Articles
The Tai Ji Men Case: What Social Justice Is—And Isn’t
The injustice happening in Taiwan is an example of how ideology and personal interests of rogue bureaucrats corrupt the concept of social justice.
Tai Ji Men: From the “White Terror” to the Terror of Persecution
After the Martial Law was lifted, not all the problems of democracy were solved in Taiwan, as the Tai Ji Men case demonstrates.
The Great Bengal Famine of 1770: When Taxes Created a Genocide
The sudden rise of land revenue taxes, together with drought, caused what some now call a genocide, which killed from one to ten million Bengalis and Biharis.
There Can Be No Social Justice Without Tax Justice: The Tai Ji Men Case
Scholars and human rights activists discussed tax reform and the injustice vested on Tai Ji Men on World Day of Social Justice
“Paideia” and Tai Ji Men
Human rights activists should be educated to the ideal of civilization that the Greek concept of “paideia” conveyed. It will also help them to understand the Tai Ji Men case.
Taxes as a Weapon of Mass Persecution: The Tai Ji Men Case
An article on a large-circulation Italian daily newspaper explains that all that glitters is not gold in Taiwan.
Francis of Assisi, Fraternity, and Tai Ji Men
One of the origins of the International Day of Human Fraternity is the Italian mystic’s visit to Sultan al-Kamil in 1219. Its message is valid for the Tai Ji Men case, too.
Tai Ji Men Dizi: Children of a Lesser Father?
We will never achieve true justice until we allow ideology and dishonesty to corrupt the authentic experience of human fraternity.
Tai Ji Men: No Fraternity Without Justice. An Islamic Perspective
Bust of Ibn Khaldūn at the entrance of the Kasbah of Bejaia, Algeria. Credits.