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Following Republican Playbook, German Conservatism Breaks the Post-WWII Taboo

…en create hard times.” In the trailer to Carlson’s propaganda flick, which promotes racist anxiety about falling (White) birth rates caused by low sperm count in men who’ve grown too weak to procreate, the narrator’s voice rumbles “and so the cycle begins again.” The spiritual tone is no coincidence as I pointed out in a previous piece for Religion Dispatches: “[…] the video describes a form of traditionalism which Steve Bannon and Putin confidant…

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Does Helen Thomas Work for Israel?

…try in the EU, while ultra-Orthodox Jews have been returning to Poland and Hungary and purchasing property once owned by Jews before the war. The famous Yeshivat Hokhmei Lublin, for example (which became a Nursing School during and after the Nazi occupation), is now in Jewish hands again. Head for the Jewish quarter in Budapest and you will have no problem finding a kosher restaurant, synagogues, Judaica shops, and even a mikve. There is plenty of…

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In Sexual Abuse Hearing UN Calls Holy See on Girls’ Reproductive Rights

…hat “abortion is even more serious.” Soon after, another committee member, Hungary’s Maria Herczog, brought up a situation from Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church vigorously supports a ban on all abortions. The situation involved “a ten-year-old girl forced to give birth after being raped, with the full support of the Catholic Church and the local community. How do we challenge these unbearable situations in the name of the church?” she asked. A…

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Conservative French Catholics a ‘Rightwing Patriarchal Bunch’?; Indonesian Prez Decries Anti-LGBT Discrimination; Romanian Prez Warns Against ‘Religious Fanaticism’; Global LGBT Recap

…xel University’s Phillip Ayoub: Ayoub said populist politicians in Poland, Hungary and other European countries were presenting gay rights as a threat to family values. “That’s been promoted by key figures around the globe including the Russian state and the Orthodox church,” he said. As tensions with Brussels spiralled over Ukraine in 2014, some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s supporters took to calling Europe “Gayropa” and promoting Russia…

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The Week in Religion, Poetically:

…inning the latest from Lady Gaga. Then there’s the skateboarding priest in Hungary. Awesome. Even more awesome: pilgrimages on a motorcycle. 10,000 motorcyclists took part in the festival of the Madonna of the Bikers in Porcaro, France. Christian Scientists want spiritual care covered in the federal health package. A new law in North Carolina requires schools and colleges to give students a minimum of two excused absences for religious observances…

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Pope’s US Visit Provokes Intense Attention; New Vatican Book on Man-Woman Complementarity & New Int’l Report on Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality; Global LGBT Recap

…istance to those who have passed through her country. The story notes that Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said earlier this month that the refugees, a majority of whom are Muslim, “threaten Europe’s Christian identity.” Uganda: Fate of anti-LGBT, anti-civil-society legislation uncertain Humanosphere reported this week that proposed legislation in Uganda that would restrict nonprofit groups promoting social justice and human rights issues ma…

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Global Anti-Gay Forces Plot Against ‘Satanic’ Equality Movement

…n under investigation by the officials in the prime minister’s office for “promoting homosexuality” since mid-March. The organization has been trying to resolve the matter quietly, but activists in Uganda say privately the investigation could be the beginning of an ominous political turn they have long feared — that the law would work not only to destroy the lives of hundreds of LGBT individuals, but also would become a weapon used against critics…

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‘America First’ and the Origin of the Modern Jewish Conspiracy

…e use phrases like America First in the United States, Christian Nation in Hungary, or phrases like “cosmopolitan forces,” they are invoking language that has a long-standing relationship with racism and with anti-Semitism. So the first step is recognizing that. The second thing is to realize that these ideas have always expressed anxiety about the security of borders, fears about migration, loss of national and cultural sovereignty, and that thes…

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Politics in a Time of Crisis: Sandy? Blame Socialism

…the advertisement historically absurd—the U.S. is not a client state like Hungary was during the Cold War—the advertisement was also contextually absurd. If there is one thing people need during a national disaster, it is functioning and effective government. If there is one time we need redistributive justice, it is during a crisis. Much of politics perhaps just comes down to what is, and is not, a crisis—a hurricane I hope we can all agree on….

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You’re Either Committing Ethnic Cleansing or You’re Not

…le and places. Jolie used regional actors, and the dialogue is in Bosnian. Hungary, where the film was shot, is a near approximation of Bosnia, though it subtly lacks in local color and feel (too much Austro-Hungarian and not enough Ottoman). But it is the intention here that matters, and such quibbles are minor. The bigger problem is that Blood and Honey seems to be several movies, few of which fit together, or even know what to do with each othe…

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