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Ground Zero is Sacred Space, But Not Just Because of 9/11

By Randall Balmer

…into the fact that the loudest critics of Park51, notably Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich, are not New Yorkers and represent a political movement not generally associated with the rights of minorities. The most ringing defense of the proposed Islamic center came from Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York and a Jew. “We would betray our values—and play into our enemies’ hands—if we were to treat Muslims differently than [sic] anyone else,” the ma…

Six Overlooked Gems from the Future of World Religions Report

By Timothy King

…erer” image by Alice Popkorn/Flickr 6. The Leftovers: Hot HBO Drama or Hot New Religious Trend? The rapid growth of those no longer affiliated with any religious tradition deserves our attention, but perhaps not for the reasons repeated by the prevailing cultural narrative. In fact, the “rise of the nones” story is obscuring news of a different, equally fascinating trend in the world of religion. While small in total number, the fastest growing re…

Trump, “Big Fan of Hindu,” To Force Thousands of Nepalis Back to Disaster Zone

By Murali Balaji

…ith Indians, up to a third of the Hindu population in the U.S. is not from India and close to 40 percent of the Indian-American population is not Hindu. Nepal is one of three Hindu majority countries in the world, and in 2015, the country was impacted by a devastating earthquake. To accommodate survivors of the quake, the Obama Administration granted temporary protected status (TPS) to nearly 10,000 Nepalis, most of who are Hindu. Last month, the…

For God or for Fame? The Making of a Teenage Bomber

By Kambiz GhaneaBassiri

…emony, he retorted, “[I]magine every day we see you know in our, you know, newspapers and news you know our people are killed you know. So for us to see them in the same…” Mohamud wanted to be an actor of consequence in a media-defined reality, the virtual landscape created by our media in which the only Muslim actors are stereotypically either militants or victims of American neo-imperialism. It is only in this virtual landscape that it becomes s…

The University of Vermont Might Be Done With Religion, But Religion Isn’t Done With Us

By Megan Goodwin

…at work in the world? RELIGION CLASSES. (Hint hint, UVM.) Here’s the good news—pun intended though probably not particularly funny if you haven’t taken a course in New Testament. People want to know more about religion. Quite a few people, if 23.2 thousand downloads in the first year of Keeping It 101: A Killjoy’s Introduction to Religion Podcast (co-hosted by UVM Religion’s own Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst and yours truly, and for which Morgenstein…

Ministries of Presence: A Report from Nepal

By Cathleen Falsani

…“Going out and just preaching isn’t cutting it,” Mendies said. “We need a new interpretation of what Christ told us. The verse says, ‘the harvest is ripe but the laborers are few,’ and we tend to stop at that point. But if you read the whole verse, it says, ‘Pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest that he will send forth laborers.’ “As far as the social gospel is concerned, I’m seeing it across the board,” he said, including among many of the m…

Duterte Cites Catholic Heritage in Opposing Marriage Equality, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hey may also restrict nonprofit organizations and human rights groups that promote views inconsistent with conservative religious values. Religious friends and family members are likely to reinforce anti-homosexual views. International Anti-Trans Bus Tour & PR Campaign The anti-trans bus tour in Spain that we reported on earlier this month is part of an international strategy. The Spanish bus was sponsored by HazteOir, a Spain-based group that mob…

‘Jews Who Were Israelis’: Anti-Semitism and the Mumbai Chabad Center

By Shaul Magid

…errorists. This was clearly an attack against the “West,” with Israel (and India) considered part of that coalition. They may have attacked the Chabad House, as opposed to the Israeli Embassy, for several reasons: perhaps they simply erased the distinction between Jew and Israeli (and perhaps misunderstood their instructions); or, given the fact that violence doesn’t like distinctions, they figured that by killing Jews it was likely that some of t…

Note to GOP Voters: “Political Freedom” Comes With Social Responsibility

By Marcia Pally

…nism. Kasich supports balancing the budget and lowering corporate taxes to promote growth and to encourage companies to bring profits earned overseas back to the U.S. But he also supports training those at the bottom for meaningful work. He wants secure border controls but also a legal means for law-abiding undocumented immigrants to pay a penalty, stay here, and work. To back up this policy, he cites Ronald Reagan, the most popular Republican pre…

Challenge to ‘un-Africanness’ of homosexuality; LGBT Catholics in Africa face church cooperation with persecution; lesbian cartoon project debuts in bangladesh under shadow of violence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…and those worldwide are watching – for the Pope’s visit later this month. New Ways Ministry’s Frank DeBernardo told the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers, “Nobody is dreading this papal visit as they did other ones where they just knew it was going to be bad. Nobody’s dreading it that way. People are optimistic that Francis is going to say some good things.” Marianne Duddy-Burke of Dignity USA said, “It’s an incredibly interesting time for the po…