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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 06 > when-the-lullabies-stop-an-epidemic-of-child-rape-in-bangladesh

When the Lullabies Stop: An Epidemic of Child Rape in Bangladesh

2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (390+ words) Two such recent cases (one in Dhaka's Pallabi and another in a rural area) involving one eight-year-old and four-year old little girl were brutally raped and murdered. Both unfortunate incidents got huge media attention. The setting is usually the same:…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 06 > jihad-in-the-quranic-perspective

Jihad in the Quranic Perspective

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (1164+ words) The hermeneutical framework employed in this paper is both humanistic and interreligious in character, and it is important to clarify what each of these commitments entails before proceeding to the analysis of specific Quranic material. The Quranic Semantic Field of…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > logotherapy-and-the-search-for-meaning-in-life

Logotherapy and the Search for Meaning in Life

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (977+ words) Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy remains one of the most profound philosophical and psychological responses to the crisis of human existence. Emerging from the ashes of unimaginable suffering during the Holocaust, Frankl's ideas continue to speak powerfully to activists, writers, thinkers, and…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > measuring-constitutional-justice-a-landmark-report-on-caste-inequality-and-deprivation-in-india

Measuring Constitutional Justice: A Landmark Report on Caste, Inequality and Deprivation in India

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (28+ words) In an era of indicators and indices to assess economic, social and even cultural life, a report on economic and social justice is not an unusual thing but...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > the-plank-in-the-imperial-eye-a-rejoinder-to-alan-shlemons-the-rising-tide-of-islam

The Plank in the Imperial Eye: A Rejoinder to Alan Shlemon's "The Rising Tide of Islam

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (918+ words) Alan Shlemon's article "The Rising Tide of Islam" is, on its face, a work of evangelical concern. It presents itself as a sober reckoning with demographic and...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > not-just-an-ally-radical-feminism-for-men

Not just an ally: Radical feminism for men

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (475+ words) Rather than abandon the project, I reached out to the UK feminist activist/author Julie Bindel, who generously offered to run the essay on her Substack'in five segments. I've compiled those installments in a PDF that is available on my…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 05 > when-a-village-wrote-its-childrens-future

When a Village Wrote Its Children's Future

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (415+ words) An Unforgettable Story of Government Higher Secondary School, Hadmat Sarpanch Walchand Punaji contributed five thousand five hundred and fifty-one rupees, fulfilling his share in this collective effort. He said: "When a community is determined to do something, stand with them....

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > women-as-wombs

Women as Wombs

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1013+ words) Birth Strike-Verena, as the Focus, a popular German magazine, calls me, has no qualms about coming out as childfree whenever the occasion arises, which made me "Germany's childfree icon, but this came at a price. Because only by reducing our…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > toxic-dust-from-the-shrinking-salton-sea-is-harming-childrens-lung-growth-amid-water-loss-study-finds

Toxic dust from the shrinking Salton Sea is harming children's lung growth amid water loss, study finds

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (739+ words) Southern California's Salton Sea was once a'resort playground, with sunny'beaches, celebrities'and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the 1950s and '60s. Today, those'resorts are long gone, replaced by a drying and increasingly toxic landscape. As the lake shrinks, wind blowing…...

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countercurrents. org > 2026 > 04 > risks-of-religious-indoctrination-of-children

Risks of Religious Indoctrination of Children

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (197+ words) Bhabani Shankar Nayak is a political commentator On 15 December 2025, after a hectic day of academic exchanges and talks in the morning, followed by sightseeing in the afternoon, my body was exhausted and it was difficult" Ordinary individuals often transcend their…...