Secular or atheist feminists have engaged in feminist criticism of religion, arguing that many religions have oppressive rules towards women and misogynistic themes and elements in religious texts.

* The land of Karse in Mercedes Lackey's Velgarth novels-in earlier appearances the ruling priesthood is corrupt and oppressive, but later it is reformed and much improved by Solaris, the first woman to gain the combined religious and secular power in Karse.

His proclamation came during a period of widespread resentment among the Sudanese population of the oppressive policies of the Turco-Egyptian rulers, and capitalized on the messianic beliefs popular among the various Sudanese religious sects of the time.

These zines, and the movement, are characterised by an alternative to the self-imposed ghettoization of orthodox gay men and lesbians ; sexual and gender diversity in opposition to the segregation practiced by the mainstream gay community ; a dissatisfaction with a consumerist culture, proposing a DIY ethos in its place in order to create a culture of its own ; and opposition to oppressive religious tenets and political repression.

The U. S. government makes clear its objections to the Government's harsh and oppressive treatment of religious minorities through public statements, support for relevant U. N. and nongovernmental organization ( NGO ) efforts, as well as diplomatic initiatives towards states where religious freedom is a concern.

Anarchists advocate resistance to oppressive and authoritarian institutions, including religious ones ; and in extreme cases this may include violent resistance.

The victors removed the Christian Visigoths ' oppressive restrictions and granted the Jews full religious liberty, requiring them only to pay the tribute of one golden dinar per capita ( Jizya ).

In some areas, the resulting backlash aided the efforts of religious rivals — for example, Catholics won converts in areas where oppressive rule was identified with a Protestant Muganda chief.

Further, development communication could be also apprehended as “ emancipation communication ” as it aims at liberating people from the shackles of servitude, poverty, gender inequality, violence, religious or political persecution, or any kind of unjust and oppressive situation.

His career was interrupted by the oppressive persecutions in which their religious opinions involved the family.

More generally, he has also stated: " I support its liberal policies ... if Israel were to turn against these values — if it were to become an oppressive theocracy, like all Muslim countries today, that subjugates women, discriminates against gays and subjects science to religious censorship — I would become extremely critical of any such nation.

Jesus is said, in this view, to have come to empower individuals and free people from oppressive religious doctrines in Mosaic law ; he taught that the only rightful authority was God, not Man, evolving the law into the Golden Rule.

Writer and actor Antonin Artaud wrote an open letter, " Address to the Pope ," and expresses the revolt against what Surrealists saw as oppressive religious values: " The world is the soul's abyss, warped Pope, Pope foreign to the soul.

A theme introduced here, and recurring in the later stories, is dislike of religious fervor in all its forms, from oppressive establishments to messianic cults and even, later, to fanatic pursuit of vegetarianism, abstinence, and animals ' rights.

Next comes the main text (), six stories each concerning a major judge and their struggles against the oppressive kings of surrounding nations, plus the story of Abimelech, an Israelite who oppresses his own people.

Using his intelligence network, Chandragupta gathered many young men from across Magadha and other provinces, men upset over the corrupt and oppressive rule of king Dhana, plus resources necessary for his army to fight a long series of battles.

Nehemiah sees that the Jewish nobles are oppressing the poor, and forces the cancellation of all debt and mortgages ; while previous governors have been corrupt and oppressive, he has been righteous and just.

Philip Carrington states that there is no reason to question the authenticity of the Josephus passage on James, and elaborates the background by stating that Ananus continued to remain a power within the Jewish circles at the time even after being deposed, and that it is likely that the charges brought against James by Ananus were not only because of his Christian association but because he objected to the oppressive policies against the poor ; hence explaining the later indignation of the more moderate Jewish leaders.

These were Romans not under imperial control ; some of their reasons for rebellion may be indicated by the remarks of a Roman captive under Attila who was happy in his lot, giving a lively account of the vices of a declining empire, of which he had so long been the victim ; the cruel absurdity of the Roman princes, unable to protect their subjects against the public enemy, unwilling to trust them with arms for their own defence ; the intolerable weight of taxes, rendered still more oppressive by the intricate or arbitrary modes of collection ; the obscurity of numerous and contradictory laws ; the tedious and expensive forms of judicial proceedings ; the partial administration of justice ; and the universal corruption, which increased the influence of the rich, and aggravated the misfortunes of the poor.

With the unemployed poor unable to get any form of financial help except by entering workhouses, and with workhouses made much more oppressive than they had been before, the unemployed would tend to go to any lengths to obtain work, which established a free market in Labour.

By the end of the book rioting and civil unrest sweep the United States, due to a combination of poor health, poor sanitation, lack of food, lack of services, ineffectiveness of services ( medical, policing ), disillusionment with government / companies, oppressive government, civil unrest, high incidence of birth defects ( pollution-induced ), and other factors ; all services ( military, government, private, infrastructure ) break down.

Dr. Ilan H. Meyer, Williams Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law and expert on minority stress, has found through several empirical studies that gays and lesbians encounter a disproportionate level of stress and mental health difficulties because of discrimination and oppressive laws, and that these stresses amplify the social stigma that makes them more susceptible to depression, suicide and substance abuse.

In Holden, Justice Henry Brown wrote that while " the police power cannot be put forward as an excuse for oppressive and unjust legislation, it may be lawfully resorted to for the purpose of preserving the public health, safety, or morals.

Lady Belmore found the summer climate of Sydney oppressive and despite frequent retreats to Moss Vale, concern over his wife ’ s health prompted the Lord Belmore to resign his governorship on 26 June 1871 allowing the Belmore family to return to Castle Coole the following year.

According to Hugh S. Pyper, the biblical " founding myths of the Exodus and the exile, read as stories in which a nation is forged by maintaining its ideological and racial purity in the face of an oppressive great power ", entered " the rhetoric of nationalism throughout European history ", especially in Protestant countries and smaller nations.

Set in the mid 1980s, it uses a series of loosely connected short stories to tell the story of a group of characters tied together by decaying friendships, heroin addiction and stabs at escape from the oppressive boredom and brutality of their lives in the housing schemes.

Philip K. Dick wrote a large number of short stories where vast conspiracies were employed ( usually by an oppressive government or other hostile powers ) to keep common people under control or enforce a given agenda.

This community was fully focused on helping mobilize protesters in Egypt who eventually helped in the downfall of the oppressive President Mubarak.

Similarly, Lubin's successful fight for the lowering of oppressive freight rates also helped lead to the development of the parcel post system.

But for some African American musicians, the music called jazz is a reminder of an oppressive and racist society and restrictions on their artistic visions.

Beatty had a close relationship with his elder brother Charles, who became his ally against their oppressive and overbearing father.

Despite the facade of a mutant paradise, Nightcrawler, who intends on becoming a Genoshan resident, soon learns that Magneto is an oppressive ruler who unfairly incarcerates Genosha mutants who do not abide by his rules.

The view that democracy legitimizes taxation is rejected by those who argue that all forms of government, including laws chosen by democratic means, are fundamentally oppressive.

Franco Basaglia, a leading Italian psychiatrist who inspired and was the architect of the psychiatric reform in Italy, also defined mental hospital as an oppressive, locked and total institution in which prison-like, punitive rules are applied, in order to gradually eliminate its own contents, and patients, doctors and nurses are all subjected ( at different levels ) to the same process of institutionalism.

The view of those who criticize this continuing " men-only " policy is that it is discriminatory and oppressive.

Some attribute the rigid arms found in most forms of Irish Dancing to the oppressive ruling classes of 18th and 19th century Ireland, either the priests, who banned dancing for being unsavory, or the English landlords who sought to wholly eradicate Irish culture through policies that outlawed Irish games ( Hurling and Irish Football ), Language and Dance.

It began with an oppressive period of crackdown and paternalistic rule, then a dōka ( 同化 ) period of aims to treat all people ( races ) alike proclaimed by Taiwanese Nationalists who were inspired by the Self-Determination of Nations ( 民族自決 ) proposed by Woodrow Wilson after World War I, and finally, during World War II, a period of kōminka ( 皇民化 ), a policy which aimed to turn Taiwanese into loyal subjects of the Japanese emperor.

* Davan is a subversive of Billibotton who aims to unite the downtrodden against the oppressive Empire.

" The context of this passage refers to the yoke of Sennacherib, and how his oppressive nature is overturned by that of Hezekiah who was said to be as mild as oil.

* The Revolta da Chibata was a Brazilian naval mutiny of 1910, where Afro-Brazilian crewmen rose up against oppressive white officers who frequently beat them.

There is broad consensus that as a general category, peacekeeping includes ( 1 ) nonviolent accompaniment or interventions ( closest to the United Nations practice ), ( 2 ) speaking out for those who have little or no voice ; ( 3 ) bearing witness to the facts, mechanisms, dynamics, and results of violence and oppression ; and ( 4 ) passive resistance, or ' standing in the way of ' ( nonviolent resistance against ) violent or oppressive behaviors.

The Fomorians were mythological enemies of the people of Ireland, often equated with the mythological " opposing force " such as the Greek Titans to the Olympians, and during Bres's reign they imposed great tribute on the Tuatha Dé, who became disgruntled with their new king's oppressive rule and lack of hospitality.

The People Speak, released in 2010, is a documentary movie inspired by the lives of ordinary people who fought back against oppressive conditions over the course of the history of the United States.

Magnus, unable to pay the mercenaries so that they turned even the more oppressive for the local population, was like the Sorcerer's Apprentice, who could not get rid of " the spirits that he called ".

* Edith Summers Kelley-Canadian author, wrote Weeds ( 1923 ), novel about " an artistic tomboy in the rural hills of Kentucky, who struggles unsuccessfully to overcome the oppressive roles assigned to her as a woman "

Godiva (, " god gift "), often referred to as Lady Godiva, was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants.

According to the popular story, Lady Godiva took pity on the people of Coventry, who were suffering grievously under her husband's oppressive taxation.

The Guild was founded in 1933 in an effort to eliminate exploitation of actors in Hollywood who were being forced into oppressive multi-year contracts with the major movie studios that did not include restrictions on work hours or minimum rest periods, and often had clauses that automatically renewed at the studios ' discretion.

Fox, who occasionally corresponded with Thomas Jefferson and had met Benjamin Franklin in Paris, predicted that Britain had little practical hope of subduing the colonies, and interpreted the American cause approvingly as a struggle for liberty against the oppressive policies of a despotic and unaccountable executive.

Neighbouring Jews, who mostly reside in Galilee, are also affected by the oppressive rule of the Byzantines.