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Rising Religious Intolerance in South Asia

Neeti Nair
Current History. 2018; 117798148–150 doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2018.117.798.148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2018.117.798.148
Published: 01 April 2018
... India Pakistan Myanmar South Asia religion intolerance blasphemy Narendra Modi Hindu nationalism democracy Rohingya Islam extremism Tehreek-e-Labbaik minorities PERSPECTIVE Rising Religious Intolerance in South Asia NEETI NAIR 148 South Asia has historically been known for its...
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Whether in India, Pakistan, or Myanmar, governments have failed to protect minorities, and too often politicians have pandered to agitators stirring up sectarian hatred.
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Is Israeli Democracy in Danger?

Dov Waxman
Current History. 2016; 115785360–362 doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2016.115.785.360
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2016.115.785.360
Published: 01 December 2016
... of California Dov Waxman Israel democracy intolerance extremism Knesset Palestinians West Bank settlements Jewish state Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu illiberal PERSPECTIVE Israel has long proudly proclaimed itself to be the sole democracy in the Middle East, and its...
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Demographic shifts have contributed to an illiberal trend also fueled by five decades of occupation and settlement of Palestinian lands. The new right-wing majority is trying to stifle dissenting voices.
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Can Civil Society Tame Violent Extremism in Pakistan?

Anita Weiss
Current History. 2016; 115780144–149 doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2016.115.780.144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2016.115.780.144
Published: 01 April 2016
...Anita Weiss [L]ocal people acting within civil society groups are responding to violent religious extremism in unprecedented ways. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the University of California Anita Weiss Pakistan civil society Taliban nongovernmental...
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[L]ocal people acting within civil society groups are responding to violent religious extremism in unprecedented ways.
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The Roots of China's Ethnic Conflicts

Yan Sun
Current History. 2014; 113764231–237 doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2014.113.764.231
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2014.113.764.231
Published: 01 September 2014
.... Some local offi- cials, in their zeal to get fast results, adopt a top- down political task approach, issuing extreme commands that distort the meaning of bilingual education. Moderate Uighur intellectuals worry about adverse effects on children s cultural values and identity. Dissidents contend that...
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A better understanding of the flaws in China's ethnic policy would help ease the vicious cycle of ever more sticks and carrots in dealing with sensitive regions.
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Why 2013 Is Not 1933: The Radical Right in Europe

David Art
Current History. 2013; 11275288–93 doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2013.112.752.88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2013.112.752.88
Published: 01 March 2013
.... © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California David Art Europe debt crisis radical right far right extremism Germany Nazism France National Front British National Party Spain Italy immigration 88 If Europe continues to pull...
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If Europe continues to pull itself back from the brink of financial calamity and political instability, historians will write books not about how the radical right destroyed the European project but how elected officials checked populist influences and found a way to muddle through.
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