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Breivik’s Emasculation Paranoia Fueled Vision for Patriarchal “Reforms”

By Julie Ingersoll

…re his attack. As for women he suspects would oppose his views of Islam in Europe, he explores several possible explanations before seemingly settling on the view that women have a deep-seated desire to be dominated: Why is this (that women do not oppose Muslim immigration), considering that there is hardly a single Muslim majority area in the world where women enjoy the same rights as men? And (Denmark writer of “The dream of submission” Lars) He…

Irish PM Scathing Denunciation of Vatican

By Anthea Butler

…century fantasy if they do not realize that respect for the institution in Europe and North America is at an all-time low. Prime Minister Enda’s remarks are not excessive; rather, the behavior of the Vatican is excessive in its continued jabs at any criticism of the church, while continuing to persecute the victims of sexual abuse. The institution is on its knees, and will continue to crumble if serious, concerted efforts are not made to stem the…

Interfaith Alliance Criticizes Fox News Anti-Mormonism

By Joanna Brooks

…icism and attacks in our nation. Incredibly, people who were persecuted in Europe for being minorities came to these shores and once they were in the majority began to criticize minorities. The First Amendment came about because of minority religious groups like Baptists, Jews, Unitarians, and secularists who insisted on religious freedom. Mormons should be aware not as a means of pacification but for understanding that Jews have gone through this…

Turkey and Egypt: Islam’s Future?

By Haroon Moghul

…is genuinely impressive. I’ve spent the last few days meeting folks from a number of civil society organizations in Turkey. They’re well-organized. They have fantastic facilities. And they have the desire to push their vision of Islam globally: Eastern Europe and Central Asia where Turks have historical and cultural links respectively, as well as West Africa and South Asia. These aren’t just ordinary organizations, either. There are TV stations, i…

Coming Out Twice: Sexuality and Gender in Islam

By Susan Henking

…longer seen as risqué. In this younger generation were also an increasing number of Muslim students (from Muslim family backgrounds and also from convert backgrounds) who brought Islamic Studies into closer dialogue with Religious Studies and began to question the divide between “studying religion” and “living religion.” That said, it was really non-Muslim scholars who broke open the field. I remember the thrill of buying the book Islamic Homos…

Things the GOP Won’t Like about Ron Paul

By Julie Ingersoll

…, Rwanda, Darfur, even Israel. He wants to bring home American troops from Europe and drastically cut the defense budget. Forget the hyper-aggressive patriotism that is all too prevalent; he says our current policies amount to bullying. Generally speaking, Paul is opposed to almost all use of authority by the federal government. He voted against the Patriot Act and is opposed to all regulation of the internet including bans on internet gambling, p…

Mr. President, Your Papers Please: The Birther Inquisition

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…with which I began. When Jews were forced to convert in various places in Europe, this did not end either their problems or the problems that non-Jews had with them. It simply upped the political ante. All Jewish conversion did was to create a new level of anxiety. The anxiety of identity categories is unresolvable once they have been asserted in a particular way. What the conversion of the Jews ultimately created was an Inquisition. The reasonin…

The Folly of Arab-West (Elite-Elite) Dialogue

By H.A. Hellyer

…e of those of Arab descent who are now European citizens (and every bit as European as those of any other ethnic decent), and the role of Islam in contemporary Western societies, as an indigenous Western religion. Arab-West dialogue cannot be separated from those discussions because their outcomes will define how Western societies relate to those societies where Arabs and/or Muslims are demographic majorities—including Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Afghani…

Vatican: Gay Rights Opponents are Real Victims

By Joseph M. Palacios

…Council’s recent statement was signed by all of the Catholic countries of Europe and Latin America. Civil marriage for same-sex couples has been ratified in the Catholic countries of Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Argentina, and Mexico. Acceptance of LGBT persons is not just an American phenomenon, it’s a broadly international one with a strong Catholic character. Of course, is precisely these trends that are most disturbing to the Vatican, especially…

Red Riding Hood Arouses Man’s Inner (Were)Wolf

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…a sort of Satanic contract. This was widely reported in all the new-print European tabloids of the day. And then there’s the fact that the Brothers Grimm were not the original source. That honor belongs to Charles Perrault, whose jarring and highly sexualized tale was designed for a very adult audience. Our prejudice for seeing fairy tales as child’s play may be Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s doing, though even their tales seem a little, well, a littl…