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Anti-Gay Forces On Offense in Europe; ‘African Islam’ Challenged by Extremists; Irish Marriage Foes & ‘Sounds of Sodomy’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…he current crackdown is exceptional in its intensity.” Rights activists in Egypt have started calling for international pressure on the Egyptian government to respect the human rights of LGBT people. This is a dire sign, since international pressure can sometimes cause backlash against local activists. Such a call signals that human rights defenders believe the situation is desperate. This week the New York Times editorial page noted, “In a deeply…

2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People

By Peter Montgomery

…law, including allowing weddings to take place outside places of worship. Egypt: Government commission says atheism leads to homosexuality, should be outlawed A parliamentary commission on religion is advocating that “promotion of atheism” be criminalized; according to Pink News, the commission “ruled that atheism can cause ‘mental imbalances’ which in turn leads to homosexuality.’” It is believed that the commission hopes that by pushing through…

For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town

By Peter Montgomery

…he same-sex marriage bills, arguing that the draft amendments to the Civil Code were contrary to traditional family values. Egypt: HRC reports on persecution and harassment Human Rights Campaign released a report “highlighting the persecution and harassment of LGBTQ people in Egypt by both the state and society.” From a blog post on the report: The overall situation facing LGBTQ Egyptians today is grim as social, cultural, political and religious…

Does Secularism Have a Role in Egyptian Struggle?

By Austin Dacey

…ar regime. This point emerges clearly from the discussion of the future of Egyptian democracy taking place over at The Immanent Frame. Some experts have gone further to argue that secularism is not even a helpful category when talking about the Egyptian struggle. Let’s examine at a smaller scale John Voll’s arguments for his conclusion that “[w]hile relations between religion and state are central” to the present struggle in Egypt, “the clash is n…

Update: Mubarak Steps Down; The Crash After Mubarak’s Speech

By H.A. Hellyer

…hs, and all three of those faiths reject the use of drugs. But last night, Egypt was high. And then, it crashed. Egyptians weren’t high on drugs yesterday, of course. But as the rumor mill kicked into high gear, fueled by leading statements from the military, as well as media leaks, the mood in Egypt turned into one of jubilancy and elation. The expectation was that Mubarak would step down – for hours, people thought that he had already fled the c…

Broadcast Officials in China Censor Gay TV Characters

By Peter Montgomery

…regime.” And that has led to more frequent and public arrests even though Egypt “does not explicitly criminalize same-sex activity.” Last month a doctor was sentenced to a year in jail after someone reported him to “morality police.” More from Plummer: A special section of Egyptian law enforcement monitors so-called “moral crimes” in the country. Typically targeting homosexual men and transgender people, this police unit increasingly monitors soc…

Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

…. So it’s more about representation and identity than it is about specific codes or laws.” Even though some political activists in Middle Eastern and North African countries promote “Islamic law” in reaction to the imposition of European-style government and legal systems on them, there is no single school of thought on what shari’ah, or divine law, is or means—and there is no single, accepted legal code. “If Islamic law were some book where you c…

When Is Hosni Mubarak?

By Haroon Moghul

…flexibility to handle this charge. If we ask ourselves, who else would the Egyptian people trust, we would find ourselves forced to admit that in the last week we have lost what little leverage we may have had. Unlike in 1989, it isn’t America standing for freedom, but a neighboring Muslim democracy that has taken the lead. Shortly before Mubarak issued yet another underwhelming and entirely inexplicable speech, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan issu…

Mubarak’s Unedited Interview with Christiane Amanpour Reimagined

By Wajahat Ali

A portion of last night’s exclusive ABC Interview with Egypt’s burdened dictator, Hosni Mubarak Mubarak: I’m like the Frodo of Dictators. I never wanted unilateral, unchecked power; my own personal army; unlimited wealth and influence. The burden, it is too much, just too much. I’m really fed ub. CA: So, why did you stay in power for 30 years? Mubarak: Eh, for the beoble, the beoble. Only I could carry this burden…and then, of course, my son…

Was Prof Wrong to Ask Students to Not Thank God?

By Hollis Phelps

…, and in what manner to express or not express these rights. It’s when the code that translates these rights for us somehow ceases to function properly in the background that problems result. I want to suggest that often when problems crop up around religious or religiously-motivated speech in the United States, they often have less to do with rights per se than with the unwritten code that determines how these rights are to be taken. At least tha…