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Gay Men Detained and Killed in Chechnya, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nde urging him to raise the issue of LGBT human rights during his visit to Indonesia: Specifically, we ask that you press President Jokowi to… publicly condemn all major incidents of anti-LGBT violence and harassment. ‘Direct the Indonesian police internal affairs division to investigate incidents of police collusion with militant Islamist groups in attacks on LGBT people and activists, and hold those responsible accountable. ‘Order all ministries…

LGBT Victories at Olympics, Struggles in Brazil; Catholic Bishops Organizing Anti-Marriage Equality Protests in Mexico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…al leaders have waged a vicious rhetorical campaign against LGBT people in Indonesia this year, and some opponents of LGBT equality have asked the constitutional court to go even further. Human Rights Watch reports on the progress of the Constitutional Court’s consideration of proposed legal changes that would criminalize consensual same-sex sexual activity with penalties of up to five years in prison: “The proposed criminal sanctions before the C…

Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Province We reported last week that a new Sharia law going into effect in Indonesia’s Aceh province included caning as a sentence for homosexuality. Reuters has since reported with more details about the new law. Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province has enacted a strict Islamic criminal code, local government officials said late on Friday, criminalizing adultery, homosexuality, and public displays of affection outside of a legally recognized re…

In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?

By Peter Montgomery

…vacy, autonomy, and health that are protected under international law that Indonesia has committed to uphold. They come on the heels of an increasing clampdown on the rights of LGBT people. Indonesia’s lawmakers should spend less time trying to control other peoples’ sex lives and reproduction. Instead, they should focus on the crucial work necessary to develop a new criminal code that can help ensure all Indonesians have access to justice. Voice…

The Next Islamists: The Wide Green Smudge That’s Changing Our World

By Haroon Moghul

…the “Islamic Corridor”—that wide green smudge from Atlantic West Africa to Indonesia—how will America be affected by new Muslim interests? This is where Nasr’s timely contribution most clearly shines; in Forces of Fortune, Nasr explores the deleterious effects of colonialism (a topic on which Simpfendorfer is unfortunately silent) and then despotism on retarding Muslim politics. It’s no surprise Islam is so preoccupied with the West. For one way o…

How to Choose a Tour Company for Your Hajj

By Amina Wadud

…t went online to get general information (earlier this year while still in Indonesia listening to my friends’ incredulity), none of the US companies even had their 2010 hajj packages online yet. There was no rush, from their perspective. We are not up against large numbers of people trying to make it—like in Egypt, Indonesia, or Iran. As it happened, not long after I had settled back in the U.S., I came across an ad from a colleague offering a spe…

Invited by Allah

By Amina Wadud

…f my detainment varies but I am always searched. Whenever I would enter in Indonesia, having done so at least 15 times in the year and half I lived there, I could see the computers as the passport is swiped and it reads “No known alerts.” I still hover over the counter as they swipe, wondering if the “alert” from the US side or the “fatwas” from various parties, will one day appear there and I will be stopped from entry. Once I came into Indonesia…

The Devil is in the Details

By Amina Wadud

…from others. I’ve had to discard one pair of pants a gift from a friend in Indonesia, cause they are just too short on the waist and the leg (I am like a giant compared to the average Indonesian). Also those nifty dresses (or sacks) I bought there have a lining which is not cotton, and I looked closely at this yesterday because with temperatures over one hundred degrees, I might just cut the lining out at some point. All of the others are 100% cot…

New Reports Reveal Global Persecution of Nonbelievers

By Austin Dacey

…s organizing on Facebook, including groups in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and Sudan. In all of this, the United States is an anomaly since it rejects even laws against religious hate speech, which were found in 36 of 45 European states in 2011. It’s the best place in the world to be a secularist. Several years ago I co-authored an article in Free Inquiry magazine, entitled…

Nike’s Token Equality: New Campaign Masks the Truth About Workers’ Rights

By Gerald J. Beyer

…de later social justice educators Jim Keady and Leslie Kretzu travelled to Indonesia to live on Nike’s starvation wages for a month. Their documentary “Behind the Swoosh” revealed the deplorable plight of Nike factory workers, who were beaten for fighting for better conditions. The list of times and places where workers in Nike’s global supply chain have been enslaved (forced labor is enslavement), robbed of their wages, or verbally and physically…