Fundamentalisms

Mondiale: Livre: "Au nom de la Torah: Une histoire de l’opposition juive au sionisme" par Yakov M. Rabkin

Revue de livre par Prof. Osée Kamga

USA: Two Catholic women ordained as priests

Two Roman Catholic women were just ordained in Minneapolis, joining a roster that is condemned by Rome. On another front, advocates who prefer to engage the Vatican on female ordination pursue a "Ministry of Irritation."

Italie: L’Italie doit affronter l’islamisme et la xénophobie

Les actes violents visant des musulmans se sont multipliés ces derniers mois en Italie. Par ailleurs, certains membres de la communauté se sont radicalisés.

Malaysia: Prime Minister declares, "Yes, we ARE an Islamic state"

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has for the first time said that Malaysia was an Islamic state and not a secular state.

Pays-Bas: Un élu roué de coups pour apostasie

"Le débat sur le droit au débat - y compris concernant l'Islam - n'est pas prêt de s'éteindre aux Pays-Bas."

India: Attacks on Taslima Nasrin part of a pattern of repression by non-state fundamentalist forces

Editorial: "The attack on Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad on August 9, 2007 by legislators belonging to the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) is yet another instance of the steady criminalisation of politics in the country."

USA: Op-Ed: "Fringe Evangelicals Distort US Military Policy"

"The concerns of some within the military are that not only do fundamentalist Christian public pronouncements seep into top-ranking military officials, but their beliefs can infect the decision-making of those officials."

Denmark: Former Islamist "spokeswoman", Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, runs for Danish Parliament

Controversial Danish public figure now campaigning to become a Member of Parliament.

Iran: UPDATE: Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari released on bail

Detained Iranian-American academic Dr. Haleh Esfandiari was suddenly released from a notorious Tehran prison Tuesday after spending months behind bars on charges of endangering Iranian national security — allegations her family vehemently denies. However it remains unclear if Haleh Esfandiari, 67, will be allowed to leave the country.

Iran: UPDATE: Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari released on bail

A detained Iranian-American academic was suddenly released from a notorious Tehran prison Tuesday after spending months behind bars on charges of endangering Iranian national security — allegations her family vehemently denies.