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Why Are Some Muslims Calling to Replace GMT with Mecca Time?

By Salman Hameed

…ly the true “center of the world.” This line of reasoning has been heavily promoted and popularized by a prominent Egyptian cleric, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawy, who claims that, unlike other longitudes, Mecca is in perfect alignment with the north magnetic pole. Some Arab scientists have also lent their authority to these claims. For example, Abdel-Baset al-Sayeed of the Egyptian National Research Centre claims that Mecca is a “zero-magnetism zone….

Vatican Idol?

By Kate Childs Graham

…sin called “excessive wealth” for right now.) If you are rushing to Amazon.com to purchase this musical wonder, don’t be surprised if you can’t find it. While it is on sale today in Italy and Mexico, it won’t go worldwide until January. However, surely in the coming weeks, you will be able to have it shipped overseas just in time for the holidays….

Texas Board of Education to Review Intelligent Design-Promoting Materials for Science Classes

By Lauri Lebo

…claims. An organization called International Databases Inc., based in New Mexico, has submitted supplementary material featuring outright promotion of intelligent design. NCSE’s Josh Rosenau also said the material was filled with misspellings and typos. According to TFN: NCSE found creationist claims and factual errors throughout International Databases’ materials, including: * Religious claims such as “life on Earth is the result of intelligent…

Yes We Can/Si Se Puede: Remembering and Forgetting Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1927—April 23, 1993)

By Luis Leon

…ts—for African and Asian Americans as well as Latinos. He even traveled to Mexico to advocate for workers there. But perhaps the most commonly forgotten component of Chavez’s nonviolent struggle was for the rights of gays and lesbians. In 1987, Chavez addressed a crowd of 200,000 at a march for gay rights and for funding to combat AIDS in Washington DC. There, he claimed: “Our movement has been supporting lesbian and gay rights for over 20 years….

Something So Broken: What’s Frightening About Beasts of the Southern Wild

By Michael Pasquier

…lies of Isle de Jean Charles from hurricanes and anything else the Gulf of Mexico throws at them. Isle de Jean Charles is like other communities scattered throughout the wetlands of coastal Louisiana that fall outside the federal levee system. The seventh largest delta on the planet, these wetlands contain 37 percent of the marshland in the United States and the largest commercial fishery in the lower 48 states—to say nothing of the largest offsh…

‘Iconoclash’ of Civilizations: Missives from the Image Wars

By Eric M. Gurevitch

…s atop the Egyptian goddess Hathor. We are told that “the idols of ancient Mexico are represented by some debris and photographic reproductions.” But there is, in fact, one bias exposed by the scene—there are no Christian images present. No Virgin Mary, no Son of God, no Saint John the divine. An inclusive assemblage functions to exclude. *** In his recent book, An Inquiry into Modes of Existence, the French Philosopher Bruno Latour bemoans The We…

RDBook: Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa

By Luke Ssemakula

…evangelicals have appeared to make some impact on democratization: Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Chile, and Peru in Latin America; Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa in Africa; and, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines in Asia. Each study in the project addresses the extent to which evangelicalism, a religious movement based on biblical orthodoxy, has helped or hindered the inauguration and…

A Catholic Bishop on sex ed, where Jewish singles mingle, and Queen Antoinette’s cult?: The Week In Religion… Poetically

By Christopher Marchsteiner

In Mexico, public school officials rejected a Catholic bishop’s deeply confusing claim that the country’s sex education program makes it more difficult for priests to remain celibate or respect children. One health group said the statement “borders on the pathetic.” A blasphemy law that protects the six official religious traditions in Indonesia from being “distorted” was upheld by the constitutional court Monday on the grounds that it is “vital…

With no Viable Alternative on Ballot, Anti-immigrant Movement Claims Victory and Releases Wish Lists

By Ethan Fauré

…truction; Reinstate Migrant Protection Protocols (also known as “Remain in Mexico”) and other asylum restrictions like safe first country agreements; Terminate parole and other programs offering deportation relief like Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); Direct Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to conduct worksite investigations, placing untold numbers of u…