Posts Tagged ‘ secularism ’

International Women’s Day: Empowering the average Mo

Arab men who do not fit the traditional ideal of manhood are often regarded as inferior, and this stereotype holds back the emancipation of women.

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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 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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Islamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell

Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.

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Should Arabs treat Erdoğan as a hero?

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received a hero’s welcome across the Arab world. But should Arabs welcome or be weary of Turkey’s greater engagement in the Middle East?

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Atheists: Egypt’s forgotten minority

Egyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.

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Egypt’s uneasy political truce

Egypt's secularists and Islamists agree on one thing: Mubarak must go. But when he does, how long will they stand united?

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Egyptian football’s pious turn

The national team is increasingly flaunting its Muslim religiosity. Where does that leave Christian, let alone secular Egyptians?

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Should America fear a democratic Egypt?

The depiction of Egypt as a country of religious fanatics who await a breeze of freedom to turn Egypt into a radical regime is far from accurate.

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