Turkish President Erdogan’s Triple Defeat
Voters struck back at the ruling AK Party in parliamentary elections Sunday, depriving it of a majority and likely stopping the president’s latest power grab. Read Here – The Atlantic
Tag: secular
Bangladesh Is Becoming A Secular Society In Name Only
Once again, a blogger in Bangladesh has been murdered…These violent incidents are indeed what they are: fundamentalist attacks on free expression. But there is a deeper story, going back to the unfinished arguments over the war of independence in 1971. Is Bangladesh secular or religious? Is it Muslim or Bengali? These questions have become linked […]
Believe It Or Not
One need not go to the doors of the prime minister’s most prominent critics to conclude that (Narendra) Modi’s long-delayed reassurance to India on the subject of religious freedom is driven more by expediency than commitment. Read Here – Bloomberg
India’s Tryst With Its Hindu Destiny
With this election, the well-known notion of an enlightened India led by a Western-oriented urban elite has been overturned as Indians have voted to power politicians closer to their roots, politicians who represent small-town, socially conservative values. Read Here – Indian Express
looking beyond borders 