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  3 octobre 2020, par siawi3
• Aisha al-Manoubia c. 1190-1267
  3 octobre 2020, par siawi3

  Aisha al-Manoubia, also known as Lalla Manoubia, was a Berber woman who rose to become the highest authority on Sufism in Tunisia. She was considered one of the four spiritual guardians of the capital city Tunis.

• India: Bearing witness to the Babri masjid demolition
  5 October 2020, by siawi3

  Teesta Setalvad in conversation with Journalist Ruchira Gupta

• When Monuments Fall: Debating the past, contesting the present
  14 October 2020, by siawi3

  The toppling of statues is a symbolic act of destruction “to liberate the past” from the control of the powerful, and to begin “rethinking it from the point of view of the ruled and the vanquished, not through the eyes of victors.” “What I want to see before I die is a monument representing the negro, not couchant on his knees like a four-footed animal, but erect on his feet like a man.” However, “Campaigners are deluding themselves if they think that removing a flag or statue will make any difference to inequalities of race, class or gender.”

• France: Stand and be counted
  19 October 2020, by Marieme Helie Lucas, siawi3

  Filming decapitations or taking a photograph of French teacher Samuel Paty‘s head severed from his body is a crucial step. Who will dare teach freedom of speech in French schools after the mid-term holidays ? Stand and be counted…

• India: ’Class-Consciousness Can Stop Communal Rioting’: Bhagat Singh on Religious Violence
  28 October 2020, by siawi3

  If religion is separated from politics, then we can all come together in politics even if we belong to different religions, wrote Bhagat Singh.

• India: ‘Why Should We Not Rid Ourselves of This Entire Problem?’: Bhagat Singh on Religion
  28 October 2020, by siawi3

  Though no one would have raised the question of religion, but a resolution was proposed against communal organizations, and those who were supporting these communal organizations under the pretext of religion wanted to protect themselves.

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  27 octobre 2020, par siawi3
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  6 novembre 2020, par siawi3
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  9 novembre 2020, par siawi3

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