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Arrest the Pope: New Atheist Effort to Seek Justice in Sexual Abuse Crisis Should Be Applauded

By Frances Kissling

…before the European Court of Human Rights (among others), and he sat as an appeal judge at the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone until 2007. Robertson claims “the Holy See can no longer ignore international law, which now counts the widespread or systematic sexual abuse of children as a crime against humanity.” Moreover, he challenges the Vatican’s claim of diplomatic immunity from legal action. While Robertson is not the first lawyer to make thes…

Taking to the Streets for Darfur

By Jonathan L. Walton

…Over 2,000 persons began the week marching through the streets of Southern California’s San Fernando Valley in order to raise money and awareness concerning genocide in the Sudan. “Walk for Darfur” is organized each year by the Jewish World Watch. The crowd was comprised primarily of members from about 60 area synagogues, yet was led by about a dozen Sudanese from Arizona….

Can Islam Save The Economy?

By Nathan Schneider

…Taliban and the ayatollahs: if you make the society religious in name and appearance, it automatically becomes religious in character. With corruption so widespread across the Muslim-majority world, it isn’t hard to see the appeal of such a pious panacea. Islam, the theorists believe, offers a distinct alternative to the other big-picture political economic options, capitalism and communism. By incorporating both markets and redistribution, they…

UPDATE: Sam Brownback as Religious Freedom Ambassador? His Distinguished Predecessor Hopes for the Best

By Peter Laarman

…y assessment of Gov. Brownback: It was thought by many that #45 might skip appointing an ambassador at large for religious freedom, especially as Rex Tillerson is apparently trying to cut down on such special portfolios at the Dept. of State. Plus Trump’s only recorded “thought” regarding international religious freedom has been his pandering notion that good Christians everywhere are having a hard time of it, mainly due to the dark forces of Isla…

Irony Watch: Trump’s Travel Ban Violates Religious Freedom Act According to ACLU Lawsuit

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ions for Muslims fleeing sectarian violence in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, or Yemen. “The executive order violates the Establishment Clause by singling out Muslims for disfavored treatment and granting special preferences to non-Muslims,” the complaint alleges. It also discriminates “between ‘minority religions’ and majority religions, explicitly granting official preference to foreign adherents of minority faiths in the refugee-appl…

Global LGBT Recap: “Lavender Fascism,” Rage in India, Pope Francis Ousts Culture Warrior

By Peter Montgomery

…report, some Catholics hope the change signals a future shift from recent appointments that disappointed many progressive Catholics, including the appointment of Salvatore J. Cordileone, an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage, as archbishop of San Francisco and Leonard Blair, who played a major role in the Vatican investigation of American nuns, as the archbishop of Hartford. Pope Francis was named Person of the Year by both TIME magazine and…

Fighting Fire with Ire: 3 Lessons from Noam Chomsky’s Takedown of Sam Harris

By Andrew Aghapour

…stance is revealed even further by your complete lack of concern about the apparently huge casualties and the refusal even to investigate them… I’ve seen apologetics for atrocities before, but rarely at this level. The Take-Away: If your opponent creates a thought-experiment that bends reality to fit their assumptions, pummel them with the facts. 2. “Civility” is a Dubious Rhetoric When it Comes to State Power In The End of Faith, Sam Harris accus…

At the UN, Conservative Christian Agenda Cloaked in Human Rights Language

By Austin Dacey

…g either from each other or from the bosom of Abraham—positive rights that apparently God himself cannot satisfy. Appropriating human rights Who is the UN Family Rights Caucus? I asked Michael De Dora, who was at the Human Rights Council in his capacity as the UN representative for the Washington-based secularist NGO Center for Inquiry (full disclosure: a position I once held). He pointed me to co-moderator, Sharon Slater, a conservative Mormon wh…

Ahmadinejad Aside, Anti-Racism Conference Was Deeply Flawed

By Austin Dacey

…n genocide (when in fact the UN’s human rights apparatus has only gently slapped Sudan on the wrist while congratulating them for their “cooperation” with investigators)—the central story flaw would remain: the Durban process is not really about fighting racism and discrimination, over which it of course has no real power. When all is said and done, Durban is an exercise in symbolic political speech that is not legally binding on member states. As…

Mainliners, Be a Little Brutal and Divisive

By Daniel Schultz

…erefore, the wise pastor will respect the organization. Thus it was that I approached with no little trepidation the question-and-answer portion of a recent teleconference the UMW set up to discuss its work in “children, youth, and family advocacy, racial justice, public policy, and global policy.” And that’s what they did, highlighting their recent work with Haiti and Cameroon, and looking forward to their Assembly, which they told us would be fo…