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“Human Rights and Westernizing Illusion” – article by Amartya Sen

by Barney on 23 August 2009

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[AMARTYA SEN is Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University and former Lamont University Professor at Harvard. This article is a revised version of the Commencement Address given at Bard College on May 24, 1997. It originally appeared in the Harvard International Review, Summer 98, Vol. 20 [...]

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Egyptian Baha’is denied justice yet again

by Barney on 3 February 2009

Sphinx & Pyramid of Khafre - Giza

photo credit: pyjama
In Greek mythology the Sphinx is supposed to have asked travellers who wished to enter the Greek city of Thebes to solve a riddle before they were allowed to enter the city. The Sphinx killed travellers who failed to answer the riddle correctly.
The riddle facing the Egyptian Baha’is
The riddle facing the Baha’is [...]

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