Conquering fear with hope: Secularism 2014
By Gita Sahgal. Published first in openDemocracy 5050 on Oct. 9, 2014 The issue of secularism is a controversial one in international human rights organisations. That, perhaps is why they do not always...
View ArticleBeing Malala
By Afiya Shehrbano Zia Published Oct. 13, 2014 on openDemocracy 5050 After surviving an attempt at her life by the Taliban, Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai became a global spokesperson for girls...
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The Antis: Anti-imperialist or Anti-Feminist?
First published in openDemocracy 5050, Nov 19, 2014 A recent article on “imperialist feminism” accuses the US women’s movement of being a cheerleader for American empire from the war in Afghanistan to...
View ArticleTaliban Stockholm syndrome
By Afiya Shehrbano Zia. This article was first published in Pakistan’s The News On Dec. 21, 2014. The calculated massacre of schoolchildren by the Taliban in Peshawar began as a hostage situation. But...
View ArticleThe Injury of Blasphemy
By Afiya Shehrbano Zia. This article was first published in Pakistan’s The News on Dec. 21, 2014. Examining the material gains, hegemonistic benefits and fiction of Islamic identity that are enabled by...
View ArticleWomen and Islamic Militancy: A Response
By Meredith Tax. First published in Dissent, Winter 2015. To read Rafia Zakaria’s original article, click here. Why do Muslim girls in the West run away to join ISIS? Rafia Zakaria argues that they are...
View ArticleSharia law, apostasy and secularism
By Gita Sahgal Published first in openDemocracy5050 Feb. 12, 2015 Opposing religious fundamentalism is a dangerous political activity. It is not a distraction from ‘real’ politics – the demands of...
View ArticleGita Sahgal vindicated; Amnesty International and Rowntree Trust end...
By Meredith Tax On February 26, 2015, The Washington Post revealed that ISIS’s “Jihadi John,” who beheaded seven prisoners on video, was a college grad from West London called Mohammed Emwazi and was...
View ArticleThe Revolution in Rojava
By Meredith Tax Published first in Dissent, April 22, 2015 Since last August, when I first heard about the fight against ISIS in Kobani, I have been wondering why so few people in the United States are...
View ArticleFreedoms and bans in the politics of contemporary Pakistan
By Afiya Shehrbano Zia First published in Economic and Political Weekly, Aug. 23, 2014 Turkey needs to learn a thing or two from Pakistan regarding state repression of political freedoms and how to...
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