Fundamentalisms

UPDATE: Bangladesh: The position of the Ahmadiyya (Qadiani) community continues to deteriorate

Bangladesh: Banning of books by the Ahmadiyya movement

Bangladesh has banned publications by the minority Ahmadiyya movement amid demands from Islamic hardliners that it be declared non-Muslim.

India: Activities of the Campaign Against Fundamentalisms during the World Social Forum 2004

"Your mouth, fundamental against fundamentalisms."

Dossier 25: Gender and the Struggle over Public Spaces

Read this chapter and the complete publication here.

Dossier 25: Portraits of Two Islamist Women: Escape from Freedom or from Tradition?

Most of these studies, including writings by this author, have adopted a broad historical, political, or sociological lens through which gender relations and the concerns of women of the region have been analyzed. In this article on Islamist women of Iran, however, I wish to adopt a somewhat different perspective. I am not looking at rank-and-file women who, willingly or not, acquiesced to the Islamist movement after the 1979 Revolution.

Bangladesh: Anti-Ahmadiyya agitation

Religious fanaticism must be countered effectively.

India: Communal Harmony Award to Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer

Association for Communal Harmony (ACHA), USA, gave Communal Harmony award for 2002-2003 to Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer on 7th December, 2003 in Oregon state. A function to give award was held on 8th December, 2003 and it was broadcast by a Radio channel.

Bangladesh: Ahmadiyyas (Qadianis) Under Attack: Violating the Right to Freedom of Religion

In the last few months, the Ahmadiyya (Qadiani) community in Bangladesh has been subjected to repeated assaults on its mosques in several places and on individual members of the community.

Bangladesh: Attaques perpétrées contre les Ahmadiyyas (Qadianis): Violation du droit à la liberté du culte

Depuis ces derniers mois la communauté Ahmadiyya du Bangladesh a vu plusieurs de ses membres et ses mosquées faire l’objet d’attaques répétées dans plusieurs endroits différents.

Bangladesh: Attaques perpétrées contre les Ahmadiyyas (Qadianis): Violation du droit à la liberté du culte