However, using the term secularism, especially in this sense, does not necessarily help us understand what is happening in Iran today. These narratives are often based on conventional meaning of secularism. Consequently, they do not necessarily resonate well with the views and demands of Iranian pe...
We need only think of the wording of the preamble to Bill C-4, the so-called anti-conversion therapy legislation passed by our Canadian government to sense the meaning of militant secularism. It states that conversion therapy causes harm to society because it is “based on and propagates myth...
The meaning of this ‘neutralisation’ became horribly clear on May 29th 1979, only a few months after the revolution brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power, with the new clerical regime’s military, supported by affiliated voluntary extremist sectarian militias launching a murderous offensive on Ahwazi ...
Of course.From the Alawite point of view when they say “opposition” they do not mean the political meaning of the word, they cannot say “Sunni” in the street because that would be rude and sectarian, butby “opposition” they mean “the Sunnis”. And when they said “we want them...
Ten CommandmentsEstablishment ClauseIn McCreary County v. ACLU, a bare majority of the Supreme Court affirmed that secularism is still the overriding principle of church-state law. Their "touchstoBradley, Gerard VSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Occident originates from the Latin term "occidens," meaning "setting" or "western," historically used to describe Western Europe in contrast to the Eastern regions known as the Orient. On the other hand, West is a broader and more frequently used term that refers to the cultural, political...
‘Grief is a rational response’: the 21 US species declared extinct this year | Endangered species | The Guardian Northwest Australia searing under extreme heatwave conditions (weatherzone.com.au) The Great Malaise: The Search For Meaning During Times of Indifference – The ...
Justice, wisdom and realism all demand that the baneful positions of secularism be overcome. Every person must have the opportunity within the context of our life together to profess his or her faith and belief, alone or with others, in private and public. (p. 63)...
4) you don’t get to say shit about secularism dumbfuck- Our “Honorable” SC stops a Hindu festival but allows eid during 2nd Covid wave shows why Hindu society generally is as such. State control of Hindu temples, sale of Indian heritage assets are other kinds of issues which...
The current protest movement, led mainly byGen Z in Iran, is growing partly because of its use of the internet and social media to communicate and share information. People can also learn from other nations’ experiences of secularism through social media. This is why the regime isshutting dow...