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Bishop Says Gay Couples Cannot Be Part of Parish Life; Does Rising Evangelical Political Power in Brazil Contribute to Anti-LGBT Violence?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…es of sexual orientation and gender identity (often abbreviated as SOGI in international contexts) are a threat to the way these people see the world. Never mind the science of gender or sexual orientation; this is dogma. In the Hindustan Times, Dhurbo Jyoti criticized the Indian government for abstaining from the vote: In not backing the resolution, New Delhi joined a clutch of African countries with a history of violence against gender and sexua…

‘Barbaric’ v ‘Progressive’ Islam; Catholic Church Objects to Mexican Court OK For Gay Adoption; Malaysian Court Weighs Boundaries Of Civil and Shariah Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ca and Caribbean: New IGLHRC report on homophobia/transphobia in media The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Comission, in collaboration with a number of partners, released a study on homophobia and transphobia in Caribbean media, based on analysis from Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica and Saint Lucia. The report’s section on Belize refers to the role played by the Belize Association of Evangelical Churches and its vice president, Scott S…

In Trump Era, Young Muslims Question Respectability Politics of Mosques

By Hebah H. Farrag

…e actions, with a major protest taking place last night in New York City’s Washington Square Park. To combat the continued vilification of Islam in the American public sphere since September 11th, American Muslim houses of worship and organizations have worked against policies that visibly target Muslims such as profiling, denial of First Amendment rights and harassment by law enforcement. In doing so, these institutions work to gain public recogn…

Gospel and Soul Lose a King and Queen

By Anthea Butler

…s to other musicians on tour. His prodigious family of 21 children, 90 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren testifies to his love of both scripture and women. Joking about his love of women, he said: “I just got stuck on that bible verse that said be fruitful and multiply.” The passing of these two greats should be mourned not only for their contributions to the musical world, but for their contributions to helping keeping slick, overproduced…

“The Camp Is a Ceremony”: A Report From Standing Rock

By Marion Grau

…college food services. Later, when I was a grad student in New Jersey, the international students on campus staged our own improvised Thanksgiving, with our own cultural foods, mostly to stave off the sense of being left out of the celebration. As a foreigner, one is often left out of the traditions that most signify a culture. The only positive I have found in my years in the US is being introduced to pumpkin pie—and even that was an acquired tas…

Take It Off, Or We’ll Make You: On Sarkozy’s Proposed Burqa Ban

By Shabana Mir

…cks have to take off the bandannas at the gate—the immigration gate at the airport. White girls with dark hair and eyes may wish to carry proof of racial background to be on the safe side. Women who have had chemo should wear wigs instead of do-rags henceforth. If you are seen in scuba gear that looks suspiciously like an attempt to wear a burqini, we may need to strip search you to establish whether you are indeed emancipated or still a slave to…

Getting Back into Blogging

By Amina Wadud

…have a quite a collection of T-shirts from various places, if not from the airports on the way out of those places. It’s one of those “thought that counts” kind of things: a way of sharing something from my time away with them. In the dream, one of the members of my tour group lands in the holy city with an inflatable Eiffel tower. That’s how I knew it was partially about the hajj. My flight itinerary is set. I fly directly from San Francisco to P…

Hijab: Culture, Custom, and Chaos

By Amina Wadud

…travel; although I am always asked if I can take my scarf off when at the airport. Either that or I’m given the pat over. I guess to see if I have a bomb with those locks! I think to myself, yes, I can take this off, but I say “No.” Not here, and not now. I exercise choice that some are denied, and that is as important as what choice I exercise. The freedom to make both choices is a privilege I do not take lightly given the politics of hijab thes…

How Not To Respond to Haiti

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ling lack of infrastructure—relief planes unable to land at the overloaded airport, roads impassable or non-existent—some fortunate to have survived the original collapse may now remain trapped and unreachable. What they and their families, in Haiti or in the extensive Haitian diaspora, are contending with now is very difficult to imagine. It is so bad that it invites the moralizing of nature, compelling many to conclude that what has been visited…

WikiLeaks Strikes the Vatican, a Camel in the Pews, and Luke Skywalker Tolerance

By Michael J. Altman

…Mexican police. For many, Moreno was both a folk hero and religious leader, but to others he was a vicious criminal. Elephant tails, dried hedgehogs, and chicken blood were among the items seized by US Customs and Border Protection at Dulles Airport. The items were seized from a passenger arriving from Ghana who claimed they were for “spiritual purposes.” Finally, while many Protestant churches are receiving less and less in the offering plates, m…