Many of the leaders held up as representing the epitome of evil were extraordinarily and spectacularly untalented, incapable and incompetent. With this mediocrity of evil, it is almost a wonder that they managed to rise to the top at all.…
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After ISIS, former Yazidi sex slaves are caught between trauma and taboo
By Boštjan Videmšek Safia, a Yazidi teenager from Iraq, was captured by the Islamic State, sold into sexual slavery, raped, tortured and made pregnant, leaving deep psychological scars. Her ability to come to terms with the trauma are thwarted by…
Alt-jihad – Part II: Delusions of grandeur and persecution
In the second in a series of articles exploring the disturbing parallels between radical Islamic and White/Christian extremism, Khaled Diab examines the far-right’s dual sense of superiority and inferiority, as well as its persecution complex.
Uganda’s refugee crisis, part 1: “Back home, all we could hear were guns and screaming”
Northern Uganda houses more refugees than entered the European Union during the peak of the “refugee crisis”. And Uganda has only 8% of the EU’s population and a fraction of its resources.
Sexual harassment, Islam and the politicisation of women’s bodies
Sexual harassment in Cologne and elsewhere is not about Islam. It is about the patriarchy and the politicisation of women’s bodies.
The destruction of Mosul’s past, present and future
With ISIS’s destruction of Mosul’s heritage, it is no longer the “Pear of the North”. But it’s people will rise up and reclaim their ancient city.
Sexual harassment: Undressing naked prejudice
To those who believe the way a woman dresses invites harassment, hear this: she is not to blame – her harassers are.
Gay pride (and prejudice) through the ages
Historical examples of homosexuality being tolerated by Judaism, Christianity and Islam can help overcome homophobia and reinvent these faiths.
Egypt’s women of mass destruction
Does a gaff about rural women’s breasts belie the belief among Egypt’s new Islamist leadership that women are the source of all society’s ills?
A careless killer on the loose…
Gun and knife violence gets a lot of public attention but one killer prowling our streets goes largely unnoticed… apathy.