Below is the English version of an interview with Marieke Hoogwout published in Dutch in Vrij Links on 20 March 2019. The interview was conducted…
Stop safeguarding traditional values over women’s rights
For the first time in its history, the 56th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)–a global policy-making body meant to promote women’s rights–ended with…
They deserve it! They defied culture and religion!
Indonesian sharia police arrested more than 60 youth at a punk rock concert in the provincial capital Banda Aceh on Saturday night, and forced them…
Islamophobia: No can do
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Cultural Relativism: A Foe of Critical Thought
In response to the Canadian Council for Refugees Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English May 2003 Introduction Islam and political Islam (or Islamism), the reactionary…
Racism, Cultural Relativism and Women’s Rights
Racism, Cultural Relativism and Women’s Rights Maryam Namazie Speech at a panel discussion organised by the Action Committee on Women’s Rights in Iran and Amnesty…
Cultural relativism – this era’s fascism
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