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South Asian Religious Leaders Challenged to Take on Stigma and Discrimination: Global LGBT Recap

…a crying little girl. Then his father went silent. He no longer looked at Zahed or even spoke to him. Zahed asked himself what it was he was put on this Earth to do? Who am I? He was filled with self-doubt. Looking for answers, he went to a mosque at the age of 12. Islam, Zahed would learn, provided answers to all questions. The Koran is a book about which there can be no doubts. Allah overcomes all resistance. As a Muslim, you are a student of I…

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There’s Nothing Wrong with ‘Prayer’; But There’s Every Reason to be Skeptical of Pence’s Coronavirus Prayer Circle

…er.com/BrianZahnd/status/1065753809715150848?s=20 https://twitter.com/BrianZahnd/status/1142942804643057664?s=20   In fairness, Zahnd has called for humane treatment of detained refugees and asylum seekers: https://twitter.com/BrianZahnd/status/1142637240306348032?s=20 Nevertheless, it’s unsurprising that Zahnd came to Merritt’s (and, more or less, Pence’s) defense in the unfolding Twitter storm. It may be that pushback on this inspired Zahnd to l…

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The World Was His Canvas: The Legacy of M.F. Husain

…en after 2007 to Doha, the capital of Qatar. It was Her Highness Sheikha Mozah, wife of the Amir and fervent patron of art and education in Qatar, who offered him a home in the tiny but wealthy Gulf state. Husain agreed to do a series of 99 paintings on Arab/Islamic art, to be housed in one of the several new museums being constructed in Doha. When I first met him, at the opening of the new I.M. Pei Museum of Islamic Art in November 2008, he had c…

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Churchgoers, Stay Home—It’s The American Way

…nternet revolution has taken hold on a smaller scale, as well. Idris Abdul-Zahir, an imam at the Masjidullah mosque in Philadelphia, began livestreaming Friday prayer services last year. All of this has meant that more people spend more time hearing sermons and praying in their homes. For some denominations, household prayer isn’t merely an alternative but supersedes public worship. In 2018, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints official…

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Who Gets to Decide if Noah is Biblical?

…ic Book of the Watchers, for instance, tells of how “Watchers” like Shemihazah married human women, sired mighty Giants or Nephilim, and corrupted humankind by teaching metalworking, cosmetics, magic, and weapons. In Jubilees, it’s made clear that Watchers came to the earth as teachers, only later to be corrupted by lust. The Enochic Book of the Giants and related traditions even show some sympathy for Shemihazah and the monstrous sons of the fall…

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“Even the Rich Suffer”: An Interview with Google’s Jolly Good Fellow Chade-Meng Tan

…ouldn’t be suffering. I’m not feeling happy, but I’m a fucking Buddhist.” UPDATE: Chade-Meng Tan offers a follow-up to this conversation here, elaborating on a few key points. And stay tuned to this channel for more from Max Zahn on the great debates in American Buddhism about mindfulness, money, and the meaning of life. –The Eds.   Also on The Cubit: Zen and the Art of Zombie Killing Follow The Cubit, RD‘s religion-and-science portal, @TheCubit…

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Defying Gravity Defies Sci-Fi Conventions

…it supernatural or administrative). Contrasted with Donner is Ajay Sharma (Zahf Paroo), who’s been chosen to lead the Antares mission. A Hindu, he believes that space travel is his dharma. But when he’s stricken by a mysterious ailment, he’s switched out and Donner takes over, and two concepts of destiny— Donner’s secular instinct and Sharma’s spiritual vocation — are put at odds. Sharma’s response to being taken off the mission is a bit unbalance…

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Forgiveness

…omething very human in the act of forgiveness is left out. Today we commemorate the famous march on Washington, let us hope the offense of racism finds such recompense in America. In Malaysia and Indonesia, at the end of Ramadan there is a custom to seek forgiveness zahir and batin for offenses done knowing and unknowingly. We do not know all the time how our actions affect another person. So to keep the level of humanity in forgiveness straight l…

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‘Id Mubarak and Many Happy Returns!

…riation on that greeting I described when I talked about forgiveness: maaf zahir dan batin, “forgive me any offenses, whether knowingly or unknowingly.” They also say selamat Hari Raya, selamat being the sort of universal word for peace, good, safety, etc. In Arabic they say kullu ‘aamin wa antum bi khayr, which is literally, “every year and you with goodness,” or “many happy returns.” The reply is, wa antum bis-sihah was-Salaam, which is “may eve…

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Call Me Pesach

…assover they turned knives on Christian children, bleeding them to make matzah and wine. In Yiddish, Jews reacted to the stories wafting out of Holy Week churches with a mixture of fear and derision. The Christian savior was regularly referred to by playful nicknames like Yoizel, Getzel, and most creatively Yoshke Pandre. The layers of meaning in this last name are astonishing: Using the diminutive suffix “–ke,” Yoshke translates as “Little Joe,”…

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