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Rush Limbaugh’s Race-Baiting and Gaslighting of Obama Paved the Way for Trump

By Ian Reifowitz

…d an extended Muslim family in Kenya. He was partly raised and educated in Indonesia by a Muslim stepfather. He has Muslim half-sisters and brothers.” This went on for a while before, at the end of the segment, Limbaugh pulled back ever so slightly: “Now, having said all that, none of what I have said means that Obama’s a Muslim and none of it means that Obama’s not a sincere Christian. If he’s going to say that he is, fine. We will accept that he…

Breaking Up With Marilynne Robinson Over Her Refusal to Acknowledge the Dark Side of Puritanism

By Peter Laarman

…nist Dutch—seeking spice-based wealth in tiny islands that are now part of Indonesia—followed the same script as the New Englanders when it came to dealing with indigenous people who declined to fall into complete subjection: they “burned everywhere their dwellings.” Ghosh notes that the ruthless slaughter of the Bandanese by the Dutch was eerily paralleled by the English burning of the Pequots in 1637. Dutch Calvinism is better known for the foun…

Note for Today

By Amina Wadud

…h accounts for an expense locally one needs to know about before going. In Indonesia this would be cheap so not a big deal, but who knows in Makkah and Madinah; and what about cleaning my underwear? But some of these are made from such lovely cotton, the pre-wash would just be more work for me, and not at all necessary. Then I wondered what the heck I would do with all this white when I return. Only the pant outfits will be possibly integrated int…

Iftar: Breaking Fast

By Amina Wadud

…d I am still a relative stranger, having moved to my present location from Indonesia only a few months ago. Thus, I go to be with people. Not to be in retreat from them. I’m clear on this and I thought I should be clear with you. This makes last night just the cream on the cake; or is that cream of the crop? Icing on the cake? Anyway. I wanted to call this entry “The World’s Tallest Muslims” in honor of my brother Ibrahim and his son Isa, but I re…

Good News Bad News

By Amina Wadud

…e dates for the hajj; or maybe for a girth of time or a specific duration. Indonesia renders a 30-day visa upon arrival—and so a 30-day visa, a 14-day visa, etc., could be standard, then used according to people’s actual date of arrival. Anyway, I digress. I told them that whenever they began the processing I would FedEx my passport back to them for processing. Travel is my life and I needed my passport back. Just having it sit in their office whe…

Atheists are Americans Too, Vuvuzelas, Etc.

By Michael J. Altman

…s for his crusade against pornography in the world of Apple. At least one Indonesian celebrity might agree with Jobs. Nazril Irham faces 12 years in jail for an alleged sex tape of his that has circulated Indonesia via the web and gotten him into trouble with Muslim authorities. Instead of porn, many are turning to their iPads for religion. Need to work on scripture memory? There’s an app for that. You can even use your iPhone to tweet the l…

Hagee and McCain Part Ways

By Ira Chernus

…that first came to mind started with the letter “I”: Iraq, Israel, India, Indonesia. Of course I quickly thought of exceptions to the rule, like Lebanon, Sri Lanka—and the United States of America. Europeans tell us that they don’t understand why we insist on bringing religion into politics. Their situation is certainly different from ours; according to a 2005 poll, only about half of the people in EU member countries “believe in a god,” a number…

RDBook: Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa

By Luke Ssemakula

…mbia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa in Africa; and, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines in Asia. Each study in the project addresses the extent to which evangelicalism, a religious movement based on biblical orthodoxy, has helped or hindered the inauguration and consolidation of the democratic movement in the global South. This newest volume, on Africa, is edited by Oxford emeritus Terence O. Ranger, and it complemen…

World AIDS Day: Sacralizing Change

By Susan Henking

…Christianity; AIDS education efforts clash with Islamic fundamentalism in Indonesia, the Dalai Lama is regularly accused (whether true or not) of anti-gay sentiment, and complex entanglements of complex entanglements of Hinduism with stigma have also been debated. So: this year’s World AIDS Day theme: “Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise “ calls us, whether ourselves religious or secular, to refuse the role of religion in perpetuating hatred and inhumani…

Religion in Tension on World AIDS Day

By Susan Henking

…Christianity; AIDS education efforts clash with Islamic fundamentalism in Indonesia, the Dalai Lama is regularly accused (whether truthfully or not) of anti-gay sentiments, and the complex relationship between Hinduism and this stigma have also been debated. This year’s World AIDS Day theme, “Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise” calls us, whether we are religious or secular, to refuse the role of religion in perpetuating hatred and inhumanity, to focus o…