Women 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 ArticleThe left should be honest about CAGE and Moazzam Begg
By Noor Elahi First published on Left Foot Forward, Oct. 21, 2014 Parts of the liberal left should be honest with the British people about their alliance with CAGE and Moazzam Begg. Now more than ever...
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 ArticleHave links with Cage damaged Amnesty’s reputation?
Gita Sahgal interview on “Today,” BBC4, March 2, 2015
View ArticleAmnesty International and Jihad: A reputation at risk
From The Economist, March 7, 2015 REPORTS that “Jihadi John”, a particularly ghastly member of the Islamic State who has been identified as the beheader of at least five Western hostages in Syria, is a...
View ArticleThe British Group With A Very Different Take On ‘Jihadi John’
By Ari Shapiro First published on NPR March 4, 2015 Every day new details emerge about Mohammed Emwazi, believed to be the masked man with a British accent known as “Jihadi John” who appears in...
View ArticleGita Sahgal was right
By Ophelia Benson Published March 16, 2015 in The Freethinker Five years ago Gita Sahgal, head of the gender unit at Amnesty International, told the Amnesty bosses that it was a mistake to collaborate...
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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