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Opinion | Rep. Chip Roy rant about ‘sharia law’ is wrong and deeply hypocritical
MSNBC· 6 days agoRep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, took to the House floor Tuesday to warn that there are Americans who want to...
Artist Mina Alikhani Paints the Unseen Realities of Life in Iran
Artnet News· 20 hours agoMina Alikhani does not shy away from politics in her work. The Iranian-American artist’s third solo...
Iranian hard-liners firmly in charge of parliament after runoff election
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoThe result, along with that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of 290 seats in parliament, according to an Associated Press tally. Hard-liners seek more cultural and social ...
Afghan women struggle under male guardian rules
Digital Journal· 6 days agoSince the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women have been barred from going on long trips, travelling by plane or entering government buildings unless they are accompanied by a man. Under ...
As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe
The News-Times· 10 hours agoElla Anthony knew it was time to leave her native Nigeria when she escaped an abusive, forced...
Watch: Islamist compares women without hijabs to ‘unwrapped sweets’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA newly registered Islamic charity has compared women who do not cover their heads to “unwrapped...
Adam Johnson, AlterNet
The Raw Story· 2 days agoThe Oxford dictionary of sociology defines moral panic as, “the process of arousing social concern over an issue — usually the work of moral entrepreneurs and the mass media." Left out of this ...
Republicans Broke the House—Will Voters Care?
The Bulwark· 3 days agoFIFTEEN ROUNDS OF VOTING to make Kevin McCarthy speaker in January of last year was not enough of an international embarrassment. Just nine months later,...
Reflections on trip to Israel and the war
CaptivaSanibel.com· 2 days agoOrganizations have been sending volunteers to work in Israel for decades. People came from France, Germany, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Australia,...