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“Psychological Abuse Exists Everywhere.”

By Anne Sofie Hoffmann Schrøder — 2021

Sherin Khankan, 45, is Denmark’s first female Imam and the founder of Exitcircle, an NGO for victims of psychological abuse. Although her vocation has cost her a marriage and attacks from conservative Muslims, as well as right-wing politicians, she insists on the necessity to build bridges between worlds. She discusses her vocation in this interview.

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'Love jihad' law seen trampling women's hard-earned freedoms in India

When Mehak’s parents found out she was having a relationship with a Muslim man, they locked her in her bedroom, seized her phone and bank cards and installed security cameras at their home in northern India.

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Roli Srivastava
2021
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Missing: Humanist Women

Who’s the first person who comes to mind when you think of humanism or atheism? A follow-up question: Did you just think of a man?

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Krista Cox
2020
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Efforts by Women of Faith to Achieve Gender Equality

Here are five ways in which women of faith are fighting for gender equality at work and in broader society—empowering young women as feminist and womanist theologians, faith community leaders, social justice advocates, and elected officials.

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Rachel Koehler, Gwen Calais-Haase
2018
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Can Trauma Really Be “Stored” in the Body?

Scientists now have more evidence than ever before revealing the intimate, intertwined relationship between the mind and body.

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Stephanie Eckelkamp
2019
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Who Owns the Land?

No one disputes that decades ago local Indians were unfairly deprived of hundreds of thousands of acres that were guaranteed to them in perpetuity by solemn treaty; yet no one can agree about what should be done to correct that injustice today.

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Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
1988
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Sonia Sanchez Speaks Truth to Power, Poetically [Interview]

A formalist with wide poetic range, Sanchez’s vast body of work includes poems that delve into themes that resonate with those who’ve known isolation’s dance.

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Penny Dickerson
2014
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Satish Kumar—Peace Activist

In a very special interview, Satish Kumar shares his greatest adventure, inspiration and how we can find connection with the Earth.

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Saiki Wellness
2020
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Protest Is My Spiritual Practice

Lama Rod Owens says protesting is a spiritual act that engages the practitioner’s body, speech, and mind in service to others. But many Buddhists are resistant to resistance.

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Lama Rod Owens
2017
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Sherin Khankan Q&A: “If I Had to Define Myself by One Title, It Would Be Activist”

The imam talks activists as politicians, her Syrian refugee father, and a non-digital world.

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New Statesman
2018
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Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Treat PTSD Caused by Racism, Discrimination: Researchers

Williams is the co-lead author of a recent retrospective study that found those who tried doses of psilocybin (more commonly known as magic mushrooms), LSD, or MDMA (the pure substance found in Ecstasy or Molly) reported a decrease in trauma symptoms, depression and anxiety after 30 days.

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Avis Favaro, Elizabeth St. Philip, Solarina Ho
2021
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