Posts Tagged ‘ islam ’

Revolution@1: The Egyptian army’s mutiny against the people

Egypt's junta and its army of collaborators have betrayed the Egyptian revolution, but the people will rise again.

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Defining Egyptian democracy: “Not like America and not like Iran”

Defining Egyptian democracy: “Not like America and not like Iran”

Provincial Egyptians believe that moderate Islamists can construct an Egyptian model of democracy that respects their traditions and identity.

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Secular Egypt: dream or delusion?

Is Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?

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The madness of bigotry

By Khaled Diab Anders Breivik’s “paranoid schizophrenia” may have pulled the trigger but he chose his victims through the crosshairs of far-right politics. Monday 5 December 2011 A 243-page psychiatric assessment has concluded that Anders Breivik, the Norwegian far-right extremist who murdered 77 people this summer, was “psychotic” and suffering from “paranoid schizophrenia” during...

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The sacred right to ‘insult’

Jailing Egyptians for insulting religion and the military goes against the revolution's spirit, and violates people's secular and sacred rights.

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A drinker’s guide to Islam

A drinker’s guide to Islam

Although alcohol is 'haraam', Muslim societies have rarely managed to stay on the wagon, and vital parts of their culture have developed under the influence.

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9/12: Turning over a new leaf in the Middle East

On the 10th anniversary of the day after 9/11, it is high time to trash the ‘clash of civilisations’ theory and the ‘war on terror’ and start a new chapter in the West’s relationship with the new Middle East.

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Ramadan for all

Ramadan is when Muslims fast and feast, but the holy month has something to offer those of other faiths, or none.

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Scandinavia: is the far right far off?

Home-grown terrorism in Norway, a resumption of border controls in Denmark and an increasingly immigration-weary Sweden. Is right-wing politics taking hold in the once-tolerant Nordic countries?

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Enemies like us

Had the threat from far-right extremists been taken more seriously, could the Norway tragedy have been averted?

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