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Tag: Religious Fundamentalism

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Who Are Sudan’s Islamists?, by Alex Thurston – 30 March 2026

On March 9, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the State Department was “designating the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Specially Designated Global

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Why We Must Fight the Draft Charter on Family Sovereignty and Values, by Sikhander Coopoo – 16 March 2026

From Conviction The draft African charter on family sovereignty and values is presented as cultural protection, but critics warn it functions as a coordinated anti

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Interviews Podcasts

GOP’s Islamophobia Surge and the Christian Nationalist Agenda. Interview with Robert Downen – 12 March 2026

This week on Reign of Error, host Sarah Posner speaks with Texas Monthly senior writer Robert Downen about how long-standing anti-Muslim activism has moved from

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Birth Control, Bathrooms & Biblical Patriarchy. Interview with Sarah Jones – 5 March 2026

Sarah Posner sits down with New York Magazine senior writer Sarah Jones to unpack the accelerating assault on transgender rights in Kansas and beyond. They

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Neither Islamabad nor Kabul: A Left Perspective on the Pakistan–Afghanistan War. Interview with Farooq Sulehria – 1 March 2026

As cross-border strikes intensify and Pakistan’s defence minister declares “open war” against the Afghan Taliban government, the long arc of Islamabad’s Afghanistan policy appears under

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After a Dictator, Bangladesh Turns Right, by Sarah Nafisa Shahid – 23 February 2026

Hardline Islamists gain ground in historic election following the 2024 July Uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina. On February 12, 2026, Bangladesh held its first general

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Weaponising Gender, by Aminah Jasho, Esme Abbott, Julisa Tambunan – 3 February 2026

Anti-gender politics has become integral to the far-right organising globally, because it offers emotionally charged justifications for centralising power and suppressing civil society. Behind it

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Iran: Campism and the Erasure of Theocracy, by Simon Pearson – 21 January 2026

I have been reading left analyses of Iran recently and there is this pattern that keeps appearing in many. Religion disappears. The theocratic structure of

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Interviews

Bangladesh’s Stalled Feminist Movements and Present Politics. Interview with Samina Luthfa – 21 January 2026

From Himal Southasian In October 2024, two months after the monsoon revolution in Bangladesh toppled Sheikh Hasina as prime minister and Awami League government, four

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Felix Pal, Christophe Jaffrelot & Tanika Sarkar on the RSS’s Hidden Network – 7 January 2026

In this special episode of Saffron Siege: The RSS at 100, Harsh Mander speaks to Felix Pal, a lecturer on political science and international relations

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Political Maturity in an Age of Binaries, by Siyâvash Shahabi – 30 October 2025

How do “stupidity” and “vulgarity” turn into political action? This isn’t abstract. I still remember a moment in 2004, during a friendly football match between

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‘Caste Founded on Social Harmony’, Madhya Pradesh Government Tells Supreme Court; Experts Call It a Dangerous Historical Revision, by Oindrila Dasgupta – 17 October 2025

In an affidavit before the Supreme Court, the [BJP-controlled, editor’s note] Madhya Pradesh government claimed India’s caste system was founded on “social harmony, equality, and

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Earthquake in Afghanistan: When Customs Kill More Than the Quake, by S N Tripathy – 6 September 2025

The recent earthquake in Afghanistan was merciless. A 6.6-magnitude tremor, followed by powerful aftershocks, reduced villages to rubble, killing at least 2,200 people and injuring

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The Christian Right’s “Wild Faith”. Interview with Talia Lavin – 23 August 2025

In this episode, Matt is joined by journalist Talia Lavin to discuss her book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America, one

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Reports

Roots of Hate. Fascist and Fundamentalist Narratives and Actors in South Asia and Southeast Asia Regions, by NOOR – September 2024

Author: Subha WijesiriwardenaLead Editors: Islam Al Khatib, Maie Panaga BabkerEditor: Naureen ShameemPeer Review: Suri Kempe, Tooba Syed, Sabika Abbas, Amna NasirAdditional Research: Anonymous contributorProofreading: Rochelle

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Bonzo Goes to Oslo: Christian Fundamentalists and the Far-Right Strike a New Pose, by R Totale – 26 February 2019

A look at recent attempts by religious fundamentalist reactionaries and conspiracy theorists to build coalitions with “gender critical” feminists. From Libcom Over the last few

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Why I Am Not a Post-secularist, by Melinda Cooper – 1 February 2013

This article was first published in boundary 2 – an international journal of literature and culture Volume 40, Issue 1, Spring 2013 Melinda Cooper is

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