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Cultural Relativism: A Foe of Critical Thought

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On May 3, 2003
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cultural relativism, racism and 'Islamophobia'

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 extreme Right-wing movement which has organised itself under the banner of Islam, have been immensely catastrophic for the people of the Middle East and the world for the past several […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On August 14, 2001
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cultural relativism, racism and 'Islamophobia'

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 International’s Women’s Action Network August 14, 2001 Toronto, Canada Many times you hear that the discussion around cultural relativism versus the universality of women’s rights is a theoretical and unnecessary […]

Cultural relativism – this era’s fascism

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 28, 1998
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cultural relativism, racism and 'Islamophobia'

Cultural relativism – this era’s fascism Maryam Namazie Speech given at a forum on women’s rights November 28, 1998 Toronto, Canada * In Germany, in August 1997, an 18-year-old woman was burnt to death by her father for refusing to marry the man he had chosen. A German court gave him a reduced sentence, saying […]