Tag: "secularism"

Manifesto For A Secular Middle East And North Africa

December 19, 2011 | Comments (0)

76 secularists and human rights campaigners, including Mina Ahadi, Nawal El Sadaawi, Marieme Helie Lucas, Hameeda Hussein, Ayesha Imam, Maryam Jamil, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasrin, Farida Shaheed, Fatou Sow, and Stasa Zajovic have signed on to a Manifesto for a Free and Secular Middle East and North Africa. In light of the recent pronouncements of [...]

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Call for a Feminist Block in the Laïque Pride March

Call for a Feminist Block in the Laïque Pride March

April 21, 2010 | Comments (0)

Secularism has been a critical demand in Lebanon ever since the declaration of independence. Unable to counter the confessional and sectarian loyalties in the years of the civil war, the question of a secular state rises once again to the fore of political life in Lebanon. This question reflects the need of the Lebanese people [...]

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