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Racism and Anti-Semitism Are Not Intrusions of a Dark Past Into Our Present

By Joyce Dalsheim and Gregory Starrett

…onsider themselves atheists. The historical Jewish Question did not end in Europe. The removal of the Jews from Europe—their near elimination and their quest for self-determination—also transferred the Jewish Question into the heart of the Arab people of Palestine with devastating outcomes for Palestinians. The Jewish Question is the Palestinian Question. It is the Muslim Question. It is the Migrant Question and the Refugee Question. These are all…

A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…ir multi-national, multi-racial and multi-ethnic character. That said, the numbers of nations and people that we mention are sourced solely on the claims of the groups themselves. We have no way to independently verify these numbers, so they should be used advisedly. Simply put, the global vision of the NAR is based on their understanding of the Great Commission text of Matthew 28:18-20, with an emphasis on “discipling nations” (28:19). Internatio…

Call it ‘Christian Globalism’: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…r Donald Trump. He claims that his network of over 500 churches in Africa, Europe, the UK and five states in the US comprises “one church in many locations.” In the UK, Duncan-Williams is “the General Overseer of Christian Action faith Ministries” with over 100 churches in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He also heads Prayer Summit International. He is, unsurprisingly, politically well connected. Duncan-Williams gave the Opening Prayer at…

White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II

By Ben Lorber

…can continent were settled by groups of colonists from distinct regions of Europe, and these European subgroups each possessed their own unique culture. These cultural differences—which Richwine insists were “not superficial,” but rather concerned “a whole bundle of social traits—education, civics, trust, crime, governance structure, different conceptions of order and power and freedom”—persist today, nearly four centuries later, among the descend…

With This Largely Overlooked Shakeup is the Russian Orthodox Church Looking to Westernize? Yes and No

By Katherine Kelaidis

…ightwing evangelicals, creating a Christian right axis that unites Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and North America; Orthodox, Catholics, and Protestants. Moreover, let’s not forget, Metropolitan Hilarion will now be a legal resident of the European Union. Moving him to Budapest doesn’t remove him from the center of power, it places him right in the middle of it—whether his Patriarch can see that now or not. Importantly, Metropolitan Hilarion’s r…

Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…h is seen as a test of Serbia’s pledge to respect human rights as it seeks European Union membership.” Irinej said that the pride organizers “and their mentors from Europe” haven’t learned the lesson from the past marches, adding that “a great majority” of Serbs are against holding the event. “Thousands of policemen will have to be brought to Belgrade,” he said, adding that they face the threat of injury and death. Several far-right groups, which…

For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town

By Peter Montgomery

…xual orientation and gender identity, has highlighted: this not a uniquely European problem. Against this background, it is disappointing that the European Court’s decision did not go further in identifying the discriminatory basis and impact of “morality” based censorship. The decision could have more clearly articulated that the protection of “morals” should not be tied to the “sensibilities” of a country’s population (or part thereof), as appli…

Race, Reparations and the Search for Our Molecular Soul

By Michael Schulson

…ere was a French scholar who was talking about genetic ancestry testing in Europe, and how some people were trying to make white supremacy claims about different European groups. So who has more Celtic ancestry? Are the Greeks, are the Mediterraneans, are they really Mediterranean, are they Anglo-Saxon? Those kind of questions. These tests can certainly be used for national ethnic chauvinism as well. But I think that’s true of anything that’s abou…

African Religious leaders complain about Obama advocacy for LGBT rights; Ultra-Orthodox Man Stabs Jerusalem Pride Parade Marchers, Again; Struggles over sexuality in Islam, Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican Churches; Global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…tying up legislation required for E.U. visa liberalization, a popular pro-European measure, because Europe required that Georgia outlaw anti-gay discrimination. The black-clad priests who took a leading role in the violent anti-gay riot in 2013 wielded weapons against a handful of pro-tolerance protesters. Russia: struggle over ‘gay lobby’ in Orthodox Church; Russia as world’s “moral leader” A controversy over a supposed “gay lobby” within the Ru…

25 Things You Can Blame Muslims For

By Haroon Moghul

…, and Tolkien intended for his legendarium to reflect a more authentically European Europe. Which, I suppose, just really means the only legitimate Europeans are the ones whose descendants would turn or be turned Christian, which suggests the fantasy novel is perhaps more science fiction than Tolkien realized. (See also #22 and #23.) 22. Old Glory Don’t hate the player, hate the game. The East India Company was England’s answer to Spanish, Portugu…