Last month, Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi passed away during a helicopter crash while travelling through thick fog in the mountains of northwest Iran. His premature death came amidst ongoing tensions in the Middle East, primarily caused by Israel’s War in … Continue reading
Tag: Islam
La dualité d’une France encore plus laïque face à des religions encore plus visibles
Ce lundi 25 septembre 2023, l’interdiction du port de l’abaya à l’école est officiellement validée par le Conseil d’État, réaffirmant l’importance de la laïcité pour le gouvernement français au sein de ses institutions, spécifiquement dans les écoles publiques. Quelques jours … Continue reading
Higher Education for Women in Afghanistan: A Sensitive Subject
The war on women’s rights and bodies has been ongoing for decades, but in some places, the battle is worse than in others. On December 20, 2022, another heavy loss occurred in the progression of women’s rights as the Taliban … Continue reading
Interview with Mahnoor Ali Syed
The Catalyst team met with Mahnoor Ali Syed to discuss her upcoming article “Chador aur Chardevari: the Veil and Women's Agency in Pakistan” in the upcoming Spring 2021 edition of Chrysalis.
Ismailism: The Success of a Community through the Bounds of Religion
Embedded in the Aga Khan's position are catalysts for the success of the Isma’ili community, specifically, the use of faith-based power to give back to the group from which that authority is originally derived.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité?
Reports of terrorist acts often plant biased rhetoric and paint the Muslim population as a whole in a violent and ruthless light. There is no undermining the severity of these attacks, however it is not uncommon for them to serve as a contribution to the common narrative depicting the Islamic religion as one with savage inclinations. Rather than painting the attacks as isolated anomalies, media outlets often use them to feed into an ever present mentality of bigotry, something that the Muslim community has had to work in one way or another, to prove themselves separate from.