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Already Beatified by the Right for Surviving an Assassination Attempt, Must We All Pray for Donald Trump?

By Daniel Schultz

…rs” indeed. So if it takes the former president many more years of golf in Saudi Arabia (or another, similar nation without an extradition treaty) to ensure that these concerns about democracy are addressed well then so be it. I’m not above a bit of strategic prayer (and whether you’re a praying person or not, I hope you’re not either). One of my touchstone thinkers, Walter Brueggemann, calls prayer “the theological imagination of the community”—w…

Egypt and the Problem of Religion

By Asma Afsaruddin

…eported to have said: “In difference there is mercy for my community.” The freewheeling misuse of religion on both sides is a dismal augury of continued social and political chaos in Egypt. Time and time again, revolutionaries have eventually learned that without the rule of law and principled adherence to justice, the popular will does not translate into a moral mandate for positive social and political change. Religion can be an important ally i…

Reporting from Paris During COP21: A Haunted Sabbath

By Donna Schaper

…s. GreenFaith did its daily broadcast, once again targeting the bad guy of Saudi Arabia and wondering how they had spent their Sunday. They did not appear to have a brunch invitation. I walked by a totally dark Chinese embassy, which, nonetheless, had enormous security, and a totally lit French Assembly. They were working there. I also made the visit I didn’t want to make to Place Republique, knowing that it would be like things were after 9/11. M…

Beyond Tolerance: Helping Religions “Come Out”

By Mychal Copeland

…usion from 13 American Religious Perspectives, addresses the intersections between LGBTQI identities and religion beyond the campus. This multifaith sourcebook for students, campus professionals, families, religious institutions, and medical professionals spans the American religious landscape. Chapter contributors situated within their respective religious traditions call for the expansion of boundaries and identities in their religious communiti…

Do We Owe Human Rights to the Christian Right?

By Austin Dacey

…ion on “protection of the family,” which was introduced by Egypt and Saudi Arabia, affirms “the natural and fundamental group unit of society” and urges UN member states” to “strengthen and support families.” To observers at both ideological poles, this resolution is most significant for what it does not say. A majority of Council members rejected a reference to the “various forms of the family”—favored by Western European states, the U.S., and So…

Does Religion Condemn Homosexuality?

By Michael Bronski

…punishment for male homosexuality in several countries, including Iran and Saudi Arabia. In early 2012, a Shiite militia group in Iraq—where homosexuality is not illegal—tortured and murdered more than forty men thought to be homosexual. The murders were denounced by Iraqi human rights groups as well as by international LGBT activists. The Iraqi government did not condemn or even address the murders. All this may seem shocking, but, sadly, the cri…

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

By Austin Dacey

…ution passed with support from a coalition of twenty-six nations including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, China, India, Venezuela, Russia, and the African Group. Opposing the resolution were Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Korea, Romania, UK, and the United States. Reprisals are expected during the current session of the Council. The positioning of “the family” as the best protector of children…

But Are They “The Good Muslims”?

By Haroon Moghul

…. Even Salafis escape easy characterization. America’s oldest Arab ally is Saudi Arabia, which implements and exports the type of Salafi Islam we’re so alarmed by. So what kinds of Salafis can we live with, and who would we prefer to live without? Salafis in Egypt are hard to pin down, too. Does their conservative theology make them politically dangerous, or politically irrelevant? Today, we’d guess the former. But prior to January 25, 2011, leadi…

Richard Dawkins, New Agnostic

By Michael Schulson

…really get much choice…I would like to find a way in which people in Saudi Arabia could learn that they can be something other than a Muslim. Some people may not realize this. Of course, there is the problem that you can get in trouble or get stoned. IC: Small side effects. In the past, Dawkins has made blanket statements about the Muslim world without regard to politics, colonial history, the stifling effectof petropolitics, or, you know, any oth…

The Irony of the American Studies Israel Boycott

By Jon Pahl

…s on human rights—the usual suspects include China (Tibet), Russia (LGBT), Saudi Arabia (women), etc—but why does a resolution from the American Studies Association not address the American sources and causes of the problems faced by Palestinians? Noam Chomsky made this point in an earlier interview about the broader boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement (BDS): why stop with Israel? Why not boycott U.S. institutions? The focus on Israel appe…