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Austin Dacey

Austin Dacey is a contributing editor at Religion Dispatches and the author of The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights. He is currently a senior consultant to the Youth Free Expression Program at the National Coalition Against Censorship.

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First They Came for the Brotherhood . . . Egyptian Gov Seeks to Criminalize NGOs

Having banned the Muslim Brotherhood and exercised increased control of religious activities at mosques , the military-led regime in Egypt is turning its sights on all non-governmental associations. A…
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Does Secularism Have a Role in Egyptian Struggle?

With Egypt’s presidential election a few weeks away, former Field Marshal Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi seems all but unstoppable. In an interview with Egyptian television this week, the career military chief…
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Is a Secular System Right for Egypt?

The current battle, contrary to much coverage, isn’t between Islamist and secular forces.
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