Iranian Baha’i Forced to Choose Between Exile and Imprisonment
A Baha'i man in Mahabad, Iran, is being forced to choose between exile and imprisonment, due to his religion.
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What Drives Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Polarising And Authoritarian Prime Minister?
‘Bibi’, Anshel Pfeffer’s biography of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is an insightful examination of the most dominant figure in recent Israeli political history. Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is among the most influential, controversial, and divisive modern political leaders. Currently holding the longest continuous term of any Israeli Prime Minister, he is due to overtake David Ben […]
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Ghada Ibrahim: Sharia is a Threat to Human Rights and Democracy.
Ghada Ibrahim is a Saudi Arabian activist and ex-Muslim. She speaks to Conatus News about Sharia Law and how it affects Islamic societies.
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Polarization and the Delegitimization of Different Political and Moral Foundations
Polarization is in part due to an unwillingness to understand differing political and moral foundations of our fellow citizens. Mani was a third century Iranian prophet famous for an eponymous religious movement that saw the world as an ongoing battle between forces of good and evil. Within this framework, human beings were seen as the […]
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Science and Faith: Is There Really a Conflict? – A Conversation with Professor Tom McLeish
Science and faith are often seen as battling each other for dominance. Is it possible for them to coexist?
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Of Superheroes and Humans: Kimberley Motley’s Fight for Human Rights in Afghanistan
Attorney Kimberley Motley shares her creative approaches to justice for women in Afghanistan and the psychological toll of her most harrowing cases.
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Ramin Hossein Panahi – Kurdish Dissident In Iran To Die Today
As young Kurdish Iranian dissident Ramin Hossein Panahi heads to his death, a look at the desperate efforts, locally and internationally to save him. According to the Iran Human Rights Monitor, there has been a call to Iran from the United Nations (UN) human rights experts. The call is for an annulment of the death […]
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Can Humanism Provide Answers to Global Inequities?
A Time For Reflection This August, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s conference in New Zealand presents an opportunity to assess the state of humanism in the world, to take stock of the progress the movement has made towards promoting the humanist outlook globally. This meeting is an occasion for reflection, especially by those […]
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What Really Drives Populism? A Conversation with Dr. Frank Mols
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Your work has focused on a specific paradox between the acquisition of wealth and the “hardening” of attitudes or stances on issues. What does this mean? How is wealth defined in this work and the hardening of attitudes here? Dr Frank Mols: For many decades, the debate about populism and far-right voting has […]
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Terror and Repression In Nicaragua – Living When Death May Come Anytime
Nicaragua is gripped by protests and catastrophic levels of violence. This insider’s account highlights to the rest of the world the extent of the crisis. Editors Note: This account relates to the ongoing campaign of terror and brutality being visited upon Nicaraguans, suffering under the brutal repression of protests by President Daniel Ortega. Demonstrations first […]
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