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Struggling against fascism: an open letter

Considering the horrors wrought by the Islamic State, a professor writes to his former students at the University of Duhok to remind them that the starting point of the struggle for emancipation is within ourselves.

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Liberation

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The events of the last year or so have touched everyone’s life in one way or another, yet many still refuse to ask the right questions. However you look at it, the Islamic State is a state of believers who take their legitimacy from something that has very little to do with reason and a lot to do with faith.