Politics Activism and the Conflict of Visions Posted on April 22, 2018April 22, 20185 commentsbyEdward Freeman I recently read Thomas Sowell’s classic work A Conflict of Visions. In it, he attempts to describe two different foundational worldviews, or visions, which are implicit in the thinking of… View Post
View Post 5 min Culture & Media Our First Enemy is Silence Posted on November 24, 2017October 23, 20183 commentsbyDan Melo Silence has been enforced over the victims through threats to their persons, their careers, or the stigmas of culture. View Post
View Post 7 min Politics Is Ireland Ready to Abandon Catholicism Posted on August 17, 2017September 8, 20176 commentsbyCian O'Connor And is repealing abortion really the best approach? Earlier this week, fellow contributor at Areo, Barry Purcell, wrote “Is Ireland Ready for Abortion?” in which he concluded: “No longer can the… View Post
View Post 5 min Politics Is Ireland Ready for Abortion? Posted on August 10, 2017September 8, 20175 commentsbyBarry Purcell Ireland has always been seen, along with Poland, The Philippines and Central and South America, as the heartland of Catholic belief. Despite Ireland’s official status as a democratic republic, however,… View Post
View Post 4 min Politics Why I Still Call Myself a Feminist Posted on August 7, 2017March 8, 201813 commentsbyIona Italia Recently, many people have asked me why I still choose to identify as a feminist, especially since I dislike some of the excesses of contemporary Western feminism. I am wary… View Post
View Post 7 min Features My Stealthy Freedom: The Hijab in Iran and in the West Posted on July 12, 2017February 4, 20182 commentsbyMalhar Mali In 1979, after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, more than a hundred thousand woman took to the streets to protest the compulsory veiling that was to be enforced under the… View Post
View Post 7 min Politics The Hijab Needs Informed Reporting — Not Glorification or Fear-Mongering Posted on March 21, 2017September 9, 20174 commentsbyV.R. Kahn So far this year the hijab has continued to be the focus of many news reports. In February, there was considerable coverage of the fifth annual World Hijab Day when… View Post
View Post 4 min Politics Female Genital Mutilation — Is It an Islamic Problem? Posted on November 21, 2016August 25, 20177 commentsbyMalhar Mali I recently got into a discussion with a friend who commented on my piece about Islam and the discourse around it. He affirmed Reza Aslan’s statement of: “Female Genital Mutilation… View Post