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The Next Islamists: The Wide Green Smudge That’s Changing Our World

By Haroon Moghul

…judging by the progress of things, some parts of the planet are doing much better than we are. This may then make for new alliances between the Next Islamists and the West (so long as the West can break out of the thick teleology that demands we see the Muslim world as backwards and hostile.) But if America ignores options for trade and commerce in place of suspicion and hectoring, we empower Russia, China, and our own slow obsolescence. For China…

A Tiny Little Mecca for
the West

By Haroon Moghul

…a vanished people whose absence deflates every present moment. And though Turkey will have impact enough on Islam worldwide, it is too big, too overwhelming, and perhaps not quite Western enough to do what Bosnia can. Bosnia is small enough to put in your pocket, and kind enough to want to; it is easy to explore, and beautiful enough to fall in love with. There is something strange about Bosnia that way. Tuesday night at Sarajevo’s Gazi Husrev Be…

Win For ‘Natural Family’ Crowd at UN Human Rights Council…

By Peter Montgomery

…diplomacy, said the resolution reflected a broadening diplomatic showdown between a Western liberal bloc and an anti-liberal coalition in which “Russia and some other states portray Western ideas of human rights, and LGBT rights in particular, as a Western imposition…” And on these issues, the “anti-liberal” side has allies within the Western world as well as outside it. ISIS: More executions, personal account of anti-gay persecution by Islamic m…

Australians Vote Overwhelmingly For Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…are contrary to their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. Turkey: Officials ban film festival and other LGBT events A planned festival of German gay films was banned by officials who said it “could incite grudges and enmity toward a part of society.” The BBC notes: LGBT groups have complained that their rights are being curtailed under the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), wh…

Orthodox TV Channel Offers Gays One-Way Ticket Out of Russia; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…sage of marriage equality there. Northern Ireland: Sinn Fein sees parallel between marriage equality stance and advocacy for Catholics A July 1 marriage equality march drew a large turnout, which Chairperson of Sinn Féin Youth in Derry Caolán McGinley called a sign that marriage equality should be brought forward now; the Democratic Unionist Party has consistently blocked action on marriage equality. Sinn Fein has drawn a parallel to its efforts o…

Donald Trump Scares LGBT People Worldwide and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ase has only gone on due to “the twisted state of American jurisprudence.” Turkey: LGBT activist and lawyer detained Amid a broad assault on political opponents by the Turkish government, LGBT News in Turkey reports that Levent Pişkin, a lawyer and LGBTI activist, had been detained. Special operations police units arrived at Pişkin’s house in Kurtuluş, Istanbul around 05.00 a.m and confiscated some of Pişkin’s belongings from his room after detain…

Tutu’s Daughter Marries Woman & Loses Anglican Priest License; Romanian Anti-Marriage Activists Get 3 Million Signatures; Australian State Apologizes For Harmful Sodomy Laws; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ia Gasper, a town counselor and academic with a record of anti-gay rhetoric, created an offensive “queer dictionary.” Sample definition: “Gay community: People busy killing each other then blaming heterosexuals.” Turkey: Roundtable on LGBTI planned by European Intergroup on LGBTI Rights The European Parliament’s Intergroup on LGBTI Rights will host a roundtable on LGBTI rights in Turkey on Tuesday in Brussels….

World Congress of Families Blessed By Georgian Orthodox Patriarch and George W. Bush; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ad to disproportionate levels of unemployment and poverty for LGBT people. Turkey and Syria: Report on Mr. Gay Syria Competition The Daily Mail’s Isabel Hunter reports on a Mr. Gay Syria competition held in Istanbul, Turkey, as a show of defiance against Islamic State militants who have waged an execution campaign against gay men in Syria. The competition’s winner says his boyfriend was beheaded by ISIS. The article is accompanied by photos by Bra…

Peru’s Civil Unions Bill Killed as Bishop Calls Sponsor ‘Faggot’; Germany Fines Men For Trying To Force Gay Muslim Teen Into Hetero Marriage; LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ld Muslim man were fined for trying to force the then-15-year-old boy into Turkey to try to force him to marry a woman. Joseph Patrick McCormick writes at Pink News: Three Lebanese men have been fined by a Berlin court for allegedly attempting to force a 15-year-old relative into a straight marriage…. The associated press reports that the complaint details that in 2012, the men took the boy, who is now 18-years-old, in a car and tried to drive him…

New Reports Reveal Global Persecution of Nonbelievers

By Austin Dacey

…Bangladesh, Bahrain, Egypt, Indonesia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Turkey. In some of these cases, the governments even threatened to prosecute those who commented on, or “liked” or re-tweeted, the offending comments. In May, the Pakistan government went so far as to block all access to Twitter in the country because of objections to “blasphemous content.” The IHEU reports being contacted by an increasing number of secularist groups organi…