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

Nobel Prize-winning chemist Ahmed Zewail dies at 70

Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami dies at 76

Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate, Holocaust survivor dies at 87

Michael Ratner: The Jewish lawyer who fought for Muslims and the US constitution

Faisal Kutty

Muhammad Ali in his prime would be an 'extremist' in today’s Britain

Dilly Hussain

Zaha Hadid: Muslim ambassador who gave her talents to Europe

Hossam Shaker

Iraqi-born 'star' architect Zaha Hadid dies aged 65

The legacy of Sudan's Hassan al-Turabi

Ahmed Meiloud

American Salafi: US Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia

Basheer Nafi

My father, Eric Avebury, the patron saint of unpopular human rights causes

John Lubbock

Prominent Egyptian journalist Mohamed Heikal dies at 92

Egyptian ex-UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies aged 93