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Religious and Political Silence on India’s LGBTQ Decision Speaks Volumes

By Andrea R. Jain

…eme Court unanimously voted to extend all constitutional protections under Indian law to LGBTQ Indians and that any discrimination based on sexuality would be illegal, those voices remained largely silent. There were a few exceptions like Swami Chakrapani, for example, president of the right-wing organization All India Hindu Mahasabha, who said, “It’s shameful. We are giving credibility and legitimacy to mentally sick people.” Did religious voices…

The World’s Most Influential Yoga Teacher is a Homophobic Right-Wing Activist

By Andrea Jain and Michael Schulson

…the Hindu nationalist mantra “Bharat Mata Ki Jai,” meaning Honor to Mother India. (Some Indian Muslims consider the mantra incompatible with their religious commitments, since it personifies India as the Goddess). The consequences of a sustained campaign against India’s religious minorities could be devastating: India has more than 200 million religious minorities, the majority of them Muslims. Alone, they would form the sixth largest country in t…

India’s Elections and the “Doniger Affair”

By Murali Balaji

…eligion as a tool of social oppression. This is perhaps why the most vocal Indian (or Indian expatriate) defenders of Doniger in the wake of the controversy have, for the most part, been intellectual or activist Marxists. Penguin’s decision to withdraw her book gave them new ammo in a battle against what they perceive as Hindu majoritarian aggression, exemplified by the destruction of the Babri mosque and the 2002 Gujarat riots. Many of these inte…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…fter years of being associated with quashing democracy and public protest. South Africa: ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed We reported last week that a mosque open to women, LGBTs, and others was set to begin worship on Friday in the face of controversy and threats. This week the City Council shut down the mosque, reportedly for not having required spaces for parking. According to Pink News, CityCouncillor Ganief Hendricks “said the application process to r…

Using the “A” Word: Israel and Apartheid

By Shalom Goldman

…he problems caused by the prolonged occupation, they too began to refer to South African apartheid, for the most part in a predictive manner. That it is to say: Israel may not yet be practicing apartheid—but it is approaching it. In 2007, then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called for negotiations that would lead to a two-state solution. He warned his countrymen that in the future Israel would “face a South African-style struggle for equal voting righ…

AIDS in South Africa: Women, the Church, and Global Indifference

By Jeanne Carstensen

…erley Haddad has been on the frontlines of the AIDS epidemic in her native South Africa since the late ’90s and knows the realities behind these grim statistics firsthand. A development expert with a long history of social justice activism within the Anglican Church, Haddad was ordained by Bishop Desmond Tutu in 1993, one of the first wave of South African women to be admitted into the priesthood. She is currently director of the Theology and Deve…

BYU Honor Code Used to Harass Black Atheletes

By Joanna Brooks

…the athletes suspended, dismissed, or forced to withdraw for alleged honor code violations. African-American athletes are experiencing a disproportionate rate of honor code enforcement. Interviews with African-American former BYU athletes conducted by Smith and his co-author Luke O’Brien present an even more damning picture of “bait and switch” tactics used by BYU recruiters inferring, promising, or actually supplying easy access to women and alc…

Donald Trump Scares LGBT People Worldwide and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…able at the blog of the European Journal of International Law. The role of South Africa in current UN disputes over LGBT human rights is being disputed. South Africa had been the sponsor of a key 2011 resolution at the Human Rights Council, but has since stepped back. Mamba Online reported his week that human rights experts believe the South African government is saying one thing and doing another regarding the move to suspend the new independent…

Policing Academic Freedom: A Book, a Controversy, and the Ominous Aftermath

By Michael Jerryson

…nguin publishing house, arguing that the book violated Article 295A of the Indian Penal Code, which forbids “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class of citizens.” The school teacher was Mr. Batra, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist organization. As early as 2001, Mr. Batra has engaged in political and legal measures to affect educational curriculum through his…

Seventh-Day Adventists & Gay ‘Cures’; Legal Victory for Kenyan LGBTs; Political, Religious Leaders Spar on LGBT Issues in UK; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the U.S. Foreign Service for 22 years; he met his husband while serving in South Africa. “Societies, companies and cultures thrive when they realize the value of diversity,” he said. But Berry has no illusions that his message will be received warmly in all circles. “Clearly, not everyone is going to agree with the position we are taking,” he said. Indeed, Nigerian Catholic Bishop Emmanuel Badejo describes U.S. and European insistence on LGBT righ…