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From Shofars to Hammers: The Spiritual Warriors of MAGA are ‘ReAwakening’ to Political Violence

By Mark Clatterbuck

…the dominant brand of today’s Republican Party. For good reason, a growing number of expert observers have begun sounding the alarm. I suggest it’s time we hit the panic button. The rally featured plenty of repugnant elements—from the relentless attacks on transgender youth consistent with fascist scapegoating, to the steady drumbeat of election fraud claims, to accusations that Dr. Fauci engineered Covid-19 in a Chinese lab to help a demonic caba…

Racist Remarks by popular BYU Religion Professor Spark Controversy

By Joanna Brooks

…missionaries, to as many as 3,000 students a year. This semester, more than 800 students are registered in Professor Bott’s classes. (Eleven are registered for BYU’s African-American history course this semester.) Professors at BYU routinely find themselves having to address racist and sexist content taught in Bott’s classes, and many are outraged and embarrassed by his rogue remarks to the Washington Post, say sources at the university. “Dr. Bott…

Win For ‘Natural Family’ Crowd at UN Human Rights Council…

By Peter Montgomery

…ex Marriage Prohibition Act when he met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Washington, D.C. The law, which was signed by Buhari’s predecessor and imposes harsh criminal penalties for same-sex conduct, has sparked violence against LGBT individuals. Buhari did not address the issue in his public remarks. Poland: Transgender rights bill advances A transgender rights bill that would allow trans people to legally change their gender without medical int…

Tony Perkins will Fit Right in at Religious Freedom Commission

By Caroline Matas

…k that the burden is probably on the U.S. government to show that in this [International Religious Freedom] Act they’re not engaging in crusading or proselytization on behalf of the Christian religion.” In light of the past two decades of critiques of the USCIRF and the current president’s attentiveness to the plight of conservative Christians, those predicting the future of the USCIRF might well conclude it’s destined to continue its legacy of an…

Catholic Bishops Meeting For Family Synod; South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church OKs Gay Weddings, Ordination; Court in Malaysia Deals Setback To Transgender Advocates; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ur hospitality. They are exercising their fundamental rights guaranteed by international law. Turkey is not doing them a favor. Refuge is a fundamental human right. This is the direction that we need to give to the public opinion…The economic and social burden needs to be shared internationally. But putting that aside for a minute, when the first waves of Syrians started coming into Turkey, their legal status was not recognized. They were called “…

Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Spit on Inhuman Gay Scum: This Week’s LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Rights. Earlier this year, the Supreme court of Russia established that no international treaty held precedence over national sovereignty and any international decision meted out would only be upheld if it didn’t contradict basic Russian law. Speaking at the Russian constitutional court, Judge Sergey Mavrin said “All decisions of the ECHR must be executed only with consideration to the Russian Constitution’s supremacy”. …The country – no stranger…

Talking With the “Religious Terrorist” that Turkey Wants Trump to Extradite

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…ulen’s quarters don’t give the appearance of the control center for a vast international organization. What we did see was a former youth camp on twenty-six wooded acres on a quiet road near the town of Saylorsburg in eastern Pennsylvania. A large farmhouse had been renovated into guest quarters, while another building used for conferences held the room where we met, adjacent to Gulen’s bedroom, his only place of privacy in the compound. The bedro…

Resurrecting Marley at 70: Rastafari History in 5 Songs

By Darren J. N. Middleton

…h year from around the globe. Winner of the 2005 “Song of the Year” at the Washington DC Annual Reggae Music Awards, JohnStone’s song upholds this sacred space’s magnetic influence, relating through rhythmic heft and lyrical dexterity what scholar Erin MacLeod has ably documented in her recent studies—the Rastafari quest for home. 4. Dhextrus, “Coral Garden Rebellion” Rastafari of the 1940s and 1950s often found themselves at odds with Jamaican so…

The ‘Freedom Convoy’ is Inspired by a Biblical Account of Divine Massacre: Welcome to the Jericho March

By Thomas Lecaque

…and occupying space around Parliament for about 20 days, though in smaller numbers than in American rallies. It’s part of the broader effort to bring global attention to the “convoy.” CBC has reported on the prayer circles and speeches and signs, while Christine Mitchell has written about the Christian nationalist imagery of 2 Chronicles in the crowd. More worrisome, though, is how much international presence, interference and support there is. Fo…

The Sacred and the Dead: Three Ways to American Beauty

By Aaron K. Kerr

…rnment splicing up Native land into reservations: “Plus the Great Chief in Washington promises your tribe $1 million.” The losers, criminals, and out-casts have learned to survive by imitating the powers that be. Duplicity, seduction, and addiction are the American reality. “Come on boys and gamble….I’ll take your money home.” In his lyrics, Hunter alerts us, however, to the danger. Like the ancient Greek choristers who clue the audience into what…