rickett