Bill to Stone Gays to Death Introduced in Kenya
This week’s global LGBT justice roundup, with a focus on Africa.
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Islam=Peace: What’s in a Slogan?
How a meeting with Muslim youth leaders led me to realize I had cynically underestimated a slogan’s power.
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Five things happened to our ancestors of the 17th of Tammuz and five things happened on…
Read More“Progressive” Religion or Just Religion?
Last week HuffPo Religion‘s executive editor Paul Raushenbush wrote about a “stunning resurgence” of progressive Christianity….
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“Muslim Gospel” Revealing the “Christian Truth” Excites the Da Vinci Code Set
In Amsterdam in 1709, philosopher John Toland set his eyes upon a remarkable manuscript—what he described in Nazarenus as “a Mahometan [i.e., Muslim] Gospel, never before…
Read MoreDoes Secularism Have a Role in Egyptian Struggle?
With Egypt’s presidential election a few weeks away, former Field Marshal Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi seems all…
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Rape-Marriage of Nigerian Girls is ‘Biblical Marriage’
Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls have been ripped from their desks and chairs, notebooks and pencils,…
Read MoreIs a Secular System Right for Egypt?
The current battle, contrary to much coverage, isn’t between Islamist and secular forces.
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Five Flood Stories You Didn’t Know About
The Flood story forces us to grapple with the deeply impersonal forces of the universe that are set against human civilization.
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“Burka Avenger”: Pakistan’s Middle Class Gets a Feminist Cartoon
A mild-mannered schoolteacher doubles as an education-defending Muslim heroine.
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