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Buddha as Scientist, Entrepreneur & Self-Improvement Guru

By Michael Schulson

…relax the mind and channel entrepreneurial energies. 2) Buddhist geekiness comes in a few distinct forms. This observation comes by way of Ann Gleig, a scholar of Buddhist geekiness brought in by the Buddhist Geeks Conference to talk to Buddhist Geeks about what it is that makes them Buddhist Geeks. Gleig argues that some Buddhist Geeks see Buddhism as a technology. Illustrating this point, conference speaker Gary Weber argues that, for millennia,…

New Study of Christian Nationalism in Texas Should be a Warning for the Whole Country

By David R. Brockman

…nda―especially weakening church-state separation. Think of it this way: If Google were aggressively lobbying for policies beneficial to “search engines,” no one would doubt that the greatest beneficiary by far would be Google itself. A similar gradualist approach is suggested in the Project Blitz legislative playbook for 2018-19: “In discussing a model bill that would require ‘In God We Trust’ to be prominently displayed in government buildings, t…

Vatican Enlists Allies Against Gay Marriage; Iranian Gays Pushed to Change Gender; And More in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…g capital punishment) for consensual same-sex relations, the international community has become more vocal in its opposition to human rights violations in Iran. During the second Universal Periodic Review of Iran by the United Nations Human Rights Council on October 31, 2014, at least ten countries—including Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Spain, Iceland, Denmark, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg—made recommendations to the Iranian governm…

Mike Huckabee, meet Amy Schumer. And, for that matter, Tony Orlando.

By Sarah Posner

…gone viral. In this Comedy Central send-up, a satirical birth control pill commercial, comedian Amy Schumer tries to get a one-month prescription filled. “Ask your doctor if birth control is right for you. Then, ask your boss if birth control is right for you. Ask your boss to ask his priest.” And so on. Maybe Huckabee is counting on us not remembering what the ’70s were really like. After all, Orlando’s other hit was “Knock Three Times.” Remember…

The Jersey Shores of Tripoli: MTV and Arab Revolution

By Haroon Moghul

…s star dim, while watching a close neighbor, of similar size and religious composition, become a regional power. Turkey is largely Sunni Muslim, it is a democracy and it is part of Western security architecture. The Turkish Navy is now off the coast of Libya; I’m sure perceptive Libyans notes the awkward anniversary: 100 years ago, in 1911, the Ottoman Empire lost its last African territory, Libya, to Italy. And speaking of Italy—the mother countr…

Founder of Liberal Mosque in Germany Under Guard After Death Threats; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…to consider whether to “follow our consciences and withdraw”. Quoting the communiqué issued after the Primates’ Meeting in January last year, the Synod members write: “In 2016, the Primates of the Anglican Communion made it clear that, though they desired to walk together, the decision to permit same-sex marriages represented ‘a fundamental departure from the faith and teaching held by the majority of our Provinces’ and ‘further impair(s) our com…

Ask the Dust: Do Queer People Have to Explain Themselves to Religious Conservatives?

By The Editors

…e to you. You are not obligated to educate them, especially in the time of google (why people can’t seem to google things on their own is a tremendous mystery). If part of this equation that results from sheer lack of exposure, you may want to pass along this helpful primer and this iteration of it. Short of enrolling members of your family in a gender studies course, a little mapping of the conceptual terrain could go a long way to helping them u…

A Meeting of Minds… and Computers: What Are the Costs of Using Technology to Merge Humans with Machines?

By Jeremy Lent

…s, believes that by around 2030 noninvasive methods could enable people to communicate regularly with their computers using thought. Scientists have already programmed brain scanners to literally see an image someone has in their mind. Human Superorganism? The implications of an advanced neural-computer interface are so enormous that they challenge the imagination. People could use the interface to share ideas with each other merely by thinking th…

Osama and Orientalism: Where Islamophobes Meet Al-Qaeda

By Hussein Rashid

…the community subscribing to it. One example is the fact that Muslims have come out in large numbers to condemn violent extremism of every group perpetuating it. Every time someone asks “Why don’t Muslims condemn terrorism?” it is the result of this neo-Orientalist thinking that Muslims are one monolithic hive mind that are driven by one or two verses of the Qur’an. No one is asking for all Christians to apologize after every church shooting. No o…

Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

By Peter Montgomery

…here will be no Easter, there will be no Christmas.” She also defended her committed religious adherence. “Some say Christianity should not come into politics but we’re human beings. If we believe that marriage is between a man and a woman and it’s in this Bible, we should be able to say that,” she said. Participants in a “Straight Lives Matter” rally in Sydney were outnumbered by police and counter-protesters. Meanwhile, ballots have reportedly b…