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Gandhi, his Grandson, Israel, and the Jews

By Shalom Goldman

…ndhi was applying his principle of satyagraha, (‘the force of truth’) to a European situation. Gandhi’s civil resistance campaigns in South Africa and India were based on this nonviolent principle. In his view this principle was universally applicable; Germany’s Jews too could apply satyagraha. Gandhi’s claim that “the force of truth” is a universally applicable technique rests on this analysis: there is an element of truth in each side of a dispu…

New Book Stokes Fear of a Muslim Europe

By Bruce B. Lawrence

…, if also inevitable. And here the culture clash is between two blocs. The European bloc is defined by its core values: “individualism, democracy, freedom, and human rights” (p. 83), unquestionable goods that Europe has defended in the past and that have not (and, according to Caldwell’s logic, cannot) have an equivalent in Islamic culture. Instead, what Europeans face is a series of unprecedented problems, unforeseen because of their blind embrac…

Dispatches From the Site of a Massacre

By Haroon Moghul

…s possible that many South Asians have been Muslim for less time than many European Muslims. The same goes for Istanbul, which came under Ottoman rule after parts of the Balkans. When we travel, we find such assumptions challenged, and we find that the ways in which the world works right now did not necessarily hold true in the past—in bad ways, but also good ways. Ultimately, out of a brief journey, perhaps these dispatches can muck up some bou…

Is Norway’s Suspected Murderer Anders Breivik a Christian Terrorist?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…liberal forces. Then, finally “the deportation of Muslims” will begin, and European Christendom will be restored. Is this a religious vision, and am I right in calling Breivik a Christian terrorist? It is true that Breivik—and McVeigh, for that matter—were much more concerned about politics, race, and history than about scripture and religious belief; with Breivik even going so far as to write that “It is enough that you are a Christian-agnostic o…

Global LGBT Recap: Religious Leaders Support Persecution as Countries Vie in Homophobia Olympics

By Peter Montgomery

…y another person.” Serbia and Kosovo: Record on LGBTI Rights Criticized by European Parliament Last week the European Parliament adopted resolutions condemning the treatment of LGBT people in Serbia and Kosovo. According to PinkNews, one report condemned Serbian authorities’ decision to ban a planned Belgrade Pride Parade last year for the third year in a row. The parade had been opposed by Christian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej, who said a “parade o…

Global Precap: 5 Religion and LGBT Stories to Look For in 2015

By Peter Montgomery

…volution and hopes they will now “become a stronghold of resistance in the European Union.” Kuby’s daughter Sophia runs the socialconservative group European Dignity Watch and was listed as a participant in the Political Network for Values summit in December. Conservatives use the term “gender ideology” as a rhetorical device for denying the existence of transgender people, in much the same way that many deny the existence of people with a homosex…

Fascinating History of Search for “Lost White Tribe” Sheds Light on Construction of Race

By Michael Schulson

…es. The king, named Prester John, was often depicted “as light skinned and European in appearance,” or even wearing European clothes, writes Robinson. Explorers didn’t find Prester John. But as they entered Africa, Europeans had another tool with which to understand all the new people they were meeting, trading with, and sometimes enslaving. The first 11 chapters of Genesis offer a fairly comprehensive account of human diversification. The text sh…

Dear Amazon Prime, I’m Not a Racist, But Why Are You Destroying My Precious Middle-Earth With Black Hobbits?

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

…hat these works are based on European folklore. This folklore is rooted in European history, and we all know that Europe has always been white. Sirs, I am a patriot. Why are you changing history and including Black hobbits in this fantasy story that I have loved and imagined as presumptively all-white since I first read these works in 1979? You are literally destroying my childhood. As far as I know, Tolkien never had any good non-white characters…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…recording their intersection and daily lives, which also nominated for the best documentary and best editing award of the Golden Horse in 2016. Philippines: Legislation targets street harassment of women and LGBT people Senator Risa Hontiveros introduced legislation aimed at curbing street harassment of women and LGBT people. Reports Gay Star News: The Bill would outlaw catcalling, wolf-whistling, cursing, leering, groping, persistent requests for…

Gay Marriage Supporters Rally People of Faith for Washington’s November Vote

By Nicole Neroulias

…ch of Christian denominations working with us now.” Discussions during the phone bank covered the Golden Rule, whether the Leviticus view of homosexuality as an abomination also extended to eating shrimp, and how civil marriage licenses are distinct from religious weddings. Most of the calls lasted mere seconds, with people not home or not interested. After an hour working the phones, Scott Holley, 33, cheerfully noted that he had become “unfazed…