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Femen founder Inna Shevchenko argues that the Western taboo on criticising religion — especially Islam — has directly enabled atrocities that frank discussion might have prevented.
Quebec is very much part of that great cultural mash-up we call Western culture.
Muslim women are fighting stridently within their communities, but their fight doesn’t tread the same path as secular Western feminism.
Convicting Mladić, who stood accused for his involvement in implementing and orchestrating the forcible transfer and eventual elimination of the Bosnian Muslim population.
But is it “oppression”? There has been a tendency in recent years to water down definitions of certain words and then to misapply them.
China quickly found itself facing dissatisfaction from those steamrollered by a policy of growth at all costs, in spite of the country’s economic and diplomatic successes.
The effects of that particular stance – it’s not so visible how harmful it can be. But you’re lying about the reality of hundreds of millions of people across the world.
This requires people to set aside their prejudices and preconceived ideas and engage into a dialogue with those with whom they may disagree or even hate.
Transferring guilt across generations from ancient ancestors to their heirs was highly convenient for religious authorities.
Western leaders and policymakers who bemoan the referendum can, if they choose, flatter themselves as “realists.”
The mantra implies that if FGM did have health benefits, it wouldn’t be so bad after all.
By using opposition to the illiberalism of Trump as a platform for their own illiberal politics, progressives risk dragging the Democratic Party into a populist cul-de-sac of its own.
We should be promoting a response that saves lives, defends human freedom, acknowledges our responsibilities, and honours our liberal history.
If one genuinely cares about the civilians who are suffering, they would want to stop the war at any cost, rather than fan the flames further.
With the ongoing migrant crisis emanating from the Muslim world and as an asylum seeker himself.