Cultures of Resistance
Cultures of Resistance is a project that aims to address the Western hostile use of language intended to restrict debate related to mainstream Islamist movements and currents. The project will explore more effective means to respond to hostile use of language - as well as explore how better to insist on extending public debate beyond its standard focus on ‘Islamist violence’ - by launching a ‘positive’ (non-defensive) discourse on Islamism. In partnership with a wide number of social activist and public campaign groups, we aim to advocate for a shift in language from the defensive to the positive; to learn how others, in different struggles, have achieved this transition; and by this means, and by gaining greater critical mass, to open space in which a discourse of rebuttal and ‘resistance’ can be developed through visual and other means to imposed narratives and stereotyping. The aim is the change the terms of debate and to move to a more directly challenging, but more widely accessible, advocacy of understanding of Islamist ideology.
Cultures of Resistance magazine will be published twice a year by Conflicts Forum.
Volume 01 | Issue 03 [PDF]
The Building of a Docile Islam in Britain: How not to Prevent Violent Exremism
Spoooked! How not to Prevent Violent Extremism - Arun Kundnani
Pakistan Without Borders - Faisal Devji
Cultural Sufism and its Relationship to ‘Irfan - Seyed Sadreddin Safavi
The Experience of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: The Contemporary Debate - Sheikh Chafiq Jeradeh
Recognising Resistance: Lessons from Northern Ireland for Palestine and Israel - Ali Abunimah
Armed Struggle and Political Resistance: Lessons from Ireland’s and South African Resistance - Ismail Patel
Printed copies of Cultures of Resistance (including back issues) are available. Please contact info@conflictsforum.com for further information. Price is £3.50 / $6 per issue, plus postage costs. If you would like to set up a regular subscription to receive printed copies of the magazine, please contact us at the above email address.