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Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

…of his ravings. Emerson strikes me as a bit more grounded in reality but still not really worth the time of any serious person interested in the subject of the Muslim Brotherhood.” “When I hear the tone of their comments, it sends chills through me—the paranoid fear of a minority sounds a bit too similar to the sort of anti-Semitic sentiments that led my ancestors to flee the Russian Empire a century ago,” Brown added. “Some anti-Catholic bating c…

Travolta Airlifts Scientology, Supplies, to Haiti

By Becky Garrison

…olunteer Ministers from throughout the U.S., Mexico, Europe and elsewhere will provide administrative and organizational support to the medical teams, distribute supplies, and provide trauma relief and grief counseling to the victims and their families.” Upon further examination, whatever genuine relief they might provide appears to be offset by their efforts to promote their religious beliefs. For example, during my stint volunteering at Ground Z…

New Reports Reveal Global Persecution of Nonbelievers

By Austin Dacey

…o “blasphemous content.” The IHEU reports being contacted by an increasing number of secularist groups organizing on Facebook, including groups in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and Sudan. In all of this, the United States is an anomaly since it rejects even laws against religious hate speech, which were found in 36 of 45 European states in 2011. It’s the best place in the wo…

Americans Say Religion is “Losing Influence”

By Diane Winston

…l inspiration, and social movements is a separate reality from the growing number of nones. Both need coverage. But the Gallup data raises questions that I’ve rarely seen addressed in recent years. What does faith look and feel like in flyover country? As a cub reporter, I wrote about the greying mainline, their internecine squabbles and financial woes. But thirty years later, they’re still standing. Did we get it wrong or did we just forget to lo…

Sacred&Profane: The Living Dead

By Gary Laderman

…it stores and sell products, entertain across the television dial, and instill a dreadfully pleasurable sense of anticipation for the start of trick-or-treating. My kids want me to go trick-or-treating Friday night, hoping that I will finally come through on a promise I made a few years ago to dress up as Elvis (not the young one, I’m afraid!) and participate in the ghoulish fun of resurrecting and playing with the dead. While I have a predilectio…

The Real Goal of Pro-Life Movement Support for Scott Brown: Kill Health Care Reform

By Sarah Posner

…Sarah Palin) but because he serves the movement’s goal in the short term: kill health care reform, and if they can’t kill it, at least eliminate abortion coverage. Under other circumstances, it’s hard to imagine how a Roe-supporting, Cosmo-posing hottie could become a hero of the religious right and the standard-bearer of a new conservative ascendancy. As the Democrats scramble to figure out whether to send the Senate health care bill to the House…

The 17th Century Roots of Roy Moore’s Refusal to Concede the Election

By Karen E. Park

…upon which the Constitution is based are no match for Moore’s God, whose will trumps all election results, and will someday overthrow all human institutions, if the faithful are patient. According to the laws of the state of Alabama, Moore lost the election Tuesday night, and whether or not he eventually demands a recount, he is likely to remain the loser. But his theocratic mindset has not been vanquished, and is shared by far too many American…

UPDATED: Religion Has Been Framed; Covering the Aga Khan’s Visit

By Hussein Rashid

…h and Sunni have been in conflict for 1400 years and are always trying to kill each other. As I have argued elsewhere, this view of history is untenable, and reads present day concerns back into the past. Even amongst those whom I believe know better, the rhetoric is normative. For example, Aslan says, “The Isma’ilis are Shi’ah who broke off from the main Shiite branch of Islam.” The fact that there is a larger number of non-Isma’ili Shi’ah does n…

Orthodox Jews Begin to Reckon with Sexual Abuse

By Paul Berger

…ome community leaders insist that the beth din must be informed first, it will remain a route that many religious families take. And only if the beth din deems the allegation to be true will the family be permitted to go to the authorities. Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford, who brought the case against Yosef Kolko, is concerned that such actions limit a prosecutor’s ability to secure a conviction. “By having a diversion to a different ty…

Change v. Change at NPR

By Warren Throckmorton

…olding and touch along with highly active and emotive techniques (beating pillows to vicariously release aggression on parents) in order to change orientation. This is not what the New York Times article was about. In contrast to this report, the New York Times article generated no controversy or outrage. If Spiegel wanted to report on people who accept their sexuality but live in such a way to honor their religious commitments then why interview…