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A Muslim Reflects on Christian Theologian (and UCLA Coach) John Wooden

By Amir Hussain

…ville, population 4,800. So Coach knew the rural life. In 1948 he moved to Los Angeles where he would live for the rest of his life. As a part of the great migration from the rural Midwest to the urban West, he could sympathize with both urban and rural concerns. Basketball, of course, was common to both, played with equal fervor by farm boys in Indiana and gang bangers in South Central. And not only did he survive in the wilds of Los Angeles, he…

Creators of Missing Lowe’s Ad Tell All

By Hussein Rashid

…is proud member of Writer’s Guild and Dramatist’s Guild. Today he lives in Los Angeles with his partner, is pitching a new Muslim family sitcom, and is rarely beat up. Parvesh Cheena recently starred in NBC’s comedy series Outsourced as Gupta and is the voice of Blades on The HUB Network’s new cartoon, Transformers: Rescue Bots. Parv grew up in Naperville, Illinois, and studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt…

Wichita, the Sequel: A Clinic Reopens at Ground Zero in America’s Fight over Abortion

By Kathryn Joyce

…worked for nearly a decade as Dr. Tiller’s spokesperson, the clinic never closed, but instead snuck inside a number of late-term patients who couldn’t delay their abortions, and kept them there, sleeping on cots and eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for several days until everyone’s procedures were done. But the belief that the clinic had closed only encouraged the protesters to stay and escalate their tactics, declaring they would make Wi…

Houston’s Pastor Subpoenas: A Meme Made for Fox News

By Sarah Posner

…, by the City of Houston, in litigation brought by activists who claim the City wrongfully rejected their effort to put a recently-passed amendment to the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance up for a voter referendum. The recent change to the law would bar businesses from denying a transgender person entry to a restroom consistent with his or her gender identity. After the city attorney ruled that many of the signatures collected for the referend…

The Contested Religious Powers of Baseball on Display in Cuba

By Sean O'Neil

…ment of 50,000, as if the faithful at church. The devotion was audible, as tickets were distributed to friends of the Cuban government and not through a public sale. Here the religious nature of the Cuban sporting event is acknowledged only to be dismissed as inauthentic. The patriotic, quasi-religious crooning is suspicious because of its apparent production by the Cuban government, which distributed tickets to friends. Morosi recognizes religiou…

“Integrated into a Burning House?”: A Pre-Inauguration Conversation with Rev. Cecil Murray

By Anita Little

…k church’s past might inform its future in this new era. First AME Church, Los Angeles, 1872 ______ Anita Little: How is the black church community in Los Angeles reacting to our incoming president, and how will the black church be moving forward? Rev. Cecil Murray: I can’t be sure because no one of us can speak for all of us. One thing many of us agreed on was that he was elected by a closet crowd. These are the same states that pretended they we…

No Buddhists in Washington?

By Danny Fisher

…icans comprise an incredibly unique and vibrant population—so much so that Los Angeles, for example, has become, as Harvard Divinity School’s Diana L. Eck has noted, “the most complex Buddhist city in the entire world.” When you think about it, we have also left a remarkable legacy of offerings for our fellow Americans, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist. Consider, for example, the many temples and centers that serve as important hubs of religious edu…

Blame Series Bonus: Why We Want That Dish For Free, an Uncut Interview with Bertram Malle

By Andrew Aghapour

…e, and also not such a frustration to deal with the amorphous agent of the airline as a whole. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the customer service agent or the person at the desk, who sat there, right when the doors were closed and the flight took off, just as you arrived. It doesn’t really matter who exactly provides some justice. The institution probably just prefers to funnel it through one channel, namely customer service, because then they ca…

RD News Round-Up—Nov. 4, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…+ New Coalition takes on Christian Zionism Before the end of the year, the Los Angeles Times reported in late October, nearly 45 million people will receive a brochure titled “Why We Should Be Concerned About Christian Zionism.” Among other things, the brochure points out that Christian Zionism “fosters fear and hatred of Muslims and non-Western Christians,” and “can lead to the dehumanization of Israelis and Palestinians.” The brochure also notes…

Pope Praises ‘Complementarity’ & Resists Gay Ambassador; Irish Religious Leaders Spar Over Marriage; Colombian Atty Gen Cites ‘Bogus’ Study Opposing Adoption; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…detention of those practicing religions outside of state control, and the closing and blocking of independent print and social media. As in Russia, Kazakhstan has mandated that NGOs register with the government, and authorities enjoy wide discretion to deny such status and close down groups for alleged, often minor violations of the law. Last year – setting the stage for the anti-LGBT “propaganda law” – the government introduced criminal charges f…