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Bigotry

Academia 2 years ago

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The world needs a bottom-up approach to interfaith peacebuilding

Despite the United Nations Charter, and commitments from states to the norms of democracy, freedom of religion, rule of law, pluralism and diversity, bigotry is very much alive and kicking at the grassroots level.

Editorial 3 years ago

Politics of bigotry

Indonesia is also facing its own demons when it comes to identity politics, as our very own politicians pander to fringe Islamist groups for electoral gains.

Community 4 years ago

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Wikipedia editor 'warriors' fight lies, bigotry and even Nazis

False Covid death reports, a vast gender gap, Nazi "fan fiction": These are some of the perils an international crowd of volunteers battle across Wikipedia’s tens of millions of online entries.

National 5 years ago

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Indonesia’s religious minority students struggle against systemic bigotry

School can be tough for many people, especially if they’re struggling just to fit in; it could be even more unnerving for religious minority students in the country.

Books 6 years ago

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Author delivers strong message about art, bigotry

Author Laksmi Pamuntjak has just finished her Australian book tour.

Editorial 6 years ago

State-sponsored bigotry

In 1987, 32 years ago, the country’s Diagnostic Classification on Mental Disorder Guidelines III stated that homosexuality was not a mental illness. This was before the World Health Organization had homosexuality removed from this category.

World 7 years ago

Muslim couple denied Swiss citizenship over handshake refusal

The Swiss city of Lausanne has blocked a Muslim couple's bid to become Swiss nationals over their refusal to shake hands with members of the opposite sex.

World 7 years ago

Nazis, racists, bigots: Extremism on US ballot in 2018

Arthur Jones is an avowed Nazi. John Fitzgerald says the Holocaust is a myth. Rick Tyler wants to "make America white again."

Opinion 8 years ago

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Our cognitive dissonance

We have suddenly awoken in a country in which we feel no longer welcome simply because of our differences.

Opinion 8 years ago

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Is fear of demographic change driving bigotry?

What the conservatives fear is not a poor population. They fear a liberal population that does not need them — Indonesians who do not need the clerics and the generals.

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