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Morality Police, Jihadists, Religious Competition, Grindr, & Americans Abroad: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lesbian kiss scene in the first episode of the new season of Dr. Who. The BBC Worldwide’s London-based compliance team made the cut to conform with laws against same-sex relations and broadcast content in Asian countries such as Muslim majority Malaysia and Indonesia. Viewers in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore also watched the same censored version…. Jeanne Leong, director of communications at BBC Worldwide Asia, said as an internatio…

RD on BBC: Park51 Controversy

By Hussein Rashid

…Associate Editor Hussein Rashid appeared on the BBC show Beyond Belief on Oct. 4, 2010, to discuss the history and place of Islam in America. Other panelists include Robert Salaam of The American Muslim and Daniel Pipes. About half the show focuses on the Park51 controversy and responding to Pam Gellar’s incitement against New Yorkers’ right to self-determination. …

Audio: BBC Conversation On RD’s Letter to Muslims on Same-Sex Marriage

By The Editors

…Shortly after Reza Aslan and Hasan Minhaj’s, “An Open Letter to American Muslims,” was first published on RD this past Tuesday, it became clear that it had launched a critical discussion across the United States. But now, as the subject of BBC’s “World Have Your Say” program (sorry, programme), the letter has jumped our nation’s borders and launched the discussion across the world:…

Iftar: Breaking Fast

By Amina Wadud

…on. I’ve created my own tradition. In my family, we have a fresh, chopped fruit salad. I admit, there is something extra special about handling the fruit while fasting. All that slicing and dicing into tiny bite-size pieces is almost as delicious as the first bite after the fasting day is over. Sometimes when I break fast somewhere else, I feel like something is missing; even if the dates are there to simulate uniformity. Now these small variants…

On The Kerry Apartheid Comment and the Cycle of Chutzpah

By Sarah Posner

…Fingerhut explained that a J Street U student initiated the invitation to Breaking The Silence, a group Hillel would not have invited itself. Nonetheless, Fingerhut admitted, Breaking The Silence “is, regrettably, part of the broad tent of dialogue regarding Israel.” But Fingerhut et al., Na’aman writes, “seem to be more concerned with their own feelings toward Israel — their ‘tent’ — than with Israel. Mention of the actions of the IDF, the value…

Introducing the Dr. Who Media Club

By James F. McGrath

…ng religion and society at Boston University. He is the author of Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampires. And now, without further ado, James McGrath and I reflect on the first three episodes. — Gabriel McKee Gabriel McKee_____________ After over a year wandering in the wilderness of a semi-hiatus, Doctor Who fans have at last reached the promised land: a new season, with a new actor in the lead role (Matt Smith) and a new executive pro…

Will International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based Persecution?; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…he issue today, 377A would stand,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told the BBC in an interview in February. “My personal view is that if I do not have a problem, this is an uneasy compromise, I am prepared to live with it until social attitudes change.” Media policies, meanwhile, continue to block any positive portrayals of same-sex relationships, and conservative elements are both vocal and organized in lobbying against any move towards greater e…

Talking Justice on Twitter: “We Are Breaking Down Barriers”

By Arafat Kabir

…ment documents, satellite images, and real-time interviews. We have access today that even world leaders did not have only a few years ago—it is as if we are within the chambers of power. All this information can overload those who are not tolerant or emotionally equipped to channel it in meaningful, hopeful, and useful ways—it can be overwhelming. For one person it might instill hope; for another it might cause despair.But data is just data—it is…

Breaking Up with God: I Didn’t Lose My Faith, I Left It

By Sarah Sentilles

…I can’t know if God exists, but I do know the word God is operating in the world, running around doing all kinds of work, good and bad, and I think, as a theologian, I have a responsibility to think critically about the kinds of gods we make and worship and to try to come up with versions of god that might make the world a more just and life-giving place for everyone. Did you have a specific audience in mind when writing? I had many different audi…

Pope Francis Says Teaching Gender Is Nasty; Far-Right Religious Groups Helping Mexico’s Anti-Equality Movement; Colombia’s Peace Deal Killed by Anti-LGBT Campaign?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…sident Juan Manuel Santos to ask lesbian Education Minister Gina Parody to run the “Yes” campaign at a time when she was already being targeted by conservatives over a controversial teaching handbook. Sensing opportunity, opponents of the FARC agreement began to argue it was another effort to undermine conservative ideas of gender and family. Articles and blogs surfaced arguing that the historic inclusion of gender and LGBTI status in the peace de…