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Forget History Channel’s The Bible, Meet Omar

By Haroon Moghul

…rise of a global Muslim middle class, all kinds of people from Morocco to Indonesia will have the same problems we do: Where’s the remote, and why can’t I get myself up to get it? Take that, Samuel Huntington. Sit back and enjoy the sartorial convergence of Abrahamic monotheisms, whether Western or grocery store ethnic: Everyone in the desert dresses the same. But it doesn’t end there. There’s something about the unyielding harshness of those app…

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…

Rush Limbaugh’s Race-Baiting and Gaslighting of Obama Paved the Way for Trump

By Ian Reifowitz

…d an extended Muslim family in Kenya. He was partly raised and educated in Indonesia by a Muslim stepfather. He has Muslim half-sisters and brothers.” This went on for a while before, at the end of the segment, Limbaugh pulled back ever so slightly: “Now, having said all that, none of what I have said means that Obama’s a Muslim and none of it means that Obama’s not a sincere Christian. If he’s going to say that he is, fine. We will accept that he…

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…

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…

Atheists are Americans Too, Vuvuzelas, Etc.

By Michael J. Altman

…s for his crusade against pornography in the world of Apple. At least one Indonesian celebrity might agree with Jobs. Nazril Irham faces 12 years in jail for an alleged sex tape of his that has circulated Indonesia via the web and gotten him into trouble with Muslim authorities. Instead of porn, many are turning to their iPads for religion. Need to work on scripture memory? There’s an app for that. You can even use your iPhone to tweet the l…

Good News Bad News

By Amina Wadud

…e dates for the hajj; or maybe for a girth of time or a specific duration. Indonesia renders a 30-day visa upon arrival—and so a 30-day visa, a 14-day visa, etc., could be standard, then used according to people’s actual date of arrival. Anyway, I digress. I told them that whenever they began the processing I would FedEx my passport back to them for processing. Travel is my life and I needed my passport back. Just having it sit in their office whe…

World AIDS Day: Sacralizing Change

By Susan Henking

…Christianity; AIDS education efforts clash with Islamic fundamentalism in Indonesia, the Dalai Lama is regularly accused (whether true or not) of anti-gay sentiment, and complex entanglements of complex entanglements of Hinduism with stigma have also been debated. So: this year’s World AIDS Day theme: “Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise “ calls us, whether ourselves religious or secular, to refuse the role of religion in perpetuating hatred and inhumani…