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Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d’s largest and most powerful democracy entirely at the service of this novel religion, promoting sodomy and child-slaughtering domestically and abroad.” All of this, he writes, makes it difficult to “know which camp to choose.” After portraying Putin’s opposition to abortion and gay rights as grounded in political calculation more than religious conviction, Krempach concludes: So whose camp do I choose, Putin’s or Obama’s? Neither. Both have, for…

The Biblical Money Code!

By Gordon Haber

…. Hyman’s proof text for due diligence is Proverbs 14:15: “The naïve will believe everything, but a wise man looks well into a matter.” Sure, okay, why not? But his other Scriptural reference is confused. Hyman reminds us that money itself is not evil—it is simply “a medium of exchange.” The “love of money” is the problem, as Paul points out in 1 Timothy 6:10. We can’t make rational decisions about money when we love it; we can only apply the “thr…

Egyptian Da Vinci Code Author Angers Coptic Christians

By Joseph Mayton

…gyptian Christians, and the novel she’s referring to is Yussif Zeidan’s novel Azazeel (titled Beelzebub in English), which met with little fanfare in Egypt until it won the Arab world’s version of the Booker Prize. Set in 5th-century Egypt, before Islam spread to the Nile Valley, the story takes place at a time when Christians (Coptic Christians to be exact) dominated Egyptian culture and political life. Boutros is one of many Coptic Christians wh…

Clashing human rights visions for LGBTs at United Nations; More Mixed Messages from the Vatican as Family Synod Begins; Timeline of Worsening Homophobia by Turkey’s AKP Party; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…on Human Rights to ensure LGBT people in the country are treated equally. El Salvador: Report on vulnerability of LGBT people Human Rights First called attention to the vulnerability of LGBT people to discrimination, marginalization, and murder amidst the “maelstrom of brutality” that the country has become. Israel: Jerusalem’s chief rabbi says homosexuality is an abomination and will disappear Jerusalem’s chief rabbi Shlomo Amar condemned the mu…

Our Lady of Good Hope and Excellent Behavior: Why this Apparition and Why Now?

By Lisa Bitel

…ce he was assassinated in 1980 by agents of the US-supported government of El Salvador. Towards the end of his life, Romero spoke out with increasing vehemence against his government’s abuses of human rights and their murder of Salvadoran citizens, including priests. The Vatican has always maintained that Romero died for his politics, not his faith. Ironically, Adele Brise may someday become a saint for her politics, rather than her visions and th…

Indonesian Court Rejects Religious Conservatives’ Bid To Criminalize Gay Sex; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…low ‘heathenistic’ practices like gay marriage Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi denounced “same-sex marriage as an abomination and a ‘Sodom and Gomorrah practice’” at a press conference. More from Radio New Zealand: He said there is no true Christian country in the world which would allow it and it would not be allowed in Samoa as long as it remained a Christian country. Tuilaepa and his Human Rights Protection Party changed the country…

Free Arabs: Satire, Disobedience, and Disclaimers

By Nabil Echchaibi

…e alone, and I won’t apologize for having an exciting life. Misogynists, feel free to bang your heads on the wall.” Ahlam and Mohamed are fictional characters, undaunted heroes of “The Horrific 4,” a satirical series on the newly launched website, Free Arabs. The series’ other protagonists include Mahmoud (a.k.a. Moody) a gay Arab, and Yehudi, an Israeli Jew. Together with Moody and Ahlam, these are “Satan’s personal envoys to the holy Ummah.” The…

Australian Church Leaders See Marriage Vote as Battle for Soul of Australia: Global LGBT Recap 10/30

By Peter Montgomery

…Smith after a Senate committee inquiry, in effect ruling out any further religious freedoms beyond the ability of religious ministers, celebrants and organisations to refuse to conduct weddings. Meanwhile, the Yes campaign released an ad featuring Harold Hunt, a 91-year-old who recounts the kinds of racial discrimination he faced as an aboriginal Australian. He noted that Australians voted in 1967 to give aboriginal people Australian citizenship,…

The Passion of Katniss: How the Hunger Games Confronts the Trauma of Violence

By Michael Schulson

…er. ____________ Note: Right before beginning this piece, I drove by Ryan Weldon on a highway outside of Bangs, Tex.. Weldon had an enormous American flag strapped to his back, and he was wearing a sign that said he was walking 5,000 miles in order to raise awareness about PTSD. I stopped and walked for a mile with him. A Marine Corps veteran, Weldon had a vivid dream on the night before Christmas, and woke up resolved to walk across the country,…

Scope Bacon, Twttr Hoaxes & Joel Osteen’s Big Reveal

By Deborah Whitehead

…o well-received. A Minnesota man, Justin Tribble, who self-identifies as a freelance journalist, spent $12 and five hours on April 1 to register the domain name joelostenministries.com (note the single “e”). He designed the fake website to closely resemble the original and, along with a photo of Osteen, he posted the following: Special Announcement: I am leaving the Christian faith. The post continued: As many of you may know, and may have heard i…