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Stripping Protest In Iran: Why The Patriarchy Is So Scared Of The Female Body

Footage showing an Iranian woman stripping to her underwear at a Tehran university in protest of the country’s strict clothing laws, and her subsequent arrest, shows that fundamentalists over the world share a common terror of the female body existing in its own right.

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Rydzyk Reigns: How Poland’s Controversial Televangelist Has Wielded Power For 30 Years

Tadeusz Rydzyk, Poland’s “father director,” has commanded enormous political power through his Catholic media empire, despite his controversial support for priests entangled in the church’s child sexual abuse scandals — as well as support for Russia. Is his era finally coming to an end?

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Geopolitics

After Beach Massacre, A Visit To Tunisia’s Extremist Mosque

Seifeddine Rezgui, perpetrator of last Friday’s attack in Sousse, often prayed at the “God’s Mercy” mosque in Kairouan, Tunisia. A look inside.

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I Lost My Daughter To The Salafists, One French Mother’s Tale

Claire, who raised her daughter near Paris as an atheist, has seen the teen fall in love with a deeply conservative young man from Egypt. The dream is to escape to live under Sharia law.

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Geopolitics

Fundamentalist Charm? Don’t Let Your Guard Down On Iran

Compared to radical Sunni terrorist organizations like ISIS, the regime in Tehran can seem relatively tame. But don’t be fooled.

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Fuel To Fire: French Far-Right Leader Calls For Ban On Muslim Veils, Jewish Skullcaps

LE MONDE, OUEST FRANCE (France) Worldcrunch PARIS – French far right leader Marine Le Pen weighed in on the Prophet Muhammad caricatures and anti-Islam film protests in an interview published by Le Monde on Friday. When asked by the French newspaper what she would do if she was elected president, the Front National party leader […]

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