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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Clapping for anti-modernism and nationalist submission
Dissident remarks on the current period.
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Published in: Global ExtremesResilience, radicalisation and democracy in the COVID-19 Pandemic
With lockdowns, an already alarming situation of vulnerability to political manipulation is at risk of becoming a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSectarianism will not defeat coronavirus: no one is immune
Are religious ideologues on coronavirus threatening to tear apart the much needed human solidarity to overcome the pandemic?
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Published in: Global ExtremesFrance: is there such a thing as “Islamist separatism”?
What does it mean when the French president Emmanuel Macron warns of "Islamist separatism"?
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWe must stand up to protect Brazil’s Amazon rainforest from this huge dam
The construction of the Belo Monte Dam in the Brazilian Amazon threatens to destroy unique cultures, making...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightConversation with an Imam: being Muslim in Post-Brexit UK
With the anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque attack approaching, and following Brexit, is the Muslim community in...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs Al-Azhar pushing the envelope?
Shaykh al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyib criticised the state of Arabs and Muslims worldwide – including, one presumes, its rulers.
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Published in: 50.50Croatian MPs from nine political parties call for inquiry into ‘crisis pregnancy centres’
Lawmakers in Zagreb are the latest to call for action following openDemocracy’s special investigation into...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran’s ongoing war against its religious minorities
Iran celebrates the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution by continuing its ongoing war against religious minorities.
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs central Europe afraid of religious tolerance?
In the middle of Europe, there is a new sort of religious radicalization emerging – that of religion-haters or religiophobes.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Balkans and the meaning of nowhere
In To the Lake, Bulgarian writer Kapka Kassabova takes an evocative journey through Balkan borderlands, enchanting...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Harnessing ‘the right within’ in Croatia and Greece
How ‘right-wing factions’ enable governing parties to draw support from the more socially conservative layers of...
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Published in: Global ExtremesRethinking secularism : Can Europe integrate its Muslims?
A new understanding of secularism represents Europe’s best chance for finding a way forward.
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Published in: Global ExtremesIn India: secularism or multiculturalism?
What can we make of the ‘return’ of secularism to the centre of political debate in India?
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhy Muslim-majority countries need secular citizenship and law-making
Islam is neither an instrument of identity politics, nor an ideology offering political solutions.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat will 2020 bring? Finding our way in a more polarised world
As 2020 and a new decade begins, why are we more polarised than ever before and can we do anything about it?
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Published in: Global ExtremesThe perils of mixing religion and politics: the case of Turkey
Mixing religion with politics does not even serve religious purposes.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat is the ‘proper’ place of religion?
The reality of multiculturalism in Western Europe has reawakened debates around religion’s relation to politics and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?To truly honour the victims of the Holocaust, let’s fight hate every day
“The fight against hate is a challenge that must be met every day, not once a year.”
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The politics of worship in Montenegro
“The entire Democratic Front Caucus was taken away from the parliament building in two police vans, while the...