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Austin Dacey

Austin Dacey is a contributing editor at Religion Dispatches and the author of The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights. He is currently a senior consultant to the Youth Free Expression Program at the National Coalition Against Censorship.

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Religion Dispatches

On the Taliban’s Hit List: An Exiled Pakistani Singer’s Plea to Save Music

An interview with a singer marked for death by the Taliban. Curiously, while the Taliban claims that music is a violation of Islamic law, they do have their own melodies and hymns.
Austin Dacey
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Religion Dispatches

Rage Against the Regime: Voices from the Iranian Underground Music Scene

Iran’s Green Revolt is about freedom and democracy, sure. But it usually has to take form in a particular issue or, as in the case of a growing portion of Iran’s youth, in song. Meet the resistance in the form of the underground music scene.
Austin Dacey
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Religion Dispatches

Ahmadinejad Aside, Anti-Racism Conference Was Deeply Flawed

At the largely symbolic “Durban II” conference, some Islamic states and their allies are busy equating faith with race, conflating religious criticism with bigotry, and fashioning new political cudgels with which to pummel the West.
Austin Dacey
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