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Uganda: Enacting the Anti-Gay Law
Written by Mubatsi
On February 24, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed a law that criminalizes homosexuality. Among other things, the law criminalizes sexual intercourse between same-sex partners, and a life imprisonment for anyone convicted of homosexuality. Under this law, failing or refusing to report acts of homosexuality in your house and neighbourhood is a punishable […]
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It’s a homosexual plot: authoritarian Ukraine plunges into conspiracy theories
Written by Oleg Shynkarenko
“I come to work and there are two fags there and my boss is kinda a fag too… So I feel discriminated against. Why do I need it? And if a factory manager with painted lips comes … well I’m sorry. I can just imagine how disgusting and humiliating that […]
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Defaming Religion: The New Tool to Silence Opposition in Egypt
Written by Lilian Wagdy
It’s been well over three months since Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice Party ex-leader Mohammed Morsi was sworn in as Egypt’s first democratically elected, post-revolutionary, non-military president and yet it all feels too familiar. Far from feeling that things have changed since the mass protests of January 25th,2011 and the […]
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The Media Needs to Discourage Religious Extremism of All Kinds
Written by Maria Farooq
Why is the call to represent Muslim culture so depreciated? Isn’t this an act of religious extremism in itself in a post 9/11 scenario? The home improvement chain Lowe’s strong opposition to the ‘All American-Muslim’ reality TV show – which focuses on the everyday lives of Muslim-American families – that cause […]
