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Hajj Journal: Visiting the Kingdom is Not the Same as Visiting the King

By Amina Wadud

…. Still, we wound our way through the city. Most of the time we followed a sign that said “Masjid al-Haram” in Arabic and English, so it was pretty clear we were going in the right direction. Well, that is until we did a few U-turns and went through a few tunnels. First U-turn was forced by a police by a blockade. It seemed, we were nearing the mosque, because droves of people started to walk beside us on the road, on the sidewalk, or in the stree…

Lessons in Rhetorical Strategy from a DC Bishop

By Mary E. Hunt

…Moreover, to insert a letter in the parish bulletin to encourage people to sign petitions after Mass so as to place same-sex marriage on the November ballot is not a call for dialogue. It is to claim a position as Catholic that many Catholics do not share. I point out these three dynamics in one letter to a local church because I assume that this approach is part of a larger national strategy to defeat same-sex marriage and deny rights to couples…

Ritual Killing v. Factory Farming, or, Are There Roosters in Heaven?

By Meera Subramanian

…ng ago left the animals, two by two, out of their vision of Heaven. We want our burgers with no blood, we want our body of Christ wafer-thin, and we’d prefer if Heaven posted a “No Chickens Allowed” sign. But what will those who pass the pearly gates eat, and will they say a blessing? Oh, and Bad Boyz Cutz? Back open for business as of last Monday, all charges dropped….

Conservatives Waiting for Palin Rapture

By Anthea Butler

…s Gideon’s Fleece bus tour of earlier this year did not seem to give her a sign to run, and now the footage resembles highlights from a retirement reel, rather than the fodder for a crop of Palin 2012 commercials. Put this together with the doubling down of conservatives like Ann Coulter, who said this about Palin on the O’Reilly factor: She is “The One to a certain segment of right wingers”, and “No conservative on TV will criticize Palin, becaus…

It’s Unanimous: No “Moderates” in GOP Field

By Julie Ingersoll

…s and tax credits), in addition cutting the Department of Education: Perry promoted school choice: vouchers charter schools Gingrich advocated the equivalent of Pell grants for K-12 Paul says there are some things the government can do: like “giving tax credits for people who opt out of public schools.” Romney supports “school choice” and threw in an attack on teachers’ unions for good measure Huntsman says he’s “actually done something on this, […

The War on Terror is Over; Tahrir Buried It

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…eared. Just that it’s changing. The Muslim Brotherhood is the most visible sign of a possible role for religion in Egypt’s new political landscape. There are, however, several factions within the Brotherhood, and serious divisions on strategy. The old guard does not want to form a political party, for example, but the new Freedom and Justice Party is largely made up of independent Muslim Brotherhood members, and younger Brothers have sought to for…

Constitutional Progressives Take Critical Fight to Tea Party

By Sarah Posner

…efore “constitutional conservative” became a buzzword, the religious right promoted misinformation about the First Amendment, particularly the Establishment Clause, arguing that the separation of church and state was a “myth” perpetrated by “activist judges.” Marge Baker, Executive Vice President for People For the American Way Foundation, also part of Constitutional Progressives, said this is remains a critical issue that the coalition will conti…

What’s in an “Om”?: How Women are Transforming Yoga

By Meera Subramanian

…cy, the camera circles them as they bend and reach. They can give a subtle sign if they don’t wish to be touched, but one girl who is open to the contact is extended in child’s pose, the front of her body pressed against the floor, arms reaching out. The teacher comes up behind her and gently presses down on her sacrum—a Latin word derived from the Greek hieron osteon or “sacred bone”, from the belief that the soul resides there. I have known the…

Ponzi Schemes and Prophecy

By Sarah Posner

…es ago in the New Testament letters of James” and figure “prominently as a sign of the coming economic Armageddon.” The book is a favorite of Glenn Beck’s, who declared that it exposes what he imagines to be linkages between the global financial crisis and the coming “new world order.” (Jeremiah last year called President Obama a “dangerous person” because he is a “globalist” heading the country toward “socialism.”) Lest you leap to any conclusion…

Fear of a Catholic Ghetto

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…n which only a tiny percentage of adults in the U.S. adhere to—should be a sign that Catholic health care is a big player, yes? Well, it turns out there’s quite the backstory there. Haley’s use of the phrase “Catholic ghetto” is not cheap hyperbole, if you consider the history of Catholics in the United States. The US Catholic hospital system grew up in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries; largely under the care of women’s religio…