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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chips away at Vatican’s Diplomatic Immunity

By Frances Kissling

…and consensus on issues like condoms to prevent the transmission of AIDS, international family planning assistance and even the prosecution of rape and enforced pregnancy as international crimes. The recently announced Circuit Court decisions are not only good news for groups like SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) but for advocates of separation of church and state. Hopefully they signal a shift in the judicial system away from…

Church and State in Japan: The Case of the Yasukuni Shrine

By Mark R. Mullins

…statements and criticisms of his actions. It did not escape notice in the United States either. At a hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations on September 14, 2006, Republican Henry Hyde and Democratic member Tom Lantos, a Holocaust survivor, both expressed their concerns about Japan’s “historical amnesia.” In their statements, they urged future prime ministers to avoid visits to the shrine out of concern f…

Amid Horrors, Muslim ‘John Hancocks’ Forge Secular Sudan

By Frederick Clarkson

…this writing, the Khartoum regime continues to bar reporters and even most international humanitarian aid groups from entering the country. Human rights groups have called on the international community to mount a dramatic cross-border, emergency humanitarian aid operation; though there is no indication at this point that anyone will heed the call. Observers believe that the battle of Kauda will begin before the rainy season in April. The Declarat…

Muslim Women “Warriors”

By Frances Kissling

…hat contribute to women’s inequality or oppression. For those of us in the United States and Europe, of Christian and Jewish traditions, the effort has focused on reinterpreting texts, working for the inclusion of women in ministry, for non-sexist language, and for the elimination of violence against women. The effort has not been easy; Christian and Jewish women still have a long way to go and we’ve experienced a fair amount of derision and even…

On Eve of Sudan Split Clashes Continue

By Ashley Makar

…tion bills, which are as harsh as those of Arizona and Alabama here in the United States. Thousands of illegal African workers will lose their jobs before being detained in the desert until deportation. When I saw William in January, he was hoping to go back to Sudan with the assistance of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem. He was planning to make a new home in Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan. He told me his chance to finish an…

How 95% of Jewish Israelis Support a ‘Plausible’ Genocide

By Zachary Foster

…January 2024 poll. That’s 95% support for a plausible genocide: Image: The International MA Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation at the Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University Polling data from the Agam Institute suggests that some 60% of Israeli Jews oppose allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. That is, 60% of Jewish Israelis believe all 2.2 million people in Gaza should die of dehydration and starvation. Israel’s…

Alarming New Report Shows Attacks on Public Education Are Coordinated by Right-Wing Think Tanks

By Hialy Gutierrez

…dle to the late 20th century and into the present, and with my training in international politics and international relations, I also study the political economy of US higher education through how people think about globalization. African anti-colonial theory has always been an amazing source of insight and I’m especially compelled by the immediacy of the understanding that ideas are important because they help you change the world. Their anticolo…

Trump Considers Pulling USA Out Of Human Rights Council; Indonesian President Blames Democracy For Rise of Militant Islamism; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ision to reverse federal protections for transgender students is having an international impact. Said Executive Director Jessica Stern, “What happens in the United States makes news around the world, and so this decision will have negative impact beyond US borders, fueling hostility and persecution of trans and gender non-conforming people everywhere.” Reuters reported that trans people in Ecuador were able to vote “for the first time according to…

The Duggars To Headline Values Voters Summit

By Sarah Posner

…in a plot to engage in “black genocide” — when in fact black women in the United States disproportionately lack access to reproductive health services.) Chris Smith, a member of Congress, has declared that the UNFPA “remains guilty of shamelessly supporting and whitewashing terrible crimes against humanity.” The UNFPA’s work, according to its statement, “is guided by the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and D…

Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ld make them more vulnerable if support fades.” A gay couple living in the United Kingdom, where their civil union was converted to a marriage, is caught in a nightmarish bureaucratic Catch-22 in which the government of France—where one of the men is from—will not recognize their marriage and thus their adoption of their son. Pink News reports that there are at least a dozen same-sex couples in a similar situation who “have been told that they nee…