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

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…estroy. Like the North Vietnamese, many Afghan activists—and an increasing number of Pakistanis—are motivated to fight against the American presence because of their love of freedom. They see the US military, like the Soviet forces before them, as a foreign occupying power. The Taliban, as draconian as they may be, are seen as enemies of the enemy: us. It is the US military presence, paradoxically, that is uniting the Taliban and marshaling wide p…

Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint

By Orly Halpern

…and Muslims are not welcome. As an occupying power, Israel is required by international law to preserve the status quo and to act for the benefit of the local civilian population. But Israel claimed security reasons for its Jewish-only access. “These are Muslim holy sites,” explained Sheikh Taysir Tamimi, head of the Palestinian Shari’a Islamic courts. Tamimi remembers praying in the Bilal Mosque as a child before the Israeli occupation. Today he…

Na’vi and Goliath: Palestinian Protesters Dress as Avatar Underdogs

By Shalom Goldman

…een going on for almost five years and have attracted the attention of the international media, the photos of the blue-painted demonstrators were seen around the world. The conflict at Bilin revolves around disputes over the West Bank separation barrier—what many Israelis call the ‘security fence’ and what Palestinians refer to as the ‘racial segregation wall.’ The section of the barrier that runs through Bilin separates the villagers from their f…

Israeli Right Demonizes Israeli Left, With American Money

By Diane Winston

…. The what, why and how of the Israeli offensive not only opened Israel to international condemnation but also galvanized internal critics who charged that the military operation had gone too far—and continues to do so as an Israeli blockade still prevents supplies and reconstruction materials from reaching local residents. Many Israelis have called for an independent civilian investigation of last year’s events, but thus far the government has re…

Christian Imperialism in Haiti? Missionaries, Theo-tourism, and the Invasion of the Global South

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…are more entrenched) will affect the future of Catholicism in this nation. International money and support will flood into Haiti on behalf of every Christian denomination that has ever had a foothold there, especially as communities go through the work of rebuilding. This aid is desperately needed, along with the presence of aid workers, yet the imperialist attitude that generally accompanies this mission work, this idea that we are “saving the po…

The Tebow Effect

By Sarah Posner

…of State who just last month, in commemorating the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, declared: More than 215 million women worldwide lack access to the modern forms of contraception, and this contributes to the nearly 20 million unsafe abortions that take place very year. Sexually transmitted diseases, of course including, but not limited to, HIV and AIDS, claim millions of lives annually amon…

No Garden to Get Back to: Understanding Post-Avatar Ecological Depressive Disorder

By Ryann Croken

…ks one’s heart. This past Monday, Avatar surpassed Titanic’s longstanding international box office record, making Avatar the highest-grossing film of all time. For a movie with such a progressive environmental (not to mention anti-imperial and anti-corporate) message to achieve this kind of universal popularity is remarkable. Any explanation as to how a mainstream Hollywood mega-blockbuster could radicalize the eco-consciousnesses of scores of pe…

The Myth of ‘Voodoo’: A Caribbean American Response to Representations of Haiti

By Dianne M. Stewart

At a time when increasing numbers of informed audiences in both scholarly and popular circles have begun to recognize African religious cultures and the rich contributions they have made to African diaspora civilizations, Pat Robertson has made another dubious contribution to America’s fascination with the ‘problem of Haiti.’ As Robertson narrates it, in his latest fiction-disguised-as-revelation, “something happened a long time ago in Haiti,” an…

Oral Roberts, Pioneering Christian Zionist

By Shalom Goldman

…t: The destiny of the State of Israel is without question the most crucial international matter facing the world today. I believe that the people of Israel have not only a theological but also a historical and legal right to the land. I am personally a Zionist, having gained that perspective from my belief in Old Testament scriptures. In Falwell’s office at his own Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia the wall behind his desk was adorned with…

Right Makes Might: The President as Political Realist

By John D. Carlson

…cion short of war is constitutive of politics: “Those who claim to respect international law cannot avert their eyes when those laws are flouted.” He was also speaking here to Iran and North Korea. Obama, Niebuhr, and Just War? Most notably, Obama invoked “Just War” four times—more than any president since George H. W. Bush authorized the Persian Gulf War (which Obama also commended). Obama rattled off just war criteria such as last resort, propor…