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The miracle of kindness
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'All in good time': Brazil teens told not to have sex
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Taqwacore: The paradoxes of the punk Islam scene
Hi folks, I was recently introduced (at a relatively superficial level) to the existence of the "Taqwacore" sub-culture of Western punk music. The duality inherent or apparent in this type of...
Hi folks, I was recently introduced (at a relatively superficial level) to the existence of the "Taqwacore" sub-culture of Western punk music. The duality inherent or apparent in this type of self-expression is absolutely fascinating to me, and I would love to learn more about it.
I personally find it a little hard to understand exactly how these musicians reconcile the anti-establishment and maybe progressiveness of punk with many tenets of Islam; the concept of organized religion seems inherently establishment (and dated) to me, and yet these groups somehow embrace both ends of the spectrum. I'm very curious if any Tildesians have opinions on Taqwacore bands or thoughts on the sub-genre as a whole!
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'It’s not easy to believe in a god when people tell you God doesn’t like us'
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Twilight language
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Why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it
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Infiltrating Scientology
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Which religion is friendliest to the idea of aliens?
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The Muslim world’s question: ‘What happened to us?’
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What Americans know about the Holocaust: Fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were murdered or the way Adolf Hitler came to power
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I used to be an anti-LGBTQ Evangelical. Here’s what finally changed my heart and mind.
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One goal of United Methodists’ plan to split the church over same-sex marriage and clergy: Avoid lawsuits
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A scandal in Oxford: The curious case of the stolen gospel
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Anyone here practicing Zazen?
I recently finished "Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki and was deeply moved. I've meditated sporadically over the years and dabbled in various Buddhist traditions yet never have I been...
I recently finished "Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki and was deeply moved. I've meditated sporadically over the years and dabbled in various Buddhist traditions yet never have I been so taken with an approach as I was after reading this. If there is anybody out there practicing Sōtō Zen would you be able to recommend anything to read next?
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A genderless prophet drew hundreds of followers long before the age of nonbinary pronouns
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United Methodist Church announces plan to split over gay marriage, LGBTQ clergy
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A California church raised money to pay off the medical debts of 5,555 struggling Los Angeles–area residents, wiping out more than $5 million in bills.
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Gay, Christian and a former preacher, I'm coming out to help anyone hurt by Folau
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Brazilian comedy group hit by Molotov cocktails after film on 'gay Jesus'
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At a Jewish bakery, desperate demand for Hanukkah doughnuts: 15,000 to 18,000 during the eight-day holiday
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India suspends internet and phone services in some parts of the country to quell protests over new citizenship law that excludes Muslims
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The repression of Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang region has deep historical roots
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"Forgive us our debts": Jubilee Baptist Church is a quasi-socialist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming church conducting a bold experiment, focusing on debt, work, and freedom from oppression
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The Christian withdrawal experiment
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Redefining the Indian republic
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India's Parliament approves controversial citizenship bill that grants citizenship to minorities facing persecution from three neighbouring countries - but excludes Muslims
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The Church of Sweden has unveiled the country’s first-ever LGBT+ altarpiece and homophobes are very upset about it
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Legal reckoning: New abuse suits could cost Catholic Church over $4B
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Faith and Reasons: Two authors explore the persistence of religious feeling
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Upon This Rock (from Pulphead: Essays)
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How compassion helped one woman leave an extremist group
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In US, decline of Christianity continues at rapid pace
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Peter Thiel's Religion
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Nara: Sacred images from early Japan
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Click to pray eRosary: The new smart rosary to pray for peace in the world
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America’s Orthodox Jews are selling a ton of the products you buy on Amazon
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Christian right tactics to fight trans rights: seperate the T from LGBT
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A thread on the devil in Islamic tradition and folklore
@aaolomi: Islam, like Christianity and Judaism, has a devil. But Iblis, as he's known to Muslims, differs from the red-skinned and horned devil popular in "Western" imagination. A thread on the devil in Islamic tradition and folklore
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Shooting near synagogue in Germany leaves at least two people dead, was streamed on Twitch
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China is destroying Uighur graveyards, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists call an effort to eradicate the ethnic group’s identity in Xinjiang
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Religion for the nonreligious
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Jews and Muslims in Sweden outraged over call to ban male circumcision
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Why so many Americans are turning to Buddhism
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The Christian right is helping drive liberals away from religion
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The secret gay history of Islam. In Muslim cultures, homosexuality was once considered the most normal thing in the world – so what changed?
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The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects
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George Pell seeks leave to appeal child sex abuse convictions in High Court
News article: George Pell seeks leave to appeal child sex abuse convictions in High Court Background: How does the High Court decide whether to grant George Pell a final hearing?
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On whose green Earth?
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Teacher sues Christian School over marriage equality beliefs
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