The New Dark Ages

http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/dark%20ages.htm
Date Written:  1996-11-22
Year Published:  1996
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX11841

For hundreds of millions of people in parts of the Middle-East, Africa and South-East Asia, the ascendancy of Islamic fundamentalism has ushered in an era of religious obscurantism and intolerance. The liberal, compassionate wing of Islam - although it still has large numbers of adherents - is being forced onto the defensive and increasingly eclipsed.

Subject Headings

• Anti-Religious
• Hate Speech
• Homophobia
• Islamic Fundamentalism
• Religious Fundamentalism
• Shari'a Law