Religion Dispatches
Catholic Church: LGBT Catholics, Conservative Christians Jockey as Family Synod Approaches The Ways of Love:…
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U.S. conservatives join forces with authoritarian regimes at the UN to resist LGBTQ rights
Read MoreHaving banned the Muslim Brotherhood and exercised increased control of religious activities at mosques, the military-led regime…
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Much of the Pussy Riot trial has focused on the shifting role of the Church from the Soviet era, but what’s less well known is the Church’s efforts to mute dissenters outside of Russia.
Read MoreTwo leading scholars plead for Christian Zionists “to find a better way” to “love Israel.”
Read MoreSpeech will be out of “pro-Israel,” Christian Zionist playbook.
Read MorePresidential hopeful to hold “pro-Israel” press conference tomorrow in New York.
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The message of General Comment No. 34 is not only a clear condemnation of the blasphemy laws of countries such as Pakistan, which despite having ratified the ICCPR in 2008, continues to impose the death sentence for blasphemy and “defiling” the name of Prophet Muhammad. The Comment equally repudiates the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, which has upheld Austrian, British, and Turkish laws against blasphemy and religious insult by invoking a sui generis right to “respect for the religious feelings of believers.”
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Glenn Beck’s efforts to become a religious leader for Tea Party America has a lot of commentators discussing the feasibility of a Mormon convert leading a wary evangelical and Catholic right in a faith-driven cause.
Read MoreThe Alliance Defense Fund has new “special consultative status” at the U.N. What does that mean?
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