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Fundamentalism: Power, politics and persuasion（原理主義：その権力、政治、魅惑）

【Agenda】
Stories making the news this month
6 Cementing Gaza’s suffering
6 Sami’s diamond win
7 Change postponed in Togo
7 Introducing Muhammadu Buhari
7 Awards for bigots in Malaysia
8 Canada’s open wound
8 Solar comes to Shatila
9 Global frack-down in Basque Country
9 Thai seafood slaves
PLUS: Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and Reasons to be Cheerful.

【The Big Story】Fundamentalism
10 The lure of the dead-end
How do oppressive ideologies take hold despite the devastation they cause? Dinyar Godrej looks behind the news headlines.

15 Take your pick
Ziauddin Sardar on the various fundamentalisms on offer in Pakistan.

18 Captive to their own myths
The upsurge of Hindu nationalism in India, by Urvashi Butalia.

21 The miseducation of Jonny Scaramanga
His escape from fundamentalist schooling.

22 The anti-gay gospel
How foreign funds amplify hate in Uganda, by Patience Akumu.

24 Worshippers of the Almighty Invisible Hand
Robert W Parenteau’s satirical look at true believers in the‘free market’.

【Features】
28 the Arctic carve-up
Could the next ‘cold’ war be a battle for control of the rapidly melting polar circle? Kyla Mandel reports.

30 Dirty games
Azerbaijan will be showing its friendly face this month as it hosts the European Games. But it’s what is going on behind the scenes that is important, argue Emma Hughes and James Marriott.

【Mixed Media】
34 Music reviews
From Kinshasa by Mbongwana Star; Delone by Sacri Cuori.

35 Film reviews
The tribe, directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy; The Supreme Price, directed by Joanna Lipper.

36 Book reviews
Don’t Try This At Home by Angela Readman; How Politics Makes Us Sick by Ted Schrecker and Clare Bambra; The Whale House by Sharon Millar; Headscarves and Hymens by Mona Eltahawy.
PLUS: Also out there…

【Opinion】
33 Kate Smurthwaite
A sharp kick in the ballots.
PLUS: Polyp’s Big Bad World cartoon.

【Regulars】
4 Letters
Printing money; the IQ myth; Iron Man inspiration.

5 Letter from Bangui
Education means learning your rights, not just how to write, says Ruby Diamonde.

26 Country Profile: Burma

32 Making Waves
Bahraini activist Maryam Abdulhadi al-Khawaja smiles in the face of adversity.

38 And Finally
Subi Shah talks to writer and activist Farrukh Dhondy about his time in the Black Panther Movement, multicultural TV and washing his own clothes.