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Sikh Prof. Prabhjot Singh Was Not The ‘Victim’ of a Hate Crime

By Simran Jeet Singh

…ite in Punjab offered a reward for every Sikh captured, dead or alive, and official policies barred Sikhs from congregating in public settings. In the 1730s Bhai Mani Singh (1737 CE), a prominent Sikh leader, petitioned Governor Zakariya Khan for permission to gather in the historic city of Amritsar. Governor Khan acquiesced to the request on the condition that the Sikhs would pay a sizable tax in return. According to traditions, the state authori…

The Truth about Catholics and Condoms

By Jon O?Brien

…holic-run health care centers might start incorporating condoms into their official HIV prevention programs. Sadly, however, we still hear some members of the Catholic hierarchy trying to take back the Pope’s words and doing their best to prevent condoms from reaching people who need them. But it’s important to hold onto the truth. Pope Benedict did affirm that condom use can help prevent HIV—reflecting the prayers and activism of Catholics the wo…

Mormons Absorb SCOTUS Prop 8 Ruling

By Joanna Brooks

…taking out a defensive position in defense of religious freedom. (Read the official LDS Church reaction here.) In one Washington, D.C., area stake, LDS Church leaders sent an email message to members requesting their attendance at a National Day of Prayer on religious freedom convened by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops this Thursday in Arlington, Virginia. “We have been encouraged to have 20 members from our stake attend this event,” the m…

Update: Sofia Pride Safe Despite Threats

By Peter Montgomery

…James Warlick, who told a Bulgarian TV station, “We should all live our lives the way we wish… No one should be abused and tortured because of some prejudice.” The Orthodox Church had called for the march to be banned; one official criticized a priest’s call for protestors to throw rocks at police, but insisted that the very existence of the gay pride march “violates the rights of Orthodox Christians.” Now why does that sound so familiar? …

The Pope’s “Condom Sense”

By Sarah Posner

…AIDS must move immediately to put this new teaching into action. The first step on any journey is always the hardest, but it is also the most important one because without it change is impossible. Dougherty and I discussed this issue at some length (taping before this official Vatican clarification), as well as the recent USCCB elections, and had a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of “American exceptionalism,” the question of whether Presi…

Mormon-Born Daya Mata Typifies American Yoga

By Andrea R. Jain

…Realization Fellowship to enter into a guru-disciple relationship with the official gurus of the tradition, including Babaji, Krishna, and Jesus, as well as Yogananda himself. She taught that the gurus, having attained loving union with God, could help their disciples attain that same goal. Having taken the vow of renunciation, Daya Mata prescribed that path for those who, like her, wanted to devote their entire lives to love of God. Furthermore,…

2010: What Did We Believe In?

By Gary Laderman

…sacred concerns of Americans? It shouldn’t be surprising, as you read RD’s official list, that these are also some of the most contentious political issues of our day… 1. Sexual Boundaries: A perennial sacred concern in every society. This past year, the highly charged American dilemma over sexuality points to one unequivocal fact: heterosexual intimacy between a man and a woman for the purpose of reproduction continues to be less and less relevan…

Shari’ah Creeps into Outer Space

By Hussein Rashid

…. Mazlan Othman, was in the news for speculation that she would become the official UN Ambassador to Extraterrestrial Life. Although false, the rumor caused some consternation as Othman is Muslim. Finally, a Vancouver astrophysicist, head of the Muhammad Institute for Space Science, wants to build a space-launch complex in Canada. All of these stories coming in close proximity to one another can only mean one thing: the stealth jihad to creep shar…

Same-Sex Marriage: The Cure for Unemployment (Worries)

By Joanna Brooks

…about 75% Latino. About 25% of residents live below the poverty line. Its official unemployment rate of 30.4% is the highest in the nation. When same-sex marriage was legal in California, about 50 Imperial County couples lined up to make their vows at the county courthouse in El Centro. In November 2008, about 67% of County voters voted Yes on 8. About one year later, in November 2009, the Alliance Defense Fund contacted Imperial County Board of…

Indonesian Volcano Update: Yes, it’s a Religion Story…

By Mark Woodward

…uge in mosques, religious schools and in other public spaces that were not officially designated as refugee centers. Social networking technologies normally used for chatter and gossip provided the basis an effective, if often chaotic needs assessment. Few people thought about how dangerous driving through clouds of volcanic ash, often well within the official “danger zone,” actually was. Ethnicity and religion, which are often divisive, simply di…