"Stop patronising hijabi Muslim women by telling them to consider how other Muslim women may find hijab oppressive, as if we have not already done so.

We know how religion is weaponised in places where Muslims are the majority. We also know how your governments weaponise anti-Muslim rhetoric globally, and we understand where Islam stands in the global order.

Who are you trying to fool here?

Treating Muslim subjects as if we are insulated from that order and reminding us that “contradictions exist” is a projection of the privilege enjoyed by those who benefit from that system."

https://wrzky.com/orientalism-and-the-denial-of-muslim-political-agency/

#hijab #orientalism #muslim #liberalism #press #islamophobia #edwardsaid #activism #authoritarianism #marxism #liberalfeminism #Islam #Iran #afghanistan #indonesia #palestine

"Muslims are not neutral subjects in the global order, and Islam is already positioned as suspect within it. The conversation about hijab does not happen in a vacuum. Take authoritarianism in Iran, for example.

Instead of seeing authoritarianism as inherently gendered and violent, as an inevitable feature of patriarchy, as a system that justifies itself by co-opting any moral framework, you view it as either “uniquely Islam”, an “Abrahamic religions issue”, or “proof that all religions are oppressive.” Why don’t you name a secular, non-authoritarian, non-misogynistic nation-state, then?"

https://wrzky.com/orientalism

#authoritarianism #Iran #Islam #Muslim #Orientalism #edwardsaid #hijab #press #anarchism #activism #politics #critique #muslimah #muslimwomen #Indonesian #palestine #imperialism #communism #marxism

Que el patriotismo cambie de bando

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://elpais.com/opinion/2026-04-06/que-el-patriotismo-cambie-de-bando.html

Irã e Palestina: A violência como “dano colateral”

https://outraspalavras.net/crise-civilizatoria/ira-e-palestina-a-violencia-como-dano-colateral/

Il Foglio RSS: Se la Biennale mette sullo stesso livello democrazie e regimi. Una lettera

Al direttore - Rispondendo su queste colonne alla proposta di Giuliano Ferrara di affiancare all’apertura del padiglione del regime russo un’iniziativa a favore della cultura del dissenso, il presidente della Biennale ha svelato un suo progetto per il prossimo anno (non questo, dovessero offendersi gli ospiti del suddetto padiglione): l’invito a cinque protagonisti di oggi sgraditi ai loro governi, rispettivamente di Stati Uniti (?), Israele (??), Cina, Russia, persino Ue (???). Dissenso represso e incarcerato? Sarebbe interessante sapere quali scrittori e artisti della democrazia di Israele sgraditi al governo siano imbavagliati nel loro Paese: forse David Grossman, o Edgar Keret, o Yuval Abraham e Rachel Szor, coautori di un documentario, “No Other Land”, una delle più potenti opere critiche nei confronti della dirigenza di Israele? Certamente il riferimento non può valere per i libri dello scrittore palestinese antisionista Edward Said, presenti in tutte le librerie di Tel Aviv e assenti in quelle dei paesi islamici. Mistero. In attesa di un suo scioglimento attendo anche il cortese invito ad Azar Nafisi, intellettuale iraniana in esilio che non può leggere con le sue studentesse perseguitate dai pasdaran Lolita a Teheran.
Pierluigi Battista

If the Biennale puts democracies and regimes on the same level. A letter.

To the Editor – Responding in these columns to Giuliano Ferrara’s proposal to accompany the opening of the Russian regime pavilion with an initiative in favor of the culture of dissent, the Biennale’s president revealed a project for next year (not this one, to avoid offending the guests of the aforementioned pavilion): the invitation to five protagonists of today, unwelcome by their governments – the United States (?), Israel (??), China, Russia, even the EU (???). Suppressed and imprisoned dissent? It would be interesting to know which writers and artists of Israel’s democracy, unwelcome by the government, are gagged in their own country: perhaps David Grossman, or Edgar Keret, or Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, co-authors of a documentary, “No Other Land”, one of the most powerful critical works against the leadership of Israel? Certainly the reference does not apply to the books of the Palestinian anti-Zionist writer Edward Said, present in all Tel Aviv bookstores and absent in those of Islamic countries. Mystery. While awaiting his clarification, I also await a courteous invitation to Azar Nafisi, an Iranian intellectual in exile who cannot read with her persecuted students, harassed by the Basij in Tehran.

Pierluigi Battista

#Biennale #GiulianoFerrara’s #Russian #theUnitedStates #Israel #China #Russia #DavidGrossman #EdgarKeret #YuvalAbraham #RachelSzor #NoOtherLand #Palestinian #anti-Zionist #EdwardSaid #TelAviv #Islamic #AzarNafisi #Iranian #Basij #Tehran #PierluigiBattista

https://www.ilfoglio.it/cultura/2026/03/14/news/se-la-biennale-mette-sullo-stesso-livello-democrazie-e-regimi-una-lettera-8785858/

"Instead of seeing authoritarianism as inherently gendered and violent, as an inevitable feature of patriarchy, as a system that justifies itself by co-opting any moral framework, you view it as either “uniquely Islam”, an “Abrahamic religions issue”, or “proof that all religions are oppressive.” Why don’t you name a secular, non-authoritarian, non-misogynistic nation-state, then?"

Share this with your imperial feminist friends.

https://wrzky.com/tizr/

#feminism #liberalfeminism #muslimfeminism #islam #authoritarianism #patriarchy #paternalism #iran #palestine #indonesia #secularism #pluralism #panislamism #marxism #orientalism #edwardsaid

Orientalism and the Denial of Muslim Political Agency

https://wrzky.com/orientalism-and-the-denial-of-muslim-political-agency/