Contents: Foreword: the new Left and the old Far Right, Nick Cohen Introduction: media, religion and conflict, Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny 'Islamic terrorism' and the repression of the political, Justin Lewis, Paul Mason and Kerry Moore Is the BBC biased? The Corporation and the coverage of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war, Ivor Gabor and Lisa Thomas Islam as a threat? Problematisation of Muslims in the mass media and effects on the political system Patrik Ettinger and Linards Udris Muslims in print, or media events as nodes of cultural conflict, Henrik BA,dker The AKP government in Turkey: politics, democracy and the media, Jeffrey Haynes The political rhetoric of the Vatican: aims and strategies of the Holy See as a transnational actor, John Bradley Populism and security in political speechmaking: the 2008 US Presidential campaign, Michael Higgins Towards a theorisation of the link between media, religion and conflict, Lee Marsden and Heather Savigny Index.