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🌊 US calls for sanctions on right-wing Indian paramilitary organisation

May 7, 2026

🌈 Why we need to gender political analysis of religion

March 18, 2026

🔮 How left-wing populism replaces security threats: Jean Luc Mélenchon on Muslims 

January 27, 2026

Armenia’s church-state relationship: the price of peace in the South Caucasus?

September 9, 2025

How Pope Francis transformed the Holy See’s care for migrants 

May 7, 2025
December 23, 2024

How Turkish anti-gender actors interpret Trump's win

Didem Unal Abaday Islamist anti-gender actors in Turkey celebrated Donald Trump’s recent victory in the 2024 US presidential election. They believe it will reinforce a growing transnational backlash against gender equality and LGBTI+ rights. Didem Unal Abaday argues that Trump's return to power will indeed strengthen the global anti-gender movement The US election and resistance to gender ideology […] Read more
September 12, 2024

Religious America: Democratic and Republican conceptions

Frédéric Strack In the 2024 US presidential campaign, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump are making religion an issue. Yet, argues Frédéric Strack, religion plays a significant role in differentiating the Republican and Democratic approaches to politics, as reflected in this summer’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Read more
August 14, 2024

Emergency room abortions in the US: doctors’ objections trump patients’ lives

Payton Gannon It is now two years since the fall of Roe v. Wade. How has this affected healthcare for pregnant Americans? Payton Gannon and Danielle Pullan explain the most recent Supreme Court cases, and contextualise them within the broader global discussion on conscientious objection and religion in healthcare Read more
June 24, 2024

Judeonationalism: calling out antisemitism to discredit Muslims

Sanne van Oosten Accusations of antisemitism are an effective strategy to discredit Muslims and their views, argues Sanne van Oosten. This 'Judeonationalism' mirrors other forms of instrumentalisation of vulnerable groups. 'Femonationalism' and 'homonationalism', for example, exploit gender equality and gay rights to marginalise cultural others, particularly Muslims Read more
May 3, 2024

🌊 Czech coat and Slovak cassock in illiberal movements

Natália Noskovičová Two nations, one name, divergent paths: Natália Noskovičová delves into the illiberal mobilisations of the Czech and Slovak Alliances for Family and National Marches for Life. Here, she navigates the religious and secular strategies of anti-gender movements in the heart of Europe Read more

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