Secularism is a Women’s IssueLa manifestation du 10 novembre a été dominée par une affirmation identitaire islamiste dont la motivation était bien plus politique que religieuse, aux dépens de la dignité et de la légitimité des croyants.
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France : « La manifestation »contre l’islamophobie« ... Une affirmation identitaire islamiste »
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India: Modi might have finally gone too far
18 January, by siawi3With the ongoing mass protests to Modi’s anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act, India is at last seeing a real challenge to right-wing Hindu nationalism. Many people were worried about a fascist state when the BJP first came to power in the 1990s. But I remember saying very clearly that even if it comes to power, the democratic state will not be lost. Now, most people recognize that there’s not going to be a complete elimination of democracy. Instead, there’s going to be a dramatic hollowing out of democracy, which means that you will continue to have elections because they provide legitimacy for many far-right forces.
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India: Whither Educational Institutions?
18 January, by siawi3Compared to all the anarchy and violence which Indian campuses have seen, the State sponsored rowdyism of the kind we saw at JNU on the evening on 5 January, 2020 is a new low, as if what the Bhartiya Janata Party government has done since 2014 to tamper with the finest intellectual traditions of this University was already not enough. If this is BJP’s way of controlling University campuses or the society is general then we might as well say goodbye to the idea of liberty of thought and fundamental right of freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution of this country.
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France : « On reproche aux juifs ce que l’on reproche aux femmes »
17 janvier, par siawi3Je ne fais pas semblant de croire qu’il y a du féminisme dans nos textes. Ils sont forcément chargés de patriarcat, puisqu’ils sont le produit de leur temps et de la culture des lecteurs qui les ont interprétés dans un contexte très différent d’aujourd’hui. Le nier, comme le font certaines féministes croyantes, est une aberration historique. C’est aussi absurde de dire qu’il y a du féminisme dans les textes que de dire qu’ils invitent à la violence et à l’extermination de l’autre !
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Is secular India finally saying ’enough is enough’?
17 January, by siawi3A sizable mass of India is standing together against what they call a discriminatory and exclusionary policy of the Indian regime. This secular opposition is upsetting the ruling dispensation and going against their political calculation of polarising people in the name of religion. By defining and framing citizenship in terms of religion and excluding the Muslim community from the list of the persecuted minorities to be considered for citizenship in India, the Modi-led government is making a very blatant attempt to legalise and institutionalise religious fault lines by altering the very foundation of the Indian constitution and the fabric of its secular society.
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Brésil : Netflix : la Cour suprême brésilienne annule le retrait d’une comédie controversée sur le Christ
17 janvier, par siawi3« La Première tentation du Christ » avait provoqué la colère d’un grande partie de la communauté chrétienne brésilienne, et le siège de la maison de production avait été attaqué au cocktail Molotov.
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USA-IRAN: Caught between the Devil and the Deep Sea
16 January, by siawi3The Islamic radicalism seen in Iran, neighbouring Pakistan and Turkey can be directly attributed to the American manipulation of societies who were used to undermine Godless communism with the power of Allah.
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USA: A Student’s “Unholy Bible” Project Is Angering Christians Who Don’t Get Art
16 January, by siawi3A student at the University of Southern Maine, had a straightforward assignment for his art class: Take a book and re-purpose it into something else. So he took a Bible, made the pages look like flames, and added Satanic images to it. He called it “Unholy Bible: Very Revised Standard Edition.”
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Inde : L’extrême droite hindouhiste à l’offensive sur la citoyenneté : « Le temps est venu de s’unir et de résister à cet assaut fasciste »
16 janvier, par siawi3En faisant voter, il y a une semaine, un amendement à la loi sur la citoyenneté, le gouvernement nationaliste hindou du Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), massivement réélu au printemps dernier, franchit un nouveau cap dans sa volonté de transformer l’Inde en État confessionnel, mais doit faire face à un mouvement de résistance, parti notamment des universités.
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INDIAN LESSONS FOR GLOBAL STRUGGLES
15 January, by siawi3The turmoil in India should also be a warning against any attempt to win back support from reactionary populists by stealing their illiberal clothes. What has really challenged the BJP is not the appeasement of sectarian sentiment but nationwide protests against bigoted laws and chauvinist violence. It’s a lesson for those in the West tempted to stem the growth of rightwing populists through harsher rhetoric about migrants or Muslims. If we really want to challenge divisive politics, it’s a temptation to resist.
