Originally conceived in Hebrew and Greek traditions as words that offend deities, blasphemy has morphed in the present day into a battle of images and a cry of subjective emotional pain, which anyone can use against anyone to silence and dominate them.
Performance has been instrumental in critiquing faith and encouraging freethinking. In contemporary discourse, it is important to ask what performance is, to determine whether it is progressive or regressive.
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Living as a nonbeliever or atheist in an Islamic milieu is daunting. Yet, a burgeoning ex-Muslim community in the Islamic world continues to find ingenious ways to assert their disbelief.
“Religion is Anti-Me”: Becoming and Being a Nonbeliever in the Muslim World Read More »
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের শিক্ষার্থী তিথি সরকার মহানবীকে কোন এক ‘কটূক্তি’ করেছে, এরপর তাকে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে বহিস্কার করা হলো, সংগঠন থেকে বহিস্কার করা হলো, তার শাস্তি চেয়ে ছাত্রলীগসহ বিভিন্ন ইসলামপন্থী ছাত্রসংগঠনও রাস্তায় নামল। একটা কালেক্টিভ ও প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক জুলুম করা হচ্ছে তার প্রতি।এরপর থেকে এখনো পর্যন্ত খুঁজে পাওয়া যাচ্ছেনা। বাংলাদেশের সাম্প্রতিক পরিস্থিতি গত কয়েকদিনে বাংলাদেশে কোরআন ও
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Shuddhashar is deeply alarmed by the arrest of Mubarak Bala, a well-known humanist, who serves as the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. Persecution of the non-religious is nothing new; its history can be traced to the age of antiquity when belief in a creator of the world buttressed the legitimacy of the state.
Mubarak Bala is incarcerated for a victimless crime. Set him free! Read More »
The shadowy Prophet Military coups are a run-of-the-mill reality in the Islamic world. And yet, the 1970 coup d ‘état in Syria, which set the wheels of a sectarian dictatorship in motion, kindled an unusual sense of unease in the Muslim world. It was particularly felt by its Sunni majority. The bloodless coup brought former
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