Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Author at Catholic Herald

Dr Michael Nazir-Ali

The Middle East: A Political History from 395 to the Present, by Jean-Pierre Filiu

November 01, 2023

The Middle East: A Political History from 395 to the Present Jean-Pierre Filiu Polity, £30, 356 pages This is a work of detailed knowledge about its subject and comprehensive in scope, even if its readability masks the scholarship behind the text. It alleges that other histories of the Middle East have concentrated on the religious

The Synodal Way: ‘Consulting with the people of God is different from coming under pressure from activists’

November 10, 2022

We must not put all our faith in structures, urges Michael Nazir-Ali It is Christ who makes the Church, Christ who renews the Church, and Christ who reforms the Church. In the Letter to the Ephesians, St Paul tells us that “Christ fills his Church with all his fullness [pleroma]”; later, in Colossians, he writes

Moral renewal in our body politic

September 24, 2022

We should expect personal integrity and honourable behaviour in the lives of those who wish to lead us

There can be no moral renewal of public life without respect for God and Man

July 29, 2022

In July 2022, just before Boris Johnson’s resignation, Nick Timothy—Theresa May’s former Chief of Staff—surveyed in the Daily Telegraph the detritus of law-breaking by lawmakers, parliamentary sleaze, cash-for-honours and the possible misleading of Parliament, and called for moral renewal in our nation and among our elected representatives. It is a highly laudable call, but how

A new biography of “Old” Jerusalem reviewed

May 02, 2022

Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City by Matthew Teller Profile Books, £13.35, 389 pages If this book were a painting, it would have been done in bold strokes and vibrant colours. It evokes the sights, smells and flavours of “Old” Jerusalem effectively, as Matthew Teller integrates the geography of the

Female clergy make unity an impossibility

March 01, 2022

Michael Nazir-Ali reflects on the recent statement published in Rome by the Anglican and Catholic Malines Conversation Group

The West’s response to the Rohingya genocide has been pathetic

November 10, 2017

The international community's failure to prevent ethnic cleansing may fuel radical Islamism

Muslims at risk of genocide

November 09, 2017

The tragedy that has unfolded on the border between Burma and Bangladesh over the past two months is one that was predicted, should never have happened and should have been stopped before it reached this point. More than 600,000 people – more than half the entire Rohingya population – have now fled across the border

Only Christianity can rescue Europe

November 19, 2015

Some have seized on attacks by Islamists to smear all religions by association. But the Christian faith can play a key role in awakening the West from its slumber

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