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Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

…and Islam as director of the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s Program to Promote and Protect America’s Freedom. Santorum, who is considering a presidential run, depicts an American battle against radical Islam as a civilizational war against “Christendom.” The theological warriors include Jewish groups as well. “Shari’ah is an Arabic term referring to a legal framework to regulate public and private aspects of life based upon specific Islamic te…

Which Islamists?: Religion and the Syrian Civil War

By Haroon Moghul

…The question of course is how this “will” is determined. How do people in Turkey feel about the role of political Islam in Syria? Currently, political Islam, of the Salafi or Muslim Brotherhood (MB) variety, has no real constituency in Syria, so most opposition and Turkish officials are dismissive about its longterm viability. They don’t see the electorate being receptive to Salafism even if the revolution is. But let me add a few points with res…

New Study: Jews More “Spiritual” Less Ancestral

By Benjamin Weiner

…it at a table, and eat his food with a knife and fork. But for the rest of his life, Rebbe Nahman could never be certain if he was a rabbi who had pretended to be a turkey, or a turkey pretending to be a rabbi. After all, maybe God wants turkeys. It’s difficult to say….

Thanksgiving Reveals More About Us Than About 17th Century Events

By Ed Simon

…ember Hutchinson—and others like her—as women who refused to surrender the freedoms of mind and spirit they found through their faith, no matter how the human institutions of religion closed in on them. *** No Turkey For Me: Confessions of an Indian Militant Reactionaries decry that activists have come for Confederate statues and for Columbus Day, but for the most part Thanksgiving seems to remain untouched. A cynic might note that neither of thos…

Anti-Gay Violence Rages in Gambia; Conservative ‘Complementarity’ Confab; Coming Out in Iraq Can Be Death Sentence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rried out by the same militia, killed about 34 people, most of them women. Turkey: A Country Divided on LGBT Issues Rev. Irene Monroe writes this week about Turkey being a conflicted country, both a safe haven for LGBT people in the Middle East – “the ‘go-to’ country for LGBTI Muslims feeling other Islamic countries for their safety” – but also a country where LGBT people face persistent religious and cultural prejudice and legal discrimination. S…

What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…r. Condoms are considered highly effective in preventing HIV transmission. Turkey: European human rights court rules seizure of LGBT magazine violated free expression The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday November 22 that the government had violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects freedom of expression, in a case brought in 2009 involving the seizure of all copies of an issue of a magazine produc…

Marriage Debate in Australia Shifts To Push For Religious Exemptions; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ces when Parliament attempts to legislate protections for basic rights and freedoms, such as freedom of religion. “The Government is particularly concerned to prevent uncertainties caused by generally worded Bill of Rights-style declarations. “This will be a timely expert stocktake to inform consideration of any necessary legislative reforms.” LGBTI activist Rodney Croome called for LGBTI representation on the panel, saying, “Genuine religious fre…

Neither Radical Nor Secular: The West Struggles with the New Islamism

By Blain Auer

…ant legal and constitutional reforms creating space for a greater share of freedoms in the Arab kingdoms of the Middle East. The regional political atmosphere has been reshaped. The Arab League has suspended Syria’s membership; the King of Jordan has called for the resignation of Bashar al-Assad; the growing influence of Turkey in the regional politics has become evident; Tawakkul Karman, a Yemeni political activist was awarded the Nobel Peace Pri…

What Do Islamophobes Have in Common with the Taliban?

By John Feffer

…ndits about the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and how it was leading Turkey down the wrong path. When I was in the country, however, I was struck instead by how much political ferment was going on, how the economy was booming, how once-forbidden topics were being discussed. Of course, the AKP is flawed in many, many ways. But the move away from Turkey’s militant—and military—secularism gave me pause. The second inspiration, if you can call i…

Pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Declare Shared View of Marriage & Family; Government & Muslim Officials Ramp Up Anti-LGBT Rhetoric in Indonesia; Australian Religious Leaders Ask Parliament to Act on Marriage Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…personalities declaring that gays should be “cured” or “impaled” or both. Turkey: Facebook shuts down lesbian group page for violating ‘community standards’ Facebook has reportedly shut down Turkey’s Lesbian Bisexual Feminists page under the rationale that the content violated “community standards” The most recent contents shared on the page were an invitation to a conference by [women’s rights organization] Mor Çatı, an article titled “Bras; A P…