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Learning to Sacrifice: Some Reflections on the Ethical Implications of Qurbani

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Ethical Organizing in the Midst of Modern Genocide

The following is a transcript of a khutba that I was afforded the opportunity to offer at Masjid-ul-Islam in Mayfair West, Johannesburg, on the 26th of July. For the audio recording of the khutba, click here:

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When Language Falters: Breaching the Conceptual Limits of Genocide

- Tayseer Barakat, Untitled, 1993. Dalloul Art Foundation1


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When Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide” in 19422, he did so because up until that point, there was no term in the English language (to the best of his kno...

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Haters gonna hate: on self-hatred and false promises

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