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The Shared Fantasy of Redemptive Violence Between ISIS and the Islamophobic Right

…ous terror attacks claimed by ISIS in the West—like the San Bernardino and Orlando shootings—Lahouaiej Bouhlel made no declaration of loyalty to ISIS. Authorities have not uncovered any ties to terrorist organizations or recruiters. Lahouaiej Bouhlel was Tunisian. But he was not a practicing Muslim. According to his neighbors and his father, he drank alcohol, ate pork, danced, womanized, never fasted, never prayed, and never went to mosque. He was…

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Biggest, Best & Worst LGBT Religion Stories of 2016 and more in Global LGBT Recap

…should be put to death, responded to the massacre at the gay nightclub in Orlando by saying “there’s 50 less pedophiles in the world.” The Mail & Guardian reports that an anti-gay pastor in Cape Town, Rev. Oscar Bougardt, is planning to open two churches affiliated with Anderson. Bougardt, who calls homosexuals a “danger,” visited Anderson in the U.S. recently and they hit it off: Bougardt said that the Cape Town chapter of Anderson’s Faithful Wo…

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AAA: Like a Good Neighbor

…perks. My partner has a gold card with her name on it as well. The account number on both cards is the same. Years ago, when we signed up for the cards with the venerable roadside assistance company AAA, the woman at the counter smiled sweetly and never blinked an eye when we asked for the “family” plan. We were granted a generous discount under the family plan over buying two individual plans. The American Family Association is just hearing about…

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Satanic FOIA Reveals Deep Confusion About 1st Amendment

…governor was for or against erecting a monument to Satan. One caller from Florida, who did not understand that the Ten Commandments monument was on government grounds, reported that his pastor had told him that all religious displays in Oklahoma must now feature displays of Satanism as well. Others believed the monument would have seven heads, or that it would be appear on “The White House.” One caller tearfully confessed that in the 1960s she ha…

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Pro- and Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Gainesville

…Americans in favor of religious freedom, including a 93-year-old Northeast Florida civil rights icon, who planned to go and make a citizen’s arrest. But several other callers demonstrated the depth of anti-Muslim hostility. One argued that Islam is inherently violent comparing responses to the planned Qur’an burning in Afghanistan to the responses of American Christians to desecration of their sacred symbols, completely ignoring the distinctly dif…

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Another Book Burner Lusts for Attention

…ear in agreement with what we are doing. I may ask for your church’s name, phone number, and Web site to verify your stand. What I see as the sin at the heart of Grizzard and Jones’ actions—as well as at the heart of anyone who seeks to violently control the free will or belief of others—is lust. These men lust for control; and in their lust they objectify others, people they call “heretics” or “sinners.” Lust, in and of itself, is not a bad thing…

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Duterte Cites Catholic Heritage in Opposing Marriage Equality, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

…posted a photo of them at an event for victims of a nightclub shooting in Florida and identified them as members of the “LGBTI community”. Germany: Government plans to overturn convictions under sodomy law Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet approved legislation “to quash the convictions of 50,000 men sentenced for homosexuality under a Nazi-era law which remained in force after the war,” reports AFP, which says that about 5,000 of those who were…

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Trump, Islamophobia, and the Philly Pig’s Head Incident

…ific terrorist attacks in Paris, Al-Aqsa mosque in Philadelphia received a phone message stating, “I hope you people are happy about what you did in Paris. I’d like to state for the record that Allah is a piece of pork shit.” A few weeks later, in the early morning hours of December 7, the mosque manager unlocked the front doors for the early morning fajr prayer. As he was about to enter, he noticed the severed head of a pig lying next to the door…

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Who’s Accusing Who of Mormon-Baiting?

…t Coke and a dozen pink-frosted sugar cookies that there is no anti-Mormon phonebanking script in use by Catholics for Obama. Anywhere. Is anti-Mormonism real? Yes. But even if one poorly-trained rogue phonebanker veered off script into an anti-Mormon ad lib, it does not make for a concerted anti-Mormon effort.  (Leave that to orthographically challenged “Heaven is Easy” ministry in Florida.) May cool heads prevail as the race heats up in its fina…

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Whose House? Their House: Just Who Was Held Accountable for the 1/6 Insurrection is Telling

…on effort. Rioters came from at least 46 states (with the most coming from Florida), had an average age of 41, and were predominantly male. Of these 719, one has stuck out prominently, and faced more consequences as a result. Jacob Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, the Q Shaman, has spent 310 days in solitary confinement so far, and was sentenced to a total of 41 months in jail, 3 years’ probation, $100 fine, and $2000 in restitution, for misde…

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