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Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation

By Frederick Clarkson and André Gagné

…ouncils and teams. Ahn gives the example of Prophet Lou Engle who’s on the International Apostolic Team of Harvest International Ministry. Common wrong turns One common claim is that the NAR is not an attempt to bring about a modern Reformation. The founding convener of the movement, C. Peter Wagner thought that’s exactly what it is. Regarding the NAR, he wrote in his 2008 book, Dominion! How Kingdom Action Can Change the World, “the term reformat…

Rather Than Attack Amnesty For Labeling Israel an Apartheid State Critics Could Address the Actual Problems

By Joshua Shanes

…foundation. They call for Israel to reform itself to be in compliance with international law and to offer justice to its past victims. As expected, the Israeli government and American Jewish organizations parroting its talking points attacked the organization as “antisemitic” and its report as “libelous,” cheapening these grave terms to describe facts they don’t like. None of them addressed the actual evidence of Amnesty’s report. The response see…

Let Them Be

By Sara Friedman

…she came for a leadership meeting to plan for the 25th anniversary of the International HIV/AIDS Candlelight Memorial. Learning about her life and her practice led straight to the obvious question: “How does she get away with it?” Sister Sol sees herself as a pioneer, an international and public figure, a feminist, an eco-feminist, a peace and social activist, even a radical. But she insists that she has never challenged church doctrine and has e…

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…r country. We will no longer be a member of any sub-regional, regional and international bloc or organisation that will allow the continuous racist exploitation and humiliation and the looting of the African continent in particular and the black race in general.” “In conclusion, we are no longer going to entertain and dialogue with the European Union either directly or through the sub-regional, regional and international blocs to which we are memb…

John Yoo and Jay Bybee Dodge Disciplinary Action but Recall Nuremberg

By Bruce Ledewitz

…l law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under international law.” In other words: Margolis’ rejection of the OPR verdict released this week does not preclude Yoo and others from being prosecuted for war crimes internationally; under the Nuremberg framework, Yoo’s conclusion that torture and other actions are condoned by the pr…

Tony Perkins will Fit Right in at Religious Freedom Commission

By Caroline Matas

…nd his evangelical supporters as part of a beleaguered faithful remnant to American values undeniably informs the Family Research Council’s plank on religious freedom, which has focused exclusively on perceived domestic and international violations against Christians’ rights. Perkins has said that evangelical Christians “were tired of being kicked around by Barack Obama and his leftists.” “I think they are finally glad that there’s somebody on the…

Religious Conservatives Mobilize Internationally Against Spanish Nondiscrimination Bill; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…natures on a petition against it. Earlier in the summer a network of Latin American Christian groups called the Ibero-American Congress for Lie and Family warned that the legislation was putting Spain on “the road to totalitarianism.” HazteOir, a Spanish organization that is part of the World Congress of Families, has also been lobbying against the legislation, with the group’s president Ignacio Arsuaga running an aerial ad campaign with planes pu…

Tony Perkins Will Fit Right in at Religious Freedom Commission

By Caroline Matas

…nd his evangelical supporters as part of a beleaguered faithful remnant to American values undeniably informs the Family Research Council’s plank on religious freedom, which has focused exclusively on perceived domestic and international violations against Christians’ rights. Perkins has said that evangelical Christians “were tired of being kicked around by Barack Obama and his leftists.” “I think they are finally glad that there’s somebody on the…

Global LGBT Recap: Mandela and Equality; Elton John Defies Russian Ban; Fake-Healing of AIDS

By Peter Montgomery

…xt of a broader effort by the US government to advance LGBT equality as an internationally recognized human rights – an effort that infuriates American religious conservatives. The embassy announcement quotes a comment Secretary of State John Kerry made upon the issuance of a same-sex via in London: “the state Department, which has always been at the forefront of equality in the federal government…is tearing down an unjust and an unfair barrier th…

Tweeting ISIS Attacks: A Lesson in Not Learning a Lesson

By Haroon Moghul

…ca’s next President should keep in mind that transnational threats require international cooperation, and international cooperation requires respect. The Republican response here reminds me too much of our age of “Freedom fries” and condescending attitudes—remember “old Europe” and “new Europe”? The overwhelming majority of Muslims condemn and reject terrorism, but many Muslims are too busy fighting ISIL to offer their denunciations of extremism….