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From the Privatization of Religion to the Wars of Identity | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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It seems to me that the world is moving toward a kind of “privatization of religion,” somewhat similar, in certain respects, to what has happened in the economy. During periods of strong centralized states, there was often one dominant religion or, more precisely, one dominant interpretation of religion around which most people gathered. Religions, especially Christianity and Islam, have carried a universalist tendency from their beginnings. In Christian tradition there is the call to spread the
Peoples Do Not Progress Through Ready-Made Ideological Recipes | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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When we were Marxists, hardly anyone of our generation escaped the influence of that way of thinking. In the enthusiasm and simplicity of youth, we imagined that Marxism offered an almost ready-made formula for changing society and building the future. At the time, we had little understanding of the dynamics of social development, and our knowledge of the history, structure, and complexity of our own societies was limited. The experience of Tanyus Shahin in Mount Lebanon offers a historical exam
In the Time of ‘A Long American Film’ | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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The Inn of Happiness was one of the first plays I ever saw by Ziad Al Rahabani. Despite its many comic and amusing moments, it was rightly regarded as one of those works that seemed to anticipate the civil war that would later engulf Lebanon. Around the same period, Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad’s novel The Mills of Beirut also reflected the atmosphere of social and political tension that preceded the civil war. I believe that literature and art are among the best ways to understand the movement and transf
Chapter Two: Some of the Stories I Heard About Abu Yusuf al-Tahhan | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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On one occasion, while I was searching for clues about Abu Yusuf’s fate, I met Hajj Abboud al-Fandi, a descendant of one of Abu Yusuf al-Tahhan’s neighbors. Hajj Abboud told me, based on what one of his ancestors had related, that in his final days Abu Yusuf had become too weak to meet people and remained confined to his house. The neighbors would bring him whatever food he needed. In any case, over the years I had visited his house several times and walked around it for long stretches. I would
Deconstructing Islamophobia: Stereotypes, Orientalism, and the Construction of the Other | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Islamophobia has become an increasingly prominent subject of political, academic, and media debate in Europe. Its growing visibility has coincided with the rise of far-right and populist movements, intensified debates over immigration and multiculturalism, and recurring controversies concerning the place of Islam and Muslims in European societies. Norway experienced an extreme and devastating manifestation of far-right violence in the terrorist attacks carried out by Anders Behring Breivik on 22
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