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Killing the Prophet: The Spanish Exception

By Anouar Majid

…thinking of Spain, the Western nation that has had the longest continuous contact with Islam. Last September, when Muslims were celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, I attended a festival of Moors and Christians in the small town of Villena, in the region of Alicante. There, every year from September 5th to the 9th, the town reenacts the medieval clash of Moors and Christians in a never-ending fiesta that combines a tribute to the town’s patron…

Raelians’ “Clitoraid” Met With Suspicion in Burkina Faso

By Joseph Laycock

…was founded in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon (a.k.a. Rael), who claimed to have contact with enlightened extraterrestrials called the Elohim who genetically engineered humanity. Their movement emphasizes technological Utopianism and has advocated genetically modified food (GMO) as well as cloning, which they regard as a step toward immortality. They also support sexual liberation and have organized campaigns for a woman’s right to go topless in public….

An Open Letter To American Muslims on Same-Sex Marriage

By Reza Aslan and Hasan Minhaj

…GBT rights is a new conversation, something that’s only recently come into contact with modern Islamic thought, but trust us, it’s not. Challenging the status quo for the betterment of society is one of the very foundations on which Islam was built. No one is asking you to change your beliefs. If you feel your faith tells you that homosexuality is haram, fine. We disagree with your interpretation, but you’re entitled to it. Ain’t America grand? Bu…

Ten-Year-Old Hero Confronts Anti-Gay Bigotry

By Lauri Lebo

…nonsense he’s been told by manipulative adults,” Wildmon said in a statement. “For gay activists to trot out this child and make him the poster child for promoting unnatural sexual expression is a form of child abuse.” The group claims over 12,000 members responded to an “action alert” to contact Fayetteville officials demanding an end to the parade. Of course, the good news in this is that poll data indicates that the Will Phillips of the world a…

A Bill Passes, Westboro Baptists Shrug

By Rebecca Barrett-Fox

…f God’s proclamation that homosexuality is “an abomination,” made same-sex contact legal, the nation became the enemy of God. And, as readers of the Old Testament know, a nation that is the enemy of God will find its armies destroyed. To preach this message to the world, members of Westboro Baptist Church attend military funerals, where they hold signs that say “God is America’s Enemy” and “Your Soldier’s in Hell.” Because people at funerals are e…

Greatest Hits of 2015: Religion Stories Our Readers Couldn’t Resist

By Ellie Faustino

…GBT rights is a new conversation, something that’s only recently come into contact with modern Islamic thought, but trust us, it’s not. Challenging the status quo for the betterment of society is one of the very foundations on which Islam was built. No one is asking you to change your beliefs. If you feel your faith tells you that homosexuality is haram, fine. We disagree with your interpretation, but you’re entitled to it. Ain’t America grand? Bu…

Religious Conspiracy Theories About Giffords Shooting Emerge

By Sarah Posner

…r’s website since October 25, 2010, suggests that the two may have been in contact more recently. As this case unfolds, you certainly need to know these facts.” Will this half-baked conspiracy theory about a Giffords-Loughner connection (which appears to be promoted in an effort to dispel any notion that Loughner was in any way influenced by right-wing rhetoric or ideology), and the addled contention that gun control causes genocide, radiate furth…

“Flipping the Script” to Win Gays Back to the Evangelical Church

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…tions and joys — but he’s not that good of a snuggler. That intimate human contact — even just a good snuggle before going to sleep — can be enough to sustain even the hardest of heart throughout their lives. If Jesus doesn’t do it for you, there’s always the community. “If we took friendship seriously as a potential site of devotion and sacrifice, far fewer people would feel neglected and unwanted,” Roen quotes from Eve Tushnet. Sure, but frie…

How Would Religion Respond to Extraterrestrials? A Thought Experiment

By Ed Simon

…aiths. But perhaps the best thought experiments about religion-after-first-contact come from literature. Science-fiction authors have long been interested in the implications for both belief and the believer in a universe that is less empty than it first seems. Mary Doria Russell’s 1996 novel The Sparrow recounts the horrific journey of Fr. Emilio Sandoz in the year 2019 to the planet Rakhat, and the United Nations inquest which follows his return…

Why Science Needs “Neurodiversity,” Autism Included

By Andrew Aghapour

…the same meals, and took walks at the same time every day. He avoided eye contact and social outings, ordering his household staff to communicate with him only through notes left on a hall table. Many of his contemporaries attributed these limitations to his simultaneous ability to focus on experiments with such intensity. Silberman describes other scientific innovators— including electrical engineer Nikola Tesla and theoretical physicist Paul Di…