Rahila Gupta
Rahila Gupta is a campaigner and journalist. She is the author of Enslaved: The New British Slavery.
Articles by Rahila Gupta
Book review: The Newlyweds
In this portrait of romance in the New India, we meet couples who have broken age-old taboos to be together. Can love conquer all?
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The Rushdie affair is not a simple matter of free speech
Religious fundamentalism is on the rise. In Britain, we must fight it by acknowledging the tensions in our own communities.
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Book Review: Exhumation
Leena Dhingra's new book, which is part memoir, part history, explores the life and death of an Indian revolutionary.
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Women married in faith ceremonies need better protection
Marriage law in England and Wales is finally being modernised. We must not forget the women harmed by religious ceremonies.
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Cubs of the Caliphate
Little attention has been paid to the boys groomed by ISIS to become the next jihadis. But a detention centre in the democratic commune of Rojava offers a model for rehabilitation.
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From the hijab to freedom
A new documentary "Women Leaving Islam", by the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, tells the story of six women escaping the violence of Islam's modesty culture.
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The Babri Masjid verdict was a dark day for India
Nearly 30 years after the destruction of the mosque by Hindu fanatics, the court judgment confirms fears for India’s future.
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The state is watching
The inclusion of eco-activists in the Prevent counter-terrorism programme is only the tip of the iceberg.
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Thousands were released in Iran, but not atheist prisoner Soheil Arabi
The activist and blogger sentenced to blasphemy is on hunger strike
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Women are leading the fight to protect India’s secular constitution
The Citizenship Amendment Act is only part of President Modi's assault on the secular underpinnings of the Indian constitution.
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Book review: Majoritarian State
This book of essays on how Hindu nationalism is changing India paints a worrying picture.
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How secular feminists are caught in the middle
Have religious fundamentalists and western Islamophobes alike eroded vital breathing space for secular feminists in Pakistan?
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“Who will have our backs now?”
In Pakistan, accusations of blasphemy can lead to death at the hands of the state – or the mob. A few brave lawyers are fighting back.
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The Rojava experiment
Behind the frontlines in Syria, a self-governing Kurdish region is making a radical attempt at gender equality.
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What do religious groups want from the general election?
A short guide to the manifestos.
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Many voices, one struggle
The history of Woman Against Fundamentalism shows that we need eachother's support in the fight against intolerance and bigotry.
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Unsafe havens
The Government is planning tougher penalties for men who use trafficked prostitutes. But who is helping the women themselves? Rahila Gupta uncovers a distributing trend
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Forced labour
200 years since it was abolished, slavery is not only still happening, reports Rahila Gupta, it’s actually increasing all over the world
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