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Iran, Israel, and Republican Presidential Campaigns: Myth versus Reality

By Sarah Posner

…ative consequences for the peace process: The full video is here. …

Gambian Prez Rails Against Gay ‘Evil Empire’; Irish Priest Comes Out During Mass; Trans Talk on Tunisian TV Sparks Debate; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ay 2014 was the worst year in a decade for Egypt’s gay community, with at least 150 men arrested or put on trial. BuzzFeed’s report on the acquittal includes more detail about problems with the prosecution’s case, as well as allegations that at least one man was allowed by police to be raped by other prisoners while in custody. Kyrgyzstan: Europe Condemns Anti-Gay Bill; MP Wants to ‘Cleanse Society’ This week the European Parliament debated the dr…

‘Pure White’ Examines the White Supremacist Origins of Evangelical Purity Culture

By Emma Cieslik

…em is an internalization of the myth that White women cannot be capable of betraying their nation. And yet, that’s exactly what we saw on January 6th. That’s where both my book and the podcast end. For those encountering your podcast, people like me who are White women in America, you noted that parts of these discussions are likely to be uncomfortable. What do you hope that White women, but also White Christians as a whole, will take away from Pu…

Jewish Past/Israeli Future: A Review of The Invention of the Jewish People

By Shalom Goldman

…Semites, then what justification is there for a Jewish state in the Middle East? By attempting to demonstrate the Khazar origins of Eastern European Jewry, Mr. Sand—a self-described post-Zionist who believes that Israel needs to shed its Jewish identity to become a democracy—aims to undermine the idea of a Jewish state. Remarkably, the New York Times published an article titled “Book Calls Jewish People an Invention” without mentioning the call fo…

Will Istanbul Ever Be a Part of the European Union?

By Haroon Moghul

…y Dubai in the south, central Europe in the west and probably India in the east to get this kind of economic power. It doesn’t deserve to be second fiddle to anyone, and with Turkey’s rise, I can see it playing a global role, in the near future, commensurate with its historic one. At the moment I’m overlooking the last stop on the European rail network. From here, you can go all the way to London. There’s another rail station on the Asian side of…

Russian Operative Maria Butina, Who Leveraged Christian Right Connections, Sentenced For Conspiracy

By Becky Garrison

…xchange, Rob Boston, Editor of Church & State, spoke about this connection between Russian operatives and the religious right. America’s homegrown theocrats are increasingly looking to Russia and other authoritarian former East Bloc nations as models for the United States. These countries tend to be homophobic, xenophobic and Islamophobic. They’re often run by quasi-dictators who are highly nationalist and argue that the primary duty of women is t…

NY Subway Killing a Case of Blind Hatred?

By Laurie Patton

…heard about the post 9-11 attacks on Sikhs as “rag heads” from the Middle East. But as Jack Mirkinson noted in HuffPo in the wake of the Oak Creek shooting, even news reporters have a hard time getting a “lesser-known” religious tradition right: A Fox News analyst asked if there had been any “anti-Semitic acts” in the past against Sikhs; CNN’s Don Lemon wondered if Sikhs have “traditional enemies,” or if the shooter had a “beef with the Sikhs”; a…

Santorum on Election of Muslim Brotherhood Candidate in Egypt…

By Haroon Moghul

…ld fight against Radical Islam and violent jihadism; and instead stand for freedom of religion and conscience and for the equality of women. In Egypt, strong advocacy by the United States for meaningful democracy which protects the rights of minorities, including Copts, would have promoted our security and interests and the security of our ally Israel. Tragically, a great opportunity has been missed. We cannot afford four more years of naive and p…

10 Years Later: An American Muslim Looks Back at Iraq

By Haroon Moghul

…rebrenica, advising America to think beyond war when it came to the Middle East. This suggests there is a purpose to the universe. Things come full circle. Or they cascade, like dreams inside dreams, except instead of Leonardo DiCaprio you have various tyrants, and there are only escalating nightmares. Because of Iraq, Syria looks like Iraq. It’s called the ‘Islamic State of Iraq,’ or Jabhat an-Nusra. The two most brutal secular dictators of the r…

Mormon Leaks: Boring Meetings with Interesting Implications

By Mary Barker

…road. Mothers also left their children to pursue professional degrees back East. Neither was there a deeper discussion about the meanings of contested concepts like “religious freedom,” apart from the concern was expressed for Christians being required to offer their professional services to gay customers. However, there is precedent in the Mormon community for putting aside religious convictions when engaging in public services. My Mormon uncle o…