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Published in: 50.50Croatian MPs from nine political parties call for inquiry into ‘crisis pregnancy centres’Lawmakers in Zagreb are the latest to call for action following openDemocracy’s special investigation into...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs central Europe afraid of religious tolerance?In the middle of Europe, there is a new sort of religious radicalization emerging – that of religion-haters or religiophobes.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran’s ongoing war against its religious minoritiesIran celebrates the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution by continuing its ongoing war against religious minorities.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Balkans and the meaning of nowhereIn To the Lake, Bulgarian writer Kapka Kassabova takes an evocative journey through Balkan borderlands, enchanting...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Harnessing ‘the right within’ in Croatia and GreeceHow ‘right-wing factions’ enable governing parties to draw support from the more socially conservative layers of...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIn India: secularism or multiculturalism?What can we make of the ‘return’ of secularism to the centre of political debate in India?
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhy Muslim-majority countries need secular citizenship and law-makingIslam is neither an instrument of identity politics, nor an ideology offering political solutions.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat is the ‘proper’ place of religion?The reality of multiculturalism in Western Europe has reawakened debates around religion’s relation to politics and...
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Published in: Global ExtremesRethinking secularism : Can Europe integrate its Muslims?A new understanding of secularism represents Europe’s best chance for finding a way forward.
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Published in: Global ExtremesThe perils of mixing religion and politics: the case of TurkeyMixing religion with politics does not even serve religious purposes.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat will 2020 bring? Finding our way in a more polarised worldAs 2020 and a new decade begins, why are we more polarised than ever before and can we do anything about it?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?To truly honour the victims of the Holocaust, let’s fight hate every day“The fight against hate is a challenge that must be met every day, not once a year.”
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The politics of worship in Montenegro“The entire Democratic Front Caucus was taken away from the parliament building in two police vans, while the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhile two popes battle it out in Rome, evangelists come out on topWhile the ideological divergences between the two popes are in dispute, evangelism in the region continues to grow...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHarry and Meghan, the royal family of surveillance capitalismFrom tabloid nationalism to international Instagram influencers: Meghan and Harry aren’t leaving the monarchy, they...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Trump is outrageous – but US foreign policy is the killerTrump’s assassination of Qessim Soleimani follows a policy of international lawlessness that has been supported by...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Struggling against fascism: second open letterIt is more crucial than ever for each one of us to be skeptical of othering discourse in whatever form it takes.
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismThe ‘gender turn’ of the populist radical rightGender perspectives are essential to understanding the means through which populist radical right parties...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismThe new age politics of gender in the Hindutva movement and faith-based identity contestationWhile motherhood may be associated with nurturing bodies and minds, in contemporary Hindu nationalist discourse it...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismThe “genocide on mothers”: moral panic underpinning anti-gender campaigns in CzechiaHas the new femonationalism solved the riddle of how to be a strong woman while supporting a fundamentally...
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