Search for "january airline tickets cheap qatar airways phone number 1-800-299-7264"

As Far-Right Surges in US and Germany Debate Rages Over Disqualification of Those Who Would Destroy Democracy

By Annika Brockschmidt

…the party as a whole, an action the German constitution permits. In early January, details of a secret meeting between AfD-members, Identitarians and Neo-Nazis became public, where plans of mass deportations of immigrants—including those of German citizens with an immigrant background—were discussed. Outrage over these plans sent millions into the streets to demand that the government and courts intervene—especially since the AfD’s poll numbers h…

Celebrating Religious Freedom Day By Taking Back the Revolutionary Meaning of ‘Religious Freedom’

By Frederick Clarkson

…e one adopted by the United States Congress 30 years ago, commemorates the January 16, 1786 enactment of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which laid the groundwork for our First Amendment right in the US Constitution to religious liberty. This is at once an opportunity to educate Minnesotans on the threats to religious liberty, coming from the rise of Christian nationalism and an important civics lesson for the public and for public off…

The Evangelical Abortion Myth: An Excerpt from ‘Bad Faith’

By Randall Balmer

…ounted, albeit fourteen years later, his horror at reading the news in the January 23, 1973, edition of the Lynchburg News. “The Supreme Court had just made a decision by a seven-to-two margin that would legalize the killing of millions of unborn children,” Falwell wrote. “I sat there staring at the Roe v. Wade story growing more and more fearful of the consequences of the Supreme Court’s act and wondering why so few voices had been raised against…

After Orthodox Priest Suspended for ‘Stop the Steal’ Activity, a Renewed Spotlight on the Orthodox Far-Right

By Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

…x convert and priest from Lima, Ohio, who used social media to promote the January 6 “Stop the Steal” riot and was present in Washington DC, at the Capitol, when it was being invaded, although all reports indicate that he did not enter the building. Hodges was first outed by an anonymous writer for the left-leaning Orthodoxy in Dialogue website, and since then the media storm has intensified, ultimately culminating in Hodges’ bishop suspending him…

Making Muffins and Troops for Spiritual Warfare: The Godly Women of Instagram

By Aimee Chor

…and mothers who nurture the faith by sustaining the family. In the wake of January 6th, the Instagrammer @lifewithaprons replaced her usual folksy posts with something more serious. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amanda Gilbert (@lifewithaprons) …In a time of what “looks” like uncertainty, when a war is waging between good and evil and fear has crept into the hearts of many, our children are watching. The God we serve, the one we…

CNN’s Disastrous ‘Town Hall’ with Trump Put the Country at Risk

By Robert P. Jones

…erturn a free and fair election in an attempt to remain in power. (See the January 6th Select Committee’s Report.) In doing so he betrayed every aspect of his oath to represent us as Americans. We no longer need to imagine what Trump is capable of. He has shown us that he is an authoritarian who will use any means at his disposal, including violence, to remain in power…. To me, allowing Trump an open forum on a major television news network is the…

Neither Radical Nor Secular: The West Struggles with the New Islamism

By Blain Auer

…tice, corruption, unemployment, and political repression organized in such numbers that Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country on 14 January 2011, effectively ending 23 years of his presidency. During this time, protests spread to Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Jordan. The impact of the massive grassroots organization in Egypt forced the resignation of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak less than one month later on 11 February 2011….

Two people on a podium with a board that reads "Project 2025 kills democracy"

Project 2025: How Trump Loyalists and Right-Wing Leaders Are Paving a Fast Road to Fascism

By Peter Montgomery

…preneur Ramaswamy drops out of White House race, endorses Trump,” Reuters, January 17, 2024, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/entrepreneur-ramaswamy-drops-out-white-house-race-endorses-trump-2024-01-16/. [23] Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley), John Kerry’s sister was the first person we fired when we got to the UN. We’ve got to clean house, get rid of the deep state, and make sure government works for the people – not the other way around,” post on X (Twi…

Uncertainty About US Role In LGBT Human Rights Under Trump; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ILGA argued that “the Court needs to clear up any ambiguity” on the issue. January 22 was National Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia in Azerbaijan, described by some human rights advocates as the worst place to be gay in Europe. Sri Lanka: ‘Conservative Buddhist clergy’ opposed nondiscrimination effort The cabinet rejected a proposal to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation “because it could legitimize homosexuality…

Taking Aim at Religion Itself, Apostles Prime Networks For Real-World Violence

By Frederick Clarkson

…the tutelage and oppression of demonic forces.” At the end of the dream, “number 45” (he never refers to Trump by name) comes to the command center and gives a “medal of freedom” to Sheets—“knowing of what had been done, that what had been accomplished was from the efforts of both.” This is interesting in light of the actual role of the Sheets brothers in facilitating the events of January 6th. Hood offers a slick mix of historical revisionism an…