Algeria: Grasping at straws

Algeria′s Islamists Grasping at straws Algeria′s myriad Islamist parties are either barred from the elections or internally divided over whether to support the government or join the opposition, limiting their chances of success. An analysis by Riccardo Fabiani Ahead of legislative elections on 4 May, Algeria′s Islamists are as divided […]

Commentary: Will Jakarta’s New Governor Stand Firm Against Hardline Religious Groups?

Commentary: Will Jakarta’s New Governor Stand Firm Against Hardline Religious Groups?i Anies Baswedan received high-profile backing in his successful campaign to be Jakarta’s next governor. (Reuters Photo/Beawiharta) Voters in Jakarta have chosen a former cabinet minister who sought the support of hardline Muslims opposing his contender – who is embroiled in […]

Any room for Europe to ignore Turkey?

SAADET ORUÇ@saadetoruc Pro-PKK supporters seen holding a banner that reads “Lift the PKK ban” during a demonstration in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin to show solidarity with the terrorist group Regarding concerns from the refugee influx to security, the EU should simply cooperate with Turkey The recent move […]

Netanyahu is breaking the truth

There is an obsessiveness in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and his political associates’ relentless campaign against human rights organizations in Israel. In their preoccupation with these organizations they are ready to compromise the country’s democratic values and its standing in the world. This week his campaign against the human […]

Hypnosis and holy water: Russian ‘cures’ for gay people

Source: BBC By Anastasia Golubeva BBC Russian Service Image copyrightINSTAGRAM.COM/XCV_CHURCHImage captionChristian Pastor Peresvetov claims religion can cure gay “perversion” Controversial “treatments” by psychotherapists and preachers are being offered to gay people in Russia. BBC Russian heard accounts of so-called cures, after it emerged that gay men were being persecuted in […]