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Dreaming Beyond the Madman: Reflections on the Revolution in Libya

By Haroon Moghul

…legation spoke for nearly an hour about the so-called crisis of 1948, when India and Pakistan had been partitioned. In fact he was confusing the subcontinent for mandatory Palestine, as India and Pakistan were partitioned in 1947. He railed on and on about British imperialism, and the nefarious designs of the English monarchy upon South Asia—you can’t make this stuff up—and concluded by suggesting that India and Pakistan, which were apparently on…

Is Yoga Hindu?

By Roman Palitsky

…sh rule and what sociologist M. N. Srinivas called the “Brahminization” of Indian culture. Colonizing British deemed those religious activities in India that were closer to their own as more evolved and genuine than others. These were the hierarchical, centralized and vaguely monotheist (or deist) theologies of Saiva and Vaisnava Brahmins. The Brahmins themselves had been struggling with armed tantric monastic orders on one front, unsubordinated f…

Is Buddhism Opposed to Self-Defense?

By M. Sophia Newman

…they’re doing so over the advice of religious opponents, who echo a famous Indian guru: the Buddha. On July 7, 1993, Mia Zapata, lead singer for up-and-coming Seattle band The Gits, left a bar to walk home alone at 2 A.M. She never arrived. At 3:20, a prostitute found her body in an alley, raped, beaten, and strangled to death. Two decades later on December 16, 2012, after boarding a minibus in Delhi, India, Jyoti Singh Pandey didn’t make it home…

10 Noteworthy Yoga Developments to Recall in 2015

By Andrea R. Jain

…i and Naik share common goals: define yoga as authentically and originally Indian, reclaim yoga for India from illegitimate co-opters across the world, and make yoga readily available to Indians across the nation. In short, reclaiming yoga for India became a central part of Modi’s nationalist agenda. 4. High Yoga After debuting from October 2013 to January 2014 at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the “Yoga: The Art of Trans…

Controversy Over Jay Shetty’s Authenticity Masks the Bigger Question: Why is the West Drawn to Such Figures Over and Over Again?

By Prea Persaud

…portant than the story he tells. His admirers don’t need proof of where in India he went or how long he stayed, because the image of India and spirituality is so intertwined that any amount of time spent there is enough to transform your life and worldview. Shetty has retained the soft voice and the aura of the calm oriental monk, but he’s ditched the beard and robes for a clean-shaved face and trendy, stylish clothing in an attempt to appeal to t…

Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the Answer in Afghanistan

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…in the West, but it may be capable of more latitude for justice and fair play than the strident versions of politics that the Taliban have presented. A supportive non-military US engagement in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India in a new era of global cooperation may help to bring peace to the region and provide substance to President Obama’s promise of “mutual interest and mutual respect” among the peoples and countries of the world….

It’s Up to You, New York… To Oppose Islamophobia

By Randall Balmer

…1693, a measure that he believed would establish the Church of England in New York City and the surrounding counties. New Yorkers, however, would have none of it, and they successfully frustrated its implementation in favor of religious freedom and diversity. Throughout its history New York has accommodated – and even, more often than not, welcomed – religious diversity. Yes, sometimes such accommodation came only after a struggle, as with the Gr…

Pope Francis Says Teaching Gender Is Nasty; Far-Right Religious Groups Helping Mexico’s Anti-Equality Movement; Colombia’s Peace Deal Killed by Anti-LGBT Campaign?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ased enforcement of laws that criminalize cross-dressing and sodomy, Radio New Zealand reports that Tonga’s LGBTI advocates are planning “a national consultation with government leaders in December to petition for changes to the Criminal Offences Act.” Afghanistan: LGBT community under “threat of death” BBC’s Aria Ahmadzai reports that the country’s LGBT community is “living under threat of death.” The legal situation for LGBT people in Afghanista…

Anti-Gay Violence Rages in Gambia; Conservative ‘Complementarity’ Confab; Coming Out in Iraq Can Be Death Sentence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…’s a conservative country, but it could be the first country in Asia after New Zealand to endorse same-sex marriage,” Osius told the Blade. “It could be. I don’t think it’s guaranteed. It’s a work in progress just as it is here.” Osius acknowledged the presence of an openly gay ambassador in Vietnam could have a positive impact on the country’s LGBT rights movement. “I will show up with the family that looks like mine,” he told the Blade. “My husb…

Whether We Call White Nationalism ‘Christian’ Is All About Who Gets to Define Christianity

By Ivan Strenski

…en buzzing about whether Brenton Tarrant’s mass murder of Muslims in a New Zealand mosque should be called “Christian” and/or “religious” terrorism. RD’s Murali Baraji sparked a series of impassioned exchanges for allegedly conflating the Australian shooter’s “white terrorism” with “Christian nationalism.” Even though “Christian nationalists” may lack strong biblical foundations or even a mature theological basis, Tarrant comfortably takes his pla…