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Mr. President, Your Papers Please: The Birther Inquisition

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…his mother. He was born in Hawai’i, and at age six his mother moved him to Indonesia. Period. But those facts won’t make this debate go away, and neither will the President’s birth certificate. The President should think a bit harder about that, about what is really being said—about him and about this nation—so that he can make these links explicit and then attack them at the roots. This he has failed to do. The cause for greater concern is what I…

Birtherism, Conspiracy Theories, and the “Christian Nation”

By Sarah Posner

…ifying the opposite of “biblical truth”: he spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, a Muslim country; his mother married men of color who weren’t American; he says he’s Christian, but doesn’t “obey” God; he might be Muslim; he is Muslim; he’s allowing shari’ah law to subvert the Constitution; he’s a socialist; he’s a secularist; he’s a secular socialist; he might be the Antichrist; he’s a fake Christian; he’s an inadequte Christian; he’s a secre…

Hajj Journal: The Journey Begins and Ends

By Amina Wadud

…of eclectic folks with their dress variants. I remember being an honorary Indonesian at an international conference because, well, there were not enough Muslims from America to make up a group, and because of my Indonesian residency, my friends to let me join their group. So already I am comparing. Why can’t I be with a group that actively prepares for the hajj for almost a year? They have to attend classes, memorize the du’as and they even color…

The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Humans

By Amina Wadud

…ded, except for jet lag. I am not completely reversing my pattern like for Indonesia; what I have is a ten-hour time difference (Makkah is ahead by ten hours). This means getting up naturally in the early morning for fajr prayer is probably not going to happen. Especially since I want to be at the mosque ahead of the prayer proper. I didn’t mention any of the details of this fantastic hajj package, so let’s see what the big deal is. I was not 100%…

Note for Today

By Amina Wadud

…h accounts for an expense locally one needs to know about before going. In Indonesia this would be cheap so not a big deal, but who knows in Makkah and Madinah; and what about cleaning my underwear? But some of these are made from such lovely cotton, the pre-wash would just be more work for me, and not at all necessary. Then I wondered what the heck I would do with all this white when I return. Only the pant outfits will be possibly integrated int…

Reading the Qur’an: Wherefore Art Thou?

By Amina Wadud

…er awarded recognition. You’ll be pleased to note that female readers from Indonesia are amongst the stars of recitation in these contests. Imagine that. When I say that anyone can learn, Arabic is the most consistent of languages such that learning to pronounce is really a very simple, even rote, process. One can read and read well without knowing a single word of it meaning-wise. And so we all learn some, we teach our children some, and everybod…

Almost-Blockbuster Netflix Series ‘The Family’ Exposes a Christian Network Whose God Is Power

By Peter Laarman

…ure to give the excellent new five-part miniseries on The Family more of a promotional boost. As someone who greatly admires Jeff Sharlet, whose books on the organization inspired the series, I’ve been peeved and somewhat puzzled that the streaming behemoth didn’t do a better job of bringing more eyeballs to what is really a blockbuster project. To take one example, a search for press materials on Netflix’s media center yielded no result. I’m stil…

Nikki Haley’s Slavery Omission Typifies the GOP’s Tragic Pact with White Supremacy

By Annika Brockschmidt

Nikki Haley’s headline-generating incident at a town hall in New Hampshire is the perfect metaphor for the current Republican Party and its continued slide into open authoritarianism and White supremacy. At a recent town hall in New Hampshire, the contender for the GOP’s presidential nomination was asked by an audience member what she believed to have been the cause for the Civil War. In the video, a visibly shaken Haley paces around the stage, a…

The Return of Government as “Idolatry” and the “Second Amendment Remedies”

By Julie Ingersoll

…, New Hampshire, and Iowa) promoting a creationist film called The Genesis Code, and holding fundraising receptions. The moralistic film follows an unbelieving hockey player and a Christian journalism student who struggle with “reconciling their scientific studies and what’s taught in the Bible” as he falls for her and she uses their relationship to “guide” him “toward God.” You can read a “pro-family” review here that warns of sex (kissing) and n…

Indonesian Volcano Update: Yes, it’s a Religion Story…

By Mark Woodward

Here at the Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies in Yogyakarta we were very surprised when a PBS team showed up at our offices to do a story on the Merapi eruptions. The story they told is accurate and reflects the interplay of science and religion in the ways that people here in Yogyakarta understood the disaster — mostly. But I was not happy to hear the word “superstition” used to describe deeply felt religious beliefs or with condes…