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First They Came for the Brotherhood . . . Egyptian Gov Seeks to Criminalize NGOs

By Austin Dacey

…order or morals.” Under the proposed legislation, the operation of foreign international organizations in Egypt and the cooperation of domestic organizations with intergovernmental bodies such as the United Nations would be severely restricted. The NGO coalition statement points out that these provisions “will be used against any rights organization that seeks to acquire consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, or with any orga…

Israel’s Chief Rabbis Say No to Christian Zionist Event

By Sarah Posner

…ndemning an upcoming event sponsored by the Christian Zionist organization International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, finding that it “hinders Israel’s true redemption.” The event, a prayer vigil marking the end of ICEJ’s annual five-day commemoration of the Feast of the Tabernacles, or Sukkot, is scheduled to take place October 15 at the southern wall of the Temple Mount. Other portions of the ICEJ’s program will take place at the new Jerusalem P…

Vatican OKs Exorcist Group: Can It Reconcile Spiritual Warfare and Social Justice?

By Joseph Laycock

…flected the experience of many modern Catholics. When the film inspired an international sensation (including feinting and vomiting in theaters), the Church’s response was mixed. Jesuit reviewers in America magazine dubbed the film “sordid and sensationalistic.” However, the conservative Catholic journal Triumph and the official journal of the Vatican, Civilita Cattolica, praised the film’s spiritual message. For outsiders, the film revived critiq…

Resurrecting Marley at 70: Rastafari History in 5 Songs

By Darren J. N. Middleton

…the University of West Indies in Mona, Kingston, plays host to The Fourth International Reggae Conference, which organizers are describing as a four-day festivity exploring Jah Music’s global ambassador and his varied legacies. From February 11-14, participants will ponder everything from tribute concerts to political monuments; from documentary films to new novels; and from remixed re-releases to ital beverages. It’ll be all Bob all the time, wh…

Fear of U.S. Marriage Equality Exported to Africa

By Kapya Kaoma

…an Center for Law and Justice, Lou Engle, and Sharon Slater’s Family Watch International. It’s a claim that has been reflected in the reactions to the Supreme Court ruling from African political and religious leaders who’ve vowed to “defend” their nations from what, they’re being told, will be an invasion of same-sex marriage from the U.S. From conservative religious leaders to right-wing politicians, the ruling is being defamed as a manifestation…

Equality Opponents Try to Reverse UN Progress; Anti-Gay Pentecostal Pastor Elected Mayor of Rio; Indonesian University Official Tells LGBT Students To ‘Normalize’ Or Be Punished; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n rights advocacy by the Vatican.” Shine noted a recent statement from the international Network of Reform Movements, which said that “the dignity of the human person is clearly expressed in the Gospels and the social justice teachings of our Church” and that human dignity “should be the foundation of a truly Catholic response” to LGBT people and their families. Brazil: Anti-gay Pentecostal pastor elected mayor of Rio Evangelical pastor Marcelo Cr…

Are We Living Through World War III?

By Haroon Moghul

…stand that the last few decades has seen a mess made of the Middle East by international actors of vastly disproportionate capacity, then is it any wonder many Americans experience the rise of international terrorism as an event without material causes? To point this out is not intended to say one part of the world has greater blame than another, but to insist on the origins of the present conflict, so that we might actually end it. Various actors…

The Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Ted Cruz Endorsement Edition

By Sarah Posner

…e endorsement of a single, influential leader: Mike Bickle, founder of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. “Through prayer, the Lord has changed my life and altered my family’s story,” Cruz’s statement reads. “I am grateful for Mike’s dedication to call a generation of young people to prayer and spiritual commitment. Heidi and I are grateful to have his prayers and support. With the support of Mike and many other people of faith, we…

Chatting with Myanmar’s Buddhist “Terrorist”

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…the Bodu Bala Sena movement in Sri Lanka, which Time, Economist, and other international news media have also criticized. Much like Wirathu, he has railed against the imagined threat of a small Muslim minority in his country, and like Wirathu was accused of inciting riots against it. I asked Wirathu if he and the BBS were working together, and he admitted that he had met with Gnanasara, but insisted that their agendas were separate. Nonetheless, a…

How Can You Exclude The NAACP and Liberal Protestants from Human Rights History?

By Austin Dacey

…rder. While the Great Powers could not accept enforceable mechanisms or an internationally supervised transition for colonial states, they did accept an affirmation of human rights and a provision for the creation of the Commission on Human Rights. Although many historians would concur with Walter White’s realist assessment that his and other NGOs had been used by the State Department as “window dressing” to help sell the UN to the American public…