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Doll Says “Islam Is The Light”: People Freak Out

By Hussein Rashid

…ar, that blinds them to the real and immediate danger. As a parent, my immediate concern is that Mattel’s manufacturing process was violated. How did it happen? What is being done to remedy the situation? Almost half the Muslim world lives in the five countries of Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Turkey. All of them have democratically elected a female head of state. MAMAs may find the message offensive—that is their right—but by demoni…

Unified Catholic Opposition to Trump’s “Muslim Ban” is Wishful Thinking

By Patricia Miller

…the persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority countries like Syria and Pakistan with Catholic hospitals being required to cover birth control pills under the broad rubric of religious liberty. And for every Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark who called Trump’s order the “opposite of what it means to be an American,” there was an Archbishop Charles Chaput, who on the day Trump’s order was made public chastised his opponents for having “marched, ri…

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ramadan

By Haroon Moghul

…as for the local police department. Ramadan + deportation: Bonus points on Pakistan International Airlines. Which, like fasting breath (when you don’t eat for a long time, your breath starts to kick), nobody wants to get near. See also safe distance. Namauzea: Namaz is the Persian word for ‘prayer,’ and is traditionally used by all the peoples who were introduced to Islam by Persians or Persophones, which is kind of like a talking cat. (Think Brav…

Proposition 8, The Mormon Coming Out Party

By Michelle Goldberg

…n the name of co-belligerency. Delegates represented the Vatican and Iran, Pakistan, Eastern Europe, Latin America—and, of course, the American religious right. Mormons were far more visible at these gatherings than they typically are at Christian conservative conferences in the United States. In 2004, Wilkins collaborated with the government of Qatar on a conference called the Doha International Conference for the Family, which brought together r…

Religious Traditionalists Resist Marriage Equality, Artist Questions What Is “Un-African” & More in This Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e government is denying activists’ claims that “two transgender women from Pakistan were beaten to death in police custody after being arrested in Saudi Arabia along with more than 30 other members of the community.” Northern Ireland: Marriage-blocking party loses seats In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party has repeatedly blocked marriage equality legislation with a mechanism known as a “petition of concern,” which requires that a mea…

French “Burqa Ban”: It’s Not About Religion

By Amina Wadud

…ss. Not hundreds of millions of lives displaced or endangered by floods in Pakistan; not environmental hazards across the island of Sumatra; not even the dress of Buddhist or Catholic nuns. So let’s be clear: this is not purely a religious discussion. We become intensely involved in public or international debate over the dress of fewer than 2000 women in France because they choose (or are influenced to choose) to wear the niqab. The niqab covers…

Omar Ahmad: Muslim, American, Cowboy Boot Aficionado (1965–2011)

By Wajahat Ali

…hbor.’” Omar was quintessentially American. Born of immigrant parents from Pakistan, he helped to shape the technological world in which we live. He held high-level positions at Grand Central (now Google Voice), Netscape, and Napster. He once said that when the order came to close Napster as a file sharing service, he was the one who had to “pull the plug.” Despite his technological wizardry, he was firmly committed to building his community the o…

Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Saudi Arabia: Police arrest 35 men Police in Riyadh reportedly arrested 35 Pakistani men they said were gathering in a public restroom south of the city. India: New report calls for decriminalization, so does gay prince The International Commission of Jurists published the in-depth report: “Unnatural Offenses Obstacles to Justice in India Based on Sexual Orientation.” From its conclusion: In describing the challenges that queer persons in India fa…

Masculine Christianity, Praying Ballplayers, & Satanist Discrimination

By Michael J. Altman

…ontinues to thread Mormon themes into vampire romance. A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed 42 people in an attack on a Sufi shrine in Lahore. The attack comes as more militant Muslims continue to pressure more moderate strands of Islam in the country. Meanwhile, over at On Faith, Chris Seiple offers a look at the morals at stake in the continued violence of the Afghanistan war. Two new books on anti-Semitism prove that it is still a relevant topic…

Darwin: A Muslim Perspective

By Hussein Rashid

…dering the wide variety of thought we see in other faith traditions, whose numbers are significantly smaller. The UNDP’s Arab Human Development Report highlights the serious lack of science education in the Arab world. If there is no basic science education, can we realistically speak of an engagement with scientific theories? The Turk Harun Yahya seems to funded at least in part by America’s Intelligent Design supporters, indicating, more than a…