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4 episodes with religious tolerance
2 episodes with religious tolerance
2 episodes with religious tolerance
2 episodes with religious tolerance
2 episodes with religious tolerance
2 episodes with religious tolerance
2 episodes with religious tolerance
2 episodes with religious tolerance
2 episodes with religious tolerance
History sometimes has a habit of framing cultures as either heroes or villains, depending on the source. When it comes to Greek sources Herodotus "The Father of History", is kinda the go to when it comes to the period of antiquity. Every story needs a bad guy or a great evil to overcome, and when it comes to Herodotus his history was many times more fiction than fact. For the Greeks it was the vast and powerful Persian Empire coming to snuff out the light of the greek world. Weeeellllll...the Greeks were already doing a decent job of that themselves to be honest. While the first Persian Empire, established by the Acheamenid (Ack-a-men-id) Dynasty was central to the story of Greece "uniting", the Persians were across the Aegean doing some pretty incredible things. Founded by Cyrus the Great the Achaemenid Dynasty became the largest empire in the world during its time. Religious Tolerance, establishment of great road systems to carry trade and culture, the first mail system, a standardized monetary system based on the gold and silver, and a common language just to name a few. We owe a surprising amount of things in our modern world to this Empire. Tune in a find out just who were the Achaemenids and why maybe the Greeks kinda had it coming... Support the show
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Raja Birbal is a man of such exceptional wisdom and wit that he will become the stuff of legends. Birbal is just one of the Nine Gems Akbar surrounds himself with, remarkable people who will help the emperor enact a series of wide reaching and radical reforms. The ruler takes it upon himself to absorb the teachings of all religions he has access to, which includes the Portuguese Jesuits who are making Goa their home. In rejecting tradition in the pursuit of reason, how will Akbar foster open minded religious debate? And how, amidst all this peaceful dialogue, does he still manage to wage war and expand his kingdom? Listen as William and Anita discuss how Akbar revolutionised his governance and promoted religious tolerance in his realm. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: empirepoduk@gmail.com Goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producers: Anouska Lewis & Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Akufo-Addo strongly condemns acts of religious hate, particularly those targeting Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia at a gathering in Kyebi, emphasizing unity and tolerance ahead of Saturday's polls.
In this episode of History 102, 'WhatIfAltHist' creator Rudyard Lynch and co-host Austin Padgett explore pivotal historical moments about the English Civil War. They masterfully weave together religious conflict, economic transformation, and cultural dynamics to explain how this crucial conflict shaped modern capitalism, the Industrial Revolution, and even contemporary progressive politics. Their engaging conversation style makes complex history accessible and relevant. --
In Berkeley Talks episode 211, Bradley Onishi, a scholar of religion, an ex-evangelical minister and the co-host of the politics podcast Straight White American Jesus, discusses Project 2025, Christian nationalism and the November elections.“Project 2025 is a deeply reactionary Catholic vision for the country,” said Onishi, who gave the 2024 Berkeley Lecture on Religious Tolerance on Oct. 1. “It's a Christian nationalism fueled by Catholic leaders, and in many cases, reactionary Catholic thought.”Many see Trump's vice presidential running mate J.D. Vance, a first-term senator from Ohio, as bolstering Trump's outsider image, said Onishi. But it has gone mostly unnoticed that Vance is a radical religious politician, even more so than former Vice President Mike Pence. “Vance's Catholicism has barely registered as a driving factor in his political profile, and yet it serves as an interpretive key for understanding why Vance was chosen and how he brings a populist radicalism to a potential second Trump presidency — and a direct link to Project 2025,” he said.The UC Berkeley event was sponsored by the Endowed Fund for the Study of Religious Tolerance, the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, the Center for Race and Gender, the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, Social Science Matrix and the Center for Right-Wing Studies.Listen to the episode and read the transcript on UC Berkeley News (news.berkeley.edu/podcasts/berkeley-talks).Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr.Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this week's episode, Fred Bodimer covers Pope Francis's ambitious 11-day trip to the Asia-Pacific region, starting with his visit to Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country. The Pope emphasizes interfaith unity, urging Indonesians to foster a civilization of peace. Despite his health challenges, Pope Francis remains committed to building bridges between religious communities. The episode also highlights recent news about local parish mergers in St. Louis, including the formation of St. Peter Claver parish, named after a Jesuit priest who ministered to enslaved Africans.
Fred Bodimer, reporting for KMOX News on religion, sheds light on the alarming surge in anti-Semitic incidents, particularly during the recent Hanukkah period. According to the Anti-Defamation League, over 2000 such incidents have been reported since October 7, marking a staggering 337% increase, notably following Hamas' attack on Israel. Tragic occurrences, like the death of a Jewish man during an anti-Israel protest in Los Angeles, highlight the severity of this issue.
"Nehru and Ambedkar represented two very different visions of the way Buddhism could be imagined. Buddhism is a full-fledged revolution for Ambedkar and Nehru's government was not comfortable with that sort of vision of Buddhism. [Similarly] there is a fracture between the Ambedkarite vision of Buddhism and SN Goenka's vision, in which you can be a Hindu or Christian and still practise Vipassana. It unfolds in a wider ecumenical, secularised idea of what a modern India could be like, and I think those two trajectories are really difficult to reconcile. In its totality, what I really wanted to do was paint a picture of all walks of Buddhist life -- the lives of labourers who were inspired to convert to Buddhism, of intellectuals, of both Sanatan Hindus, who had a certain vision of Buddhism, as well as liberal, more secular-minded Hindus, of progressives, Leftists and Right Wing figures... I wanted to understand the whole composite picture of what Buddhism looked like during this broader period of time."
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Voices of SJS. Season 4: New Beginnings. Hosted by Sylvia Musher-Eizenman, Class of 2029. Her guest is Neda Mowzoun, Saint John's School parent and follower of the Bahá'í faith. This is one of several interviews Sylvia conducted to complete a group research project on Religious Tolerance. Voices of SJS is an sjspr.radio podcast. This episode was produced by Pilar Álamo and edited by Sixto Ortiz. We use the song Tacco by Crowander under a NonCommercial Creative Commons 4.0 International License
Keith Giles, a self-proclaimed "heretic" and former Evangelical; Dr. Safi Kaskas, a devout Muslim; Gregory T. Smith, an ex-Southern Baptist Pastor whose journey led him to explore Neopaganism and Taoism; Matthew DiStefano, a book publisher dwelling in the realm that lies between Christianity and secular humanism; and Caleb, a practicing Bahá'í.What common threads of belief connect these diverse individuals? And how do they navigate disagreements while fostering an attitude of openness towards people with differing perspectives and beliefs? Together, they engage in a candid examination and confrontation of the beliefs that have historically served as barriers to coexistence, thereby promoting a deeper understanding of the human experience among those who hail from and identify with different religious and cultural groups.Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.comShow sponsors Quoir PublishingMusic: Lawson Hull Instagram Spotify
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Voices of SJS. Season 4: New Beginnings. Hosted by Sylvia Musher-Eizenman, Class of 2029. Her guests are fellow research project teammates, Minnie Gamblin ‘29, Henry Westmeyer ‘29 and their 6th Grade Social Studies teacher, Ms. Mayra Rodríguez. They talk about their collaborative learning process and the data they collected. Voices of SJS is an sjspr.radio podcast. This episode was produced by Pilar Álamo and edited by Sixto Ortiz. We use the song Tacco by Crowander under a NonCommercial Creative Commons 4.0 International License
Religious Tolerance is something we lack in this country. In this episode I spoke about the recent clash between the bishop and the people of nogokpo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ernest-edem-atiase/message
Rendering Unconscious episode 247. Today's guests are Drs. Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini. They are here tp discuss their new book Gender Without Identity (UIT Press, 2023). https://uitbooks.com/shop/gender-without-identity Avgi Saketopoulou is a psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC, and a member of the faculty at New York University's Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia from the Sexual Cultures Series, NYU Press. https://www.avgisaketopoulou.com Ann Pellegrini is Professor of Performance Studies & Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and a practicing psychoanalyst. Their books include Performance Anxieties: Staging Psychoanalysis, Staging Race and Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance (coauthored with Janet R. Jakobsen). https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/ann-pellegrini.html This episode also available to view at YouTube: https://youtu.be/BgjmBx22B2I You can support the podcast at our Patreon, where we post exclusive content every week: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvanessasinclair23 Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is “There is only one libido” from the album This is Voyeurism by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Bandcamp. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com All music at Swedish independent record label Highbrow Lowlife Bandcamp page is name your price. Enjoy! https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Music also available to stream via Spotify & other streaming platforms. Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image of book cover
Tolerance is still an issue in Indonesia although it must be acknowledged, that the majority of people have actually practiced tolerance in common life for centuries. - Toleransi masih menjadi persoalan di Indonesia meskipun harus diakui, bahwa mayoritas masyarakat sebenarnya telah mempraktikkan toleransi dalam kehidupan bersama selama berabad-abad.
There are places in the world where religious tolerance and cultural diversity are not respected. Lance Cpl. Clayton Rogers takes us to the Blue Mosque where Afghan reporters shed light on U.S. forces support and acceptance of different religious faiths. Includes soundbites from Farooq Sadat - Tolo TV reporter and Mullah Halimi - Mosque priest. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Marshall Hunsaker.
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Roam with us to Sophia, Bulgaria. After roaming for 4 months, travel fatigue was setting in. We set our bags down for 2 weeks and simply lived and enjoyed Sophia. Learn more about this charming, post-communist city that is known for religious tolerance and diverse cultures. We take a popular free walking tour and learn what invention makes Bulgarian people proud. Note: Background sounds recorded live in destination.ROAM WITH US: For more info, blogs & fun pics visit us: https://www.liveletroam.com FOLLOW US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liveletroam/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liveletroam/ SPECIAL THANKS: Theme music creator Jungle Sneak, Track by, Kelly James & Pixabay for providing royalty free music https://pixabay.com/music/
The Adventures of Sariputta and Mogallana: Buddhism for Superheroes
Many newcomers to Buddhism wonder how their spiritual practice might relate to the spiritual practices of others. In this episode, Sensei Morris Doshin Sullivan talks about the Buddhist king, Ashoka, and his commitment to cooperation between religions. Sensei Morris will also share a short story about a time when King Pasenadi went on a diet. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/morris-sullivan/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morris-sullivan/support
Authoritarian states promote religious tolerance without necessarily ensuring freedom of religion or belief. Last month, USCIRF released a report distinguishing between these two concepts and explains the origins of religious tolerance promotion as a tool of statecraft. The report presents case studies of countries engaged in religious tolerance promotion, such as Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Russia, and Uzbekistan. Dr. David Warren, the author of the report and lecturer in the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, join us to today to discuss the important findings and ways the U.S. government can utilize discussions of religious tolerance to set a groundwork for broader rights protections.Read the full report on “Tolerance, Religious Freedom, and Authoritarianism”With Contributions from:Scott Weiner, Supervisory Policy Analyst, USCIRFVeronica McCarthy, Public Affairs Associate, USCIRF
December 27, 1657. Settlers in what is today Queens, New York write “The Flushing Remonstrance,” a petition that, for the first time in North American history, articulates that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Kazahkstan: Religious tolerance in Central Asia. Ambassador Yerzhan Ashikbayev, the current Kazakh ambassador to the United States, since April 2021. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://astanatimes.com/2022/06/kazakhstan-invites-religious-associations-to-congress-of-leaders-of-world-and-traditional-religions/ https://astanatimes.com/2022/08/seventh-congress-of-leaders-of-world-and-traditional-religions-to-focus-on-spiritual-development-in-post-covid-19-period/ https://astanatimes.com/2022/08/our-economies-are-complementary-says-israeli-ambassador-to-kazakhstan/ https://religions-congress.org/en/page/o-sezde https://astanatimes.com/2022/08/congress-of-leaders-of-world-and-traditional-religions-is-important-for-dialogue-and-cooperation-between-nations-and-religions/ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/07/28/escaping-a-bear-hug-kazakhstan-seeks-closer-ties-to-us-and-europe/ https://emerging-europe.com/news/how-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-is-changing-central-asias-relationship-with-moscow/
In this edition: Inspiring the struggle for freedom: new excavations solve a decades old mystery about US freedom fighter Harriet Tubman -- Religious tolerance in danger: How Hindu radicals foster hatred against the Muslim minority in India.
Is the Arab world re-embracing its Jews? Are the rights of LGBTQ+ people under threat? And do the police have a misogyny problem? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Theo Tait, Emma Smith and Arion McNicoll.Eddie Thomas' GoFund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-eddie-raise-money-for-hrt?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unknown&utm_campaign=comms_cq5n+help-eddie-raise-money-for-hrt
This week on The Non-Prophets, Cynthia, Jena and Malty welcome a new guest to the show, The Afro Humanist, on a series of topical news from the motherland where the state of Nigeria open delegations with Egypt to combat religious extremism. At the top of the show, we have an NP Update on Ex-Bishop Novell. He has found new employment.. as a “farmer” of sorts. Eyewitness accounts surface about the tragic slayings of cult parishioners following the death of a cultist leader from Jamaica. In the final segment, there is a “Step in the Right Direction” as a fraudulent church is forced to pay back FEMA money after making false claims following Hurricane Katrina.Articles DiscussedSegment 1 [10:31]: Looking Back: “Ex-Bishop Exports Pig Semen.. Oh My!”Main Article: “Ex-Bishop Finds New Job”http://tiny.cc/exbishopseamen Additional References:“Spanish Bishop Quits for Erotica Writer”http://tiny.cc/bishopanderoticwriter “Cardinal Pleads for Bishop's Privacy”http://tiny.cc/BishopprivacyNP CLIP: from Segment #2 of The Non-Prophets, Episode 20.39 “Ex-bishop in love with a colorful sinner” http://tiny.cc/NPYT2039Segment 2 [41:18]: “Religious Tolerance to Fight Extremism”Main Article: “Nigeria, Egypt Attempt to Fight Extremism” http://tiny.cc/Nigeriaegyptfight Additional References:“Islam: Religion of Violence”http://tiny.cc/islamnparticle“Complicated Conflict in Nigeria”http://tiny.cc/conflictinnigeria “Impact of Shari'a Law on non-Muslims”http://tiny.cc/shariaonnonmuslims “Nigerian Singer's Death Sentence”http://tiny.cc/singersentencetodeath Segment 3 [1:07:00]: “Because the Cultist Pastor Said So”Main Article: “Cultist Pastor Demands Beheading of Woman” http://tiny.cc/cultbeheadingAdditional References:“Cult Leader Dies in Car Crash”http://tiny.cc/cultleaderdies “Shun Religious Cults and Leaders”http://tiny.cc/shuntheleadersSegment 4 [1:22:45]: Step in the Right Direction: “Pay Back for Your Sins”Main Article: “Archdiocese Pays for False Katrina Claims” http://tiny.cc/payingfakekatclaims Additional References:“Fraudulent Churches in the US”http://tiny.cc/fakechurches
The United Nations marks November 16 each year as the International Day for Tolerance. Religious tolerance is one key component of tolerance overall. Governments in the Middle East have increasingly espoused a doctrine of religious tolerance, especially after September 11, 2001. Along the same lines, the U.S. government has encouraged greater tolerance abroad as an antidote to extremism, especially violent extremism. Many countries in the Middle East showcase their churches, synagogues, and mosques as evidence of tolerance. The recently signed Abraham Accords have also reignited the conversation on religious tolerance. USCIRF Supervisory Policy Analyst Scott Weiner joins us today to discuss the potential pitfalls of promoting religious tolerance rather than freedom of religion or belief as defined in the international human rights standards. He also discusses the difference between the two, and how the U.S. government can support religious tolerance in a way that most effectively advances the national interest in promoting religious freedom.
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One of the most enduring images of the Mongolian Empire is that it was a model of religious tolerance, one where each of the Khan's subjects were free to worship as they pleased. This is not a new belief; in the 18th century, Edward Gibbon presented Chinggis Khan as a forerunner of the enlightenment, and for modern audiences the notion was repopularized with Jack Weatherford's book Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. Some use the notion to counter the common presentations of Mongol brutality, usually accompanying blanket terms that all religious clergy were exempted from taxation, labour and were respected- or go as far as to present the Mongols as the inspiration for modern liberal religious toleration. While there is an element of truth to be had here, as with so much relating to the Mongols, describing the Chinggisid empire as a state of religious tolerance where all religions east and west lived in harmony fails to capture the reality of the period. Even before the founding of the empire, Chinggis Khan interacted with a variety of religions. During his war to unify Mongolia, Chinggis Khan was supported by men of various religious backgrounds: Mongolian shamanist-animists, Nestorian Christians, Buddhists and Muslims, one of whom, Jafar Khoja, was supposedly a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, and stood with him at the muddy waters of Lake Baljuna during one of his lowest moments. The most prominent tribes in the Mongolian steppe in the 12th century were Nestorian Christians such as the Kereyid and Naiman, and on the declaration of the Mongol Empire in 1206 Chinggis Khan's army and administration were quite mixed. Chinggis Khan himself was an animist: in Mongolian belief, all things in the world were inhabited by spirits which had to be consulted and placated. It was the job of shamans to intercede with these spirits on the Mongols' behalf. Generally, shamanism is not an exclusive religion; one can consult a shaman and still practice other faiths. The shaman was not like a Christian priest or Islamic imam, but a professional one could consult with regardless of other religious affiliation. The persuasion and power of religion in the Mongol steppe came from the charisma of specific holy men -such as shamans- and their power to convene with spirits and Heaven on the Khan's behalf in order to secure his victory. This seems to have been the guiding principle for how Chinggis Khan, and most of his successors, approached religion. Some Mongols viewed the major religions they encountered -Daoism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam- as all praying to the same God via different methods. This was more or less the statement that in the 1250s, Chinggis' grandson Mongke Khaan provided to the Franciscan friar William of Rubruck during an interview, stating that “We Mongols believe that there is only one God through whom we have life and through whom we die, and towards him we direct our hearts [...] But just as God has given the hand several fingers, so he has given mankind several paths.” Usually for the Khans, it did not matter who was right, as basically all of the major religions were. What mattered was that these religions should pray to God on behalf of the Chinggisids to ensure divine favour for their rule. Heaven's will was manifested through victories and rulership, while it's displeasure manifested in defeats and anarchy. Much like the concept of the Chinese Mandate of Heaven, the right to rule provided by heaven could be rescinded, and thus the Mongols hoped to continually appease Heaven. But the Mongols' views on religion were not static and took years to develop into their political theology- and nor were they inherently tolerant, and favours were allotted more on a personal basis. For example, in 1214 Chinggis Khan, or one of his sons, had an encounter with a Buddhist monk named Haiyun. Haiyun, with his head shaved bare in accordance with his role as a monk, was told by the Khan to grow his hair out and braid it in Mongolian fashion- for at that time, the Mongols were attempting to order the general population of north China to do so as a sign of their political subordination. Religions in China dictated how one should maintain their hair; Buddhist monks had to shave their heads, Daoist monks could keep their hair long, while the general Chinese population, on Confucian teaching, could not cut their hair in adulthood, as it was a gift from the parents, and thus was kept in topknots. Demanding that the general population adopt the unique, partly shaved Mongolian hairstyle, was therefore a decree against all of China's major religions. The Mongols did not succeed in this policy and soon abandoned it's implementation on its sedentary subjects, though other sources indicate it was enforced on nomadic Turkic tribes who entered Mongol service, indicating their submission to the Great Khan. Notably the Manchu would successfully implement such a policy after their conquest of China 400 years later, forcing the population to adopt the long queues at the back of the head. When the Chinese revolted against Manchu rule, the cutting of the queue was one of the clearest signs of rejecting the Qing Dynasty. Back to the Buddhist monk Haiyun, who Chinggis had ordered to grow out his hair in Mongol fashion. Haiyun told Chinggis that he could not adopt the Mongol hairstyle, as growing his hair out violated his duty as a monk. Learning this, Chinggis Khan allowed Haiyun to maintain his baldness, then in time extended this allowance to all Buddhist and Daoist clergy. Even with this first privilege, Haiyun and his master did not receive coveted tax exempt status until 1219, and then on the recommendation of Chinggis' viceroy in North China, Mukhali. This is the earliest indication of Chinggis Khan granting of such a favour, followed soon by the extensive privileges granted to the Daoist master Qiu Chuji. The Daoist had made the journey from North China to meet Chinggis Khan in Afghanistan on the Khan's urging, ordered to bring Chinggis the secret to eternal life, as the Mongols had been told Qiu Chuji was 300 years old. Master Qiu Chuji told Chinggis that not only did he not have such power, but Chinggis should also abstain from hunting and sexual activity. Not surprisingly, Chinggis Khan did not take this advice, but he did grant the man extensive privileges, tax exempt status and authority over all Daoists in China. Importantly, Chinggis' edict was directed personally at Qiu Chuji and his disciples, rather than Daoism as a whole. The value Qiu Chuji had to Chinggis was on his individual religious charisma and ability to intercede with the heavens on the Khan's behalf, as well as his many followers who could be induced to accept Mongol rule. In Chinggis' view, the fact that Qiu Chuji was a Daoist leader did not entitle him to privileges. Neither did the Mongols initially differentiate between Buddhism and Daoism. In part due to the vaguely worded nature of Chinggis' edicts, Qiu Chuji's Daoist followers used these decrees to exert authority over Buddhists as well, seizing Buddhist temples and forcing Buddhist monks to become Daoists, beginning a Buddhist-Daoist conflict that lasted the rest of the 13th century. The point of these anecdotes is to demonstrate that the conquests did not begin with a specific policy of general religious tolerance or support for local religious institutions. Governmental support and privilege was provided on an ad hoc basis, especially when a group or individual was seen as influential with the almighty. Toleration itself was also advertised as a tool; in the Qara-Khitai Empire, in what is now eastern Kazakhstan and northwestern China, an enemy of Chinggis Khan, prince Kuchlug of the Naiman tribe, had fled to Qara-Khitai and eventually usurped power. Originally an Eastern Christian, that is a Nestorian, in Qara-Khitai Kuchlug converted to a violent strang of Buddhism and began to force the Muslim clerics, particularly in the Tarim Basin, to convert to Chrisitanity or Buddhism on pain of death. When Chinggis Khan's forces under Jebe Noyan arrived in 1217 pursuing the prince, they recognized the general resentment against Kuchlug and, in order to undermine his support, declared that anyone who submitted to the Mongols would be free to practice their religion. The announcement worked well, as the empire was quickly and successfully turned over to the Mongols, and the renegade prince Kuchlug cornered and killed. Notably, this announcement did not come with statements of privileges or tax exemptions at large for the Islamic religious leaders. It was a decree spread to deliberately encourage the dissolution of the Qara-Khitai and ease the Mongol conquest- in this region, it was a comparatively peaceful conquest, by Mongol standards. But it was not coming from any specific high-mindedness for the treatment of religion, but an intention to expand into this territory and defeat the fleeing Kuchlug. By the reign of Chinggis' son Ogedai in the early 1230s, the Mongol stance towards religions became more solidified. A major advancement, on the insistence of advisers like the Buddhist Khitan scholar Yelu Chucai, was that privileges were to be granted on religious communities and institutions rather than based on individual charisma, which made them easier to regulate and manage. Chucai also impressed upon the Mongols that Buddhism and Daoism were distinct beliefs, though the Mongols seem to have often continually erroneously thought both creeds worshipped a supreme deity a la Christianity and Islam. Buddhist and Daoism became, alongside Christianity and Islam, the four main “foreign religions” which the Mongols would issue edicts regarding privileges. It was not an evenly applied thing. With Islam, for instance, it can be said the Mongols often had the greatest difficulties. For one thing, the rapid annihilation of the Khwarezmian empire, the world's single most powerful islamic state at the time, resulted in the deaths of perhaps millions of Muslims as well as the belief that the Mongols were a punishment sent by God- a belief the Mongols encouraged. The reduction of Islam from “the state religion” to “just another religion of the Khan's subjects,” was a difficult one for many an imam and qadi to accept. For a universalist religion like Islam, subjugation to a pagan entity was a difficult pill to swallow, and the destruction of cities, mosques, agriculture and vast swathes of the population would not have been eased by statements of how tolerant the Mongols supposedly were. Further, it is apparent that the Mongols' rule for the first decade or two of their interaction with the Islamic world was not tolerant. Part of this comes to an inherent conflict between the sharia law of Islam, and the yassa of Chinggis Khan. The yassa and yosun of Chinggis Khan were his laws and customs set out to provide a framework for Mongol life, which regulated interactions for the state, individuals, the environment, the spirits and the heavenly. As a part of this, it was decreed that animals had to be slaughtered in the Mongolian fashion; the animal usually knocked unconscious, turned onto its back, an incision made in the chest and its heart crushed. The intention was to prevent the spilling of the animals' blood needlessly upon the earth, which could beget misfortune. Contravening this was forbidden and punishable by death. The problem was that this is inherently conflicting with halal and kosher slaughter, which entailed slitting the throat and draining the blood. At various times over the thirteenth century, this was used as an excuse to punish and lead reprisals against Muslims. A number of Persian language sources assert that Ogedai Khaan's brother Chagatai was a harsh enforcer of the yassa on the empire's Muslim population. In the 1250s ‘Ala al-Din Juvaini asserted that Muslims in Central Asia were unable to make any halal killings due to Chagatai, and were forced to eat carrion from the side of the road. The Khwarezmian refugee Juzjani meanwhile said Chagatai planned a genocide of the Muslims. While these sources like to depict Chagatai as a foil to Ogedai's more ‘friendly to islam' image, it remains clear that for many Muslims, it was felt that the Mongol government had a particular hatred for them. But Chagatai was not the only one to enforce this. Ogedai himself briefly sought to enforce this rule, and the famous Khubilai Khan grew increasingly unfriendly to religion in his old age, and in the 1280s launched anti-muslim policies, banning halal slaughter and circumcision on pain of death. The incident which apparently set him off was a refusal of Muslim merchants in Khubilai's court to eat meat prepared in the Mongolian manner, though it may also have been an attempt to appease some of the Chinese elite by appearing to reduce Islamic and Central Asian influence in his government, particularly after the assassination of Khubilai's corrupt finance minister Ahmad Fanakati. Even Daoism, favoured early by the Mongols thanks to the meeting of Qiu Chuji and Chinggis Khan, suffered stiff reprisals from the Mongol government. As the conflict between the Daoists and Buddhists escalated, in the 1250s on the behest of his brother Mongke Khaan, prince Khubilai headed a debate between representatives of the two orders. Khubilai, inclined to Buddhism on the influence of his wife and personal conversion, chose the Buddhists as the winners. Declaring a number of Daoist texts forgeries, Khubilai ordered many to be destroyed and banned from circulation, while also reducing their privileges. This failed to abate the tensions, and in the 1280s an older, less patient Khubilai responded with the destruction of all but one Daoist text, Lau Zi's Daodejing, and with murder, mutilation and exile for the offending Daoists. Privileges only extended to religions the Mongols saw as useful, or offered evidence that they had support from heaven. Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Manicheism and Hinduism were usually totally ignored by the Mongols and did not receive the same privileges as the Christian, Buddhist, Daoist and Islamic clergy. Judaism may have received tax exemption status in the Ilkhanate for a brief period in the 1280s and 90s due to the influence of a Jewish vizier, Sa'd al-Dawla, while in the Yuan Dynasty it took until 1330 for Judaism to earn such a status. As these religions lacked states which interacted with the Mongols, the Mongols saw these religions as having no power from heaven, and were therefore useless to them. Without any political clout, and of small representation within the Empire, these groups largely escaped the notice of the Khans. The Mongols were also not above ordering the annihilation of a religion or religious groups when they defied them. The most well known case was a Shi'ite sect, the Nizari Ismailis, better known as the Assassins. Due to their resistance against the Mongol advance, the sect was singled out for destruction not just politically, but religiously, as Mongke Khaan had become convinced of this necessity by his more orthodox Islamic advisers. This task fell to his brother Hulegu, who enacted his brother's will thoroughly. Soon after the destruction of the Ismaili fortresses, which was lauded by Hulegu's Sunni Muslim biographer ‘Ala al-Din Juvaini, Hulegu famously sacked Baghdad and killed the Caliph in 1258. Juvaini's chronicle, perhaps coincidentally, cuts off just before the siege of Baghdad. This attack on Baghdad was not religiously motivated; the Caliph had refused to accept Mongol authority. As a seemingly powerful head of a religion, his independence could not be abided. It was not a specifically anti-Islamic sentiment here, but a political one. Had the Mongols marched on Rome and the Pope also refused their mandate, such a fate would have awaited him as well. The presence of Christians in Hulegu's army, many from the Kingdom of Georgia and Cilician Armenia who partook with great enthusiasm in the slaughter of Muslims on Hulegu's request at Baghdad and in his campaign into Syria, as well as the fact that Hulegu's mother and chief wife were Chrisitans, would not have been lost on many Muslims, as well as the fact that Hulegu himself was a Buddhist. Hulegu after the conquest of Baghdad ordered its rebuilding, but placed a Shi'ite Muslim in charge of this task and sponsored the restoration of Christian churches and monasteries, and other minority religions in his majority sunni-islam territories. When the Mongols did convert to the local religions, they were not above carrying out with zeal assaults on other religious communities in their empire. Such was the case for Khans like Ozbeg in the Golden Horde or Ghazan in the Ilkhanate, who converted to Islam and struck against Christian, Buddhist and shamanic elements in their realms. These were as a rule very brief rounds of zealousness, as the economic usage of these groups and the uneven conversion of their followers to Islam made it politically and economically more useful to abandon these measures. This is not to say of course, that there is no basis for the idea of Mongol religious tolerance, especially when compared to some contemporary states: just that when the favours, privileges and state support were granted, they were usually done to the four main religious groups the Mongols designated: again, Muslims, Christians, Daoists and Buddhists. So entrenched did these groups become as the “favoured religions” that in the Yuan Dynasty by the 14th century it was believed these four groups had been singled out by Chinggis Khan for their favours. This is despite the fact that Chinggis Khan had no recorded interactions with any Christian holymen. But not idly should we dismiss the notion of there being a certain level of religious toleration among the Mongols. Not without reason was Ogedai Khaan portrayed as friendly in many Islamic sources, and he regularly gave the most powerful positions in the administration of North China to Muslims. European travellers among the Mongols, such as John De Plano Carpini, Marco Polo and Simon of St. Quentin, along with Persian bureaucrats like ‘Ala al-Din Juvaini and the Syriac Churchman Bar Hebraeus, generally reported Mongol indifference to what religions were practiced by their subjects, as long as said subjects accepted Mongol command. Sorqaqtani Beki, the mother of Mongke and Khubilai, was a Nestorian Christian famous for patronizing and supporting mosques and madrassas. Mongke Khaan held feasts to mark the end of Ramadan where he would distribute alms and at least one such feast held in Qaraqorum, listened to a qadi deliver a sermon. He show respect to his Muslim cousin Berke, and for him had halal meat at one imperial banquet. If the yassa of Chinggis Khan was upheld thoroughly, then the Khans and all princes present would have been executed. In the four level racial hierarchy Khubilai Khan instituted in China, Muslims and Central Asians were second only to Mongols and nomads, and ranked above all Chinese peoples. Religious men visiting the Khans usually left with the belief that the Khan was about to convert to their religion, so favourably had they been received. Khubilai Khan asked Marco Polo's father and uncle to bring him back 100 Catholic priests and holy oil from Jerusalem, and likely sent the Nestorian Rabban bar Sauma to Jerusalem for similar purposes. Marco Polo then goes on to present Khubilai as a good Christian monarch in all but name. Qaraqorum, the Mongol imperial capital, held Daoist and Buddhist temples across the street from Mosques and Churches. In Khubilai's capital of Dadu and the Ilkhanid capital of Sultaniyya were Catholic archbishoprics by the early 14th century. So there certainly was a level of toleration within the Mongol Empire that contemporaries, with wonder or frustration, could remark truthfully that it was quite different from their own homelands. Such religious syncretism survived well into the century, when claimants to the fragmenting successor Khanates in western Asia, in order to define their legitimacy amongst the largely converted Mongol armies and stand out amongst the many Chinggisids, latched onto Islamic identities. Eager to prove their sincerity, they pushed back violently against even traditional Mongol shamanism. Despite it's early difficulties, in the end Islam largely won amongst the Mongols of the western half of the empire and their descendants, overcoming the brief revitalization Nestorian Christianity and Buddhism had enjoyed thanks to Mongol patronage. Such was the final outcome of the Mongols' religious toleration Our series on the Mongols will continue, so be sure to subscribe to the Kings and Generals podcast to follow. If you enjoyed this, and would like to help us keep bringing you great content, please consider supporting us on patreon at www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals, or sharing this with your friends. This episode was researched and written by our series historian, Jack Wilson. I'm your host David, and we'll catch you on the next one.
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On this week's episode of TheFallenState TV, host Jesse Lee Peterson is joined by Dr. Arik Greenberg, the founder and president of the Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice. Dr. Greenberg also has a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, with a special focus on New Testament and Christian Origins. In this interview, Jesse and Dr. Greenberg discuss whether it's possible for people of Christian and Jewish faiths to get along with those of Muslim faith. They also tackle a bit of Dr. Greenberg's expertise in New Testament and Christian origins, as well as how his faith informs his views on politics and social issues. Don't miss this very thought-provoking discussion!
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Michael Breidenbach joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent book, “Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Tolerance in Early America.”
On this episode, Michael Breidenbach joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent book, "Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Tolerance in Early America."
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Zahra N. Jamal is Associate Director at Rice University's Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, and a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Consultant. An award-winning former faculty member at Harvard and MIT, Dr. Jamal was founding director of the Civil Islam Initiative at University of Chicago, founding director of the Central Asia and International Development Initiative at Michigan State, and Associate Director at The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s Center for the Study of American Muslims. Her fieldwork covers voluntarism, migrant labor, gender-equity, and food security in Muslim societies. Dr. Jamal consults on gender, race, and religion for the UN, State Department, Department of Justice, Aspen Institute, Aga Khan Development Network, and private corporations. She has published with Duke University Press, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Hill, and appeared on BBC World News. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard, double B.A. in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and in Slavic Studies from Rice, and is a Certified Diversity Professional.
Religion has become a vital element in identity politics globally after the terror attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America. And so the question of how religious tolerance may be secured in the modern world can no longer be avoided. Can religious tolerance be placed on a firmer footing by finding grounds for it within the different faiths themselves? This book addresses that question. In Religious Tolerance: A History (Harper Collins, 2019), Arvind Sharma examines Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto - whose followers together cover over two-thirds of the globe - to identify instances of tolerance in the history of each of these to help the discussion proceed on the basis of historical facts. This is a timely book - the first of its kind in scope and ambition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Religion has become a vital element in identity politics globally after the terror attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America. And so the question of how religious tolerance may be secured in the modern world can no longer be avoided. Can religious tolerance be placed on a firmer footing by finding grounds for it within the different faiths themselves? This book addresses that question. In Religious Tolerance: A History (Harper Collins, 2019), Arvind Sharma examines Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto - whose followers together cover over two-thirds of the globe - to identify instances of tolerance in the history of each of these to help the discussion proceed on the basis of historical facts. This is a timely book - the first of its kind in scope and ambition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Religion has become a vital element in identity politics globally after the terror attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America. And so the question of how religious tolerance may be secured in the modern world can no longer be avoided. Can religious tolerance be placed on a firmer footing by finding grounds for it within the different faiths themselves? This book addresses that question. In Religious Tolerance: A History (Harper Collins, 2019), Arvind Sharma examines Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto - whose followers together cover over two-thirds of the globe - to identify instances of tolerance in the history of each of these to help the discussion proceed on the basis of historical facts. This is a timely book - the first of its kind in scope and ambition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history
Religion has become a vital element in identity politics globally after the terror attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America. And so the question of how religious tolerance may be secured in the modern world can no longer be avoided. Can religious tolerance be placed on a firmer footing by finding grounds for it within the different faiths themselves? This book addresses that question. In Religious Tolerance: A History (Harper Collins, 2019), Arvind Sharma examines Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto - whose followers together cover over two-thirds of the globe - to identify instances of tolerance in the history of each of these to help the discussion proceed on the basis of historical facts. This is a timely book - the first of its kind in scope and ambition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions
Religion has become a vital element in identity politics globally after the terror attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States of America. And so the question of how religious tolerance may be secured in the modern world can no longer be avoided. Can religious tolerance be placed on a firmer footing by finding grounds for it within the different faiths themselves? This book addresses that question. In Religious Tolerance: A History (Harper Collins, 2019), Arvind Sharma examines Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto - whose followers together cover over two-thirds of the globe - to identify instances of tolerance in the history of each of these to help the discussion proceed on the basis of historical facts. This is a timely book - the first of its kind in scope and ambition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion
Mental health alert for 330 million kids in COVID lockdown: UNICEF Suspicion of Muslims at epidemic proportions, Human Rights Council hears Migrants drown after being forced into the sea off Djibouti: IOM
Just how tolerant of religion has American been through the years? We speak of religious freedom as if we own it, but do we? Lincoln Steed examines the historical evidence.
Annelle Sheline from the Quincy Institute joins me to talk about how authoritarian regimes in the Middle East title themselves "moderate" to stay in power and how US foreign policy influences this. We also talked about Biden's decision to withdrawal offensive military support from Saudi Arabia in Yemen (while still supporting Saudi Arabia defensively), and the decision to remove the FTO designation of the Houthis. Show Notes: Annelle's articles: • Lifting FTO designation of Yemen (Feb 6): https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/02/06/biden-to-lift-the-wrongheaded-houthi-terrorist-designation-but-whats-next/ • Ending US support for Saudi offensive military action (Feb 4): https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/02/04/biden-to-end-us-support-for-war-in-yemen/ • Middle East regimes are using ‘moderate' Islam to stay in power: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/03/01/middle-east-regimes-are-using-moderate-islam-to-stay-in-power/ • Declaration Proliferation: The International Politics of Religious Tolerance: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/declaration-proliferation-the-international-politics-of-religious-tolerance Thomas Friedman's article mentioned in the interview: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/opinion/saudi-prince-mbs-arab-spring.html
Alma and Dalia step back to the groovy 1970s to enjoy this week’s flick, The Wicker Man. Not the Nic Cage version, sorry to disappoint. Dalia tries hard not to rant and offend and Alma comes up with a new version of “Stomp”. Tune in to this episode to figure out who Daniel is and why he’s a central figure in our discussion. Sources for this week: “Religious Tolerance and Persecution in the Roman Empire” Constitutional Rights Foundation Music for this podcast created by JUNIPER
Virginia Prodan may not consider herself a “hero” … but we’ll let you decide what to make of her. Over 30 years after being exiled from her home country of Romania, Prodan shares her incredible story of unyielding faith and courage with host Charles Mizrahi — and leaves listeners with an important message. Topics Discussed: Life in Communist Romania (00:02:14) Becoming a Human Rights Attorney (00:07:57) Religious “Tolerance” (00:12:20) The Bible: An Outlawed Book (00:15:02) A Fighting Chance (00:19:50) “By the Grace of God” (00:22:57) Arrested & Tortured (00:28:00) Loving Her Enemies (00:35:24) A New Life in America (00:43:59) Virginia’s Message to Listeners (00:49:40) In Closing (00:54:18) Guest Bio: From a young age, Virginia Prodan was not afraid to be “different.” As an attorney in her communist home country of Romania, Prodan fought for the religious rights of her fellow Christians — at her own risk. After enduring torture at the hands of the Romanian government, she came to America, which “offers freedom and opportunities to everyone.” Now an established author and speaker, Prodan is active on her website, VirginiaProdan.com, and continues spreading her message of hope. Resources Mentioned: · https://www.amazon.com/Saving-My-Assassin-Virginia-Prodan/dp/1496411846 (Saving My Assassin) · https://virginiaprodan.com/ (VirginiaProdan.com) · https://virginiaprodanbooks.com/ (VirginiaProdanBooks.com) Don't Forget To... https://the-charles-mizrahi-show.captivate.fm/listen (Subscribe to my podcast! ) Download this episode to save for later Liked this episode? Leave a kind review! Subscribe to Charles' Alpha Investor newsletter today: https://pro.banyanhill.com/m/1729783
In the fourth part of our Brief History of Poland series, Notes from Poland editor-at-large Stanley Bill looks at the "golden age" of Poland-Lithuania in the sixteenth century, covering the period between 1505 and 1572. He examines the reign of the last two Jagiellonian kings; the establishment of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; religious tolerance and conflict; the great cultural achievements of the Polish Renaissance; and the beginning of the free royal elections.The Brief History of Poland series will cover over a thousand years of Polish political and cultural history, from 966 until today.Producer: Sebastian LeśniewskiSupport the show (https://notesfrompoland.com/donations/support-us/)
I wanted to slowly end this year of 2020 by giving you an episode on positive interactions between Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages, and especially as a nice follow up to our previous episode on Medieval Antisemitism. In this lecture Dr. Lackner transports us back into the Carolingian Empire under the rule of Charlemagne and eventually his son Louis the Pious. We explore the lives of Jews living under Carolingian rule and their roles ranging from administration and diplomacy to trade. Next we explore the society of the Holy Roman Empire and the success that Jewish communities experienced as men ranging from the Priesthood and Papacy to Politicians ignored and occasionally bent the rules so to speak to attract Jewish families to their communities to further better their structure and economy as a whole. We also take a look at interactions between Jews and Christians while especially looking at the women of both groups and how they were able to form friendly and intimate relationships with one another much easier than their in many cases suspicious male counterparts, from wet nursing to communal ovens we look at a different face of medieval society as we know it. Last but not least we explore art and patronage between Christians and Jews in the Medieval world from coral rosary beads made by Sicilian Jews to art designed by Christians for their Jewish patrons and yes even taking a moment to examine mistakes by Christians in their failings in understanding Jewish life, religion and writing. Touching briefly on conversions and Jews in the military service this episode covers a large and complicated period in human history and we get to explore a variety of topics on Jewish-Christian relations in the "Dark Ages" and we must ask ourselves, were the Middle Ages really that dark? Or do we as humans tend to focus on the negative moments of our history the most while unintentionally letting the many beautiful events and moments pass us by? Further studies and resources! Ibn-Khordadbeh's account of the Radhanites is available on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhanite Bishop Rudigar of Speyer's Contract to the Jews: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/1084landjews.asp More from Dr. Lackner VIOLENT MEN AND MALLEABLE WOMEN:GENDER AND JEWISH CONVERSION TOCHRISTIANITY IN MEDIEVAL SERMON EXEMPLA https://www.academia.edu/30183616/VIOLENT_MEN_AND_MALLEABLE_WOMEN_GENDER_AND_JEWISH_CONVERSION_TO_CHRISTIANITY_IN_MEDIEVAL_SERMON_EXEMPLA Jews through Christian Eyes: The Jewish Other in Thirteenth-Century Papal Policy, Artwork, and Sermon Exempla https://www.academia.edu/9847535/Jews_through_Christian_Eyes_The_Jewish_Other_in_Thirteenth-Century_Papal_Policy_Artwork_and_Sermon_Exempla --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antiquity-middlages/support
Season 19, Episode 6. Ngaji Filsafat - Dr. Fahruddin Faiz
Ngaji Filsafat : Religious Tolerance Edisi : Pengalaman Beragama Rabu, 21 Oktober 2020 Ngaji FIlsafat bersama Dr. Fahruddin Faiz, M. Ag. Ngaji Filsafat berlangsung rutin setiap hari Rabu pukul 20.00 WIB Bertempat di Masjid Jendral Sudirman Kolombo, Jln. Rajawali No. 10 Kompleks Kolombo, Demangan Baru, Caturtunggal, Depok, Sleman, Yogyakarta 55281 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/masjid-jendral-sudirman/message
First episode after a long hiatus, and moving to a new platform. We would love to have your input for future shows. Contact us at info@drarikgreenberg.com Topics: Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice Interfaith March for Peace & Justice My upcoming books, The Exile and Interfaith America The passing of Dr. James Sanders (1927-2020) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/arik-greenberg/support
This talk was originally posted on Ven. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu's YouTube Channel. To watch this talk on YouTube kindly visit https://youtu.be/9gTZuirPj60 .
This week on The Times of Israel Podcast, we're bringing you a recent conversation with philosopher and best-selling author Dr. Micah Goodman that was part of The Times of Israel’s new Behind the Headlines video events. Other interviewees in the series have included Israeli writer Etgar Keret, performer Neshama Carlebach, and Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy about their new ‘memoirfesto,’ ‘Never Alone.’ Join our Times of Israel Community and be the first to see other upcoming events. Image: Dr. Micah Goodman delivers his acceptance speech for the 2014 Marc and Henia Liebhaber Prize for Religious Tolerance. (courtesy)
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In today's episode, MissSnowfox and Xan are joined by Sophie to talk about a difficult topic: Merlin and race, as well as racism - both on the show and in fandom. Strap in for 2.5h where we try to disentangle this heavy subject and hopefully manage to help educate our [white] listeners. To get in touch with us, send an email, an ask on tumblr, or tweet at us on twitter. You can also join our discord and find our podacst on iTunes! If you'd like to tip us for the work we do for this podcast, you can find us on ko-fi. ALL TIPS WE RECEIVE ON KO-FI WILL BE FORWARDED TO UK-BASED ORGANISATIONS & CHARITIES THAT BENEFIT BLACK WOMEN OR BLACK QUEER PEOPLE. The charities that will benefit are Southall Black Sisters UK Black Pride The Hackney Migrant Centre The Unity Project Find more stream or download options for this episode below the cut. Download here [Right click, save as] || Listen/subscribe on iTunes here Resources/Links Sophie on twitter Sophie on instagram Black Lives Matter resources Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Religious Tolerance in Modern Britain and the BBC's "Merlin" Casting, Plotting, and Enchanting: Arthurian Women in Starz's "Camelot" and the BBC's "Merlin" Feirefiz, Prcival's half-brother Vitiligo Moriaen Cinderella (1997) Squee from the margins : Investigating the operations of racial/culturual/ethnic identity in media fandom Statistics In all five seasons of Merlin (65 episodes), we can count: 1 Black woman Gwen 9 Black men or Men of Color (with lines) Person of Color: Lancelot Black Men: Tom, Elyan, Sir Ewan, Sir Pellinore, Myror, Helios, Aglain, Unnamed Knight All the men except maybe Aglain and the Unnamed Knight die Where to find the hosts xancredible on AO3 | tumblr | Podfic | Fanwork resources misssnowfox on AO3 | tumblr | YouTube | Cosplay
Religious tolerance in Indonesia must be maintained. - Toleransi beragama di Indonesia harus terus dijaga.
Religious intolerance, the resurgence of fundamentalism, hate crimes, repressive laws, and mass shootings are pervasive in today’s world. Selina O’Grady asks how and why our societies came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are; whether tolerance can be expected to heal today’s festering wound between different religions or whether something deeper than tolerance is needed.Selina O’Grady takes the reader through the intertwined histories of the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish faiths.In the Name of God is an original and thought-provoking history of monotheistic religions and their ever-shifting relationship with each other. Selina O'Grady was a documentary film producer at BBC Television for many years. She is the author of And Man Created God and has written for the Guardian, and the Literary Review in Britain. She lives in London. I was brought up in London by very religious parents. My father was a strict Irish Catholic; we had an altar in our house and prayed every night before the statue of the Virgin Mary. My mother was Jewish, but as a young woman had joined what would probably now be considered a cult, living in a kind of commune in New Jersey under the spiritual guidance of the Russian esotericist Ouspensky. Although she converted to Catholicism when she married my father, she remained wedded to Ouspensky's teachings. I lost my belief in God when I was a child but have always remained sympathetic to, and fascinated by, religious belief and the longing for the transcendent. I have co-edited two books, Great Spirits: The Fifty-Two Christians Who Most Influenced Their Millennium (a series of essays on men and women ranging from Bach to Martin Luther King), and A Deep but Dazzling Darkness, an anthology from Anglo-Saxon to modern times of the experience of belief and disbelief. I also worked in television and radio, including as a producer for BBC 1's moral documentary series Heart of the Matter, presented by Joan Bakewell, and a producer on Radio 4's history series Leviathan. My spur to beginning writing was reviewing works of history for the Tablet, the San Francisco Chronicle (I lived in that fabulous city for three years), and the LIterary Review. From writing those reviews, I learned what I think makes a good and enjoyable history book: it is the combination of the big causal picture - why something happens - fleshed out with the bits of gossipy, visceral detail that the reader will always enjoy and remember when all the dates have flown out of the window.
On the first episode of Faithful Politics, Josh and Will discuss the seemingly bizarre fascination of Christians' affinity for the Republican Party. Then they take a trip through time and talk about the origins of Red vs. Blue, Left vs. Right, and the Donkey vs. Elephants. Finally, they end the show with a controversial pontification of who Jesus would vote for in the 2020 election. Sources used in this podcast:America's True History of Religious Tolerance https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-true-history-of-religious-tolerance-61312684/Red state, blue state: How colors took sides in politics https://theconversation.com/red-state-blue-state-how-colors-took-sides-in-politics-93541History of the Democratic Party https://www.history.com/topics/us-politics/democratic-partyHistory of the Republican Party https://www.history.com/topics/us-politics/republican-partyWhy the Donkey vs. the elephant https://www.rferl.org/a/us-politics-why-donkey-vs-elephant/24762343.htmlOrigins of the Religious Right https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133Roots of the Religious Right are still present in the Trump Era https://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/10/21/the-roots-of-the-religious-right-are-still-present-in-the-trump-era/Join the discussion:Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/FaithfulPoliticsPodcast/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/faithpolitics)
In Out of the Flames, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone recount the remarkable life and shocking death of Michael Servetus, theologian, editor, physician, and heretic. Lawrence discusses Servetus's religious views and his lifelong rivalry with John Calvin, who eventually had him tried for heresy and burned at the stake in Geneva in 1553. But Servetus's work escaped the flames to inspire generations of scientists, religious reformers, and advocates of liberty of conscience.Support the show (https://ariarmstrong.com/donate/)
Religions, even multiple faiths and inspired teachings, all point to the same truth.
Have you ever thought about world peace and everyone living together in harmony? Do you think its possible? Sit down with Richard Ravenbrook for just a few minutes while he discusses the simply things that can create just that, a peaceful world.Support the show (https://paypal.me/ravenbrookreadings?locale.x=en_US)
2/5/2019 Poetic Reflections by Gerling-Mut Duo Poetic Reflections was performed by Dr. Ingrid Gerling (violin/voice) and Dr. Andreea Mut (piano). Each piece in the program was based on meditation, sacred text, or religiously inspired poetry, written by composers of different religious backgrounds and nationalities. Poetic Reflections aimed to share an experience of universal spirituality that can be deeply felt through music. One of Houston's most notable composers, Paul English, debuted a piece composed for Gerling-Mut Duo, centering around the mission of the Rothko Chapel. Gerling-Mut Duo were joined by guest musicians Gabriel Santiago, guitar, and Cassio Duarte, percussion. About Gerling-Mut Duo: Known for their dynamic performances and creative programming, Dr. Ingrid Gerling and Dr. Andreea Muţ are re-energizing the concept of the violin and piano duo. They began their musical collaboration in 2012, while pursuing their Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees at the University of Houston. Upon graduating in 2015, they officially formed the Gerling-Mut Duo with the mission to bring new life to this traditional genre. They perform a wide range of repertoire, and share a strong commitment to performing contemporary music. Since its formation, the Gerling-Mut Duo has given multiple recitals at the University of St. Thomas and performs weekly for the Harmony in the Air series at the Hobby Airport. Their recent performances at San Jacinto College and at the Memorial Classical Music series were received with great enthusiasm, and they have since been invited to give recitals at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church and Grace United Methodist Church. The Gerling-Mut Duo was also featured at Miller Outdoor Theatre and the Rice University Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance as part of the Arts of Tolerance program. Future plans include another series of recitals at University of St. Thomas and other venues in Houston, outreach performances throughout Houston, and a recital tour in Brazil. This program was presented in celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week | February 1 – 7, 2019 The World Interfaith Harmony Week was first proposed at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2010 by H.M. King Abdullah II of Jordan. Just under a month later, on October 20, 2010, it was unanimously adopted by the UN. The World Interfaith Harmony Week extends the two common religious commandments: Love of the Good, and Love of the Neighbor, and includes all people of goodwill, those of faith and those with no faith. The week provides a platform when all interfaith groups and other groups of goodwill can show the world what a powerful movement they are. It is hoped that this initiative will provide a focal point from which all people of goodwill can recognize that the common values they hold far outweigh the differences they have, and thus provide a strong dosage of peace and harmony to their communities. For more information on World Interfaith Harmony Week and other events happening around the world, please visit: worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com
Religious tolerance is a given in the West. But it's a historical aberration -- an ideological revolution created by the Puritans and pre-1776 Americans. What was it that led to the religious tolerance revolution? Was there something unique in Protestantism and Americanism? Or would tolerance have eventually arisen elsewhere, perhaps in Europe? Larry Schweikart, best-selling author and professor of history at the University of Dayton, explains.
Episode 14 leaves the West and heads to 16th and 17th Century India and the Mughal empire. In particular, the rule of Akbar the Great. A century before John Locke’s “A Letter Concerning Toleration,” Akbar developed a policy of “Universal Peace” repudiating religious compulsion and embracing ecumenical debate. We’ll also discover why the history of the Mughal empire still tests the limits of free speech and tolerance in modern India. Among the questions tackled are: Why, how, and to what extent did Akbar abandon orthodox Islam for religious tolerance? How did religious tolerance in the Mughal empire compare to contemporary Europe? How did English travelers get away with openly blaspheming Muhammad, the Quran, and Allah? Was the emperor Aurangzeb really the uniquely intolerant villain that history has portrayed him as? Why do India’s current laws against religious insults hamper modern historians’ efforts at documenting events during the Mughal empire? You can subscribe and listen to Clear and Present Danger on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, YouTube, TuneIn, and Stitcher, or download episodes directly from SoundCloud. Stay up to date with Clear and Present Danger on the show’s Facebook and Twitter pages, or visit the podcast’s website at freespeechhistory.com. Email us feedback at freespeechhistory@gmail.com.
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America. I am very excited about today’s podcast because I have two great stories for you about religious tolerance in America, which is one of the things that has historically been a cornerstone of our great nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you preach religious tolerance, then you must practice it, even when you are challenged.
Discover how the ideals of Violet Oakley fueled her trailblazing life and career as one of America’s most important twentieth-century artists.
The Mongolian Empire has a well-deserved reputation for its brutality (it did, after all, kill 40 million in the 12th century, enough people to alter planetary climate conditions). But it's positive legacies are nearly as profound, if less well known. In this episode I talk about the lasting influence of Genghis and his descendants on world civilization. The Mongolians patronize the arts on a scale not seen since the height of Rome; the Pax Mongolica consolidated the Silk Road and kicked off a boom in trade where ideas, technologies and goods flowed freely from Europe to Asia (spices, tea, and silk headed west while gold, medical manuscripts, and porcelain headed east; and the Mongolian approach to religious tolerance was so flexible that Buddhists, Muslims, and Christians were invited to debate their ideas before the royal court in Karakorum.
Today we join scholar of religion Alicia Turner and explore Genealogies of Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Burma
Today we join scholar of religion Alicia Turner and explore Genealogies of Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Burma
Do you feed your spirit with grace, tolerance of differences, open to all other spiritual pathways that engender love of neighbor, and hospitality to the stranger?
Wor. Ted Graham and Bro. Micah Fox join us to discuss religious tolerance in Freemasonry with their experience as a Sufi Muslim and a Jew. The paper can be found here: http://threedistinctknocks.org/religious-tolerance-wor-david-riley/
Author and religion scholar Reza Aslan is hoping to find common ground in a world where that seems pretty impossible. His new CNN series "Believer" aims to do that by sharing stories of customs and faith around the world. Also: A look at FX's new series "Feud: Bette and Joan."
On Monday, I wrote about World Hijab Day during which non-Muslim teachers in public schools adopted the religious practice of hijab, wearing the head covering that some Muslim women wear voluntarily and some are coerced into wearing. Hijab is a controversial practice even among Muslims, many of whom see it as a symbol of a form of political Islam called Islamism that oppresses women. Read more HERE……
The Pope said that Donald Trump wasn’t much of a Christian if all he can think about is building walls. Trump replied that it was “disgraceful” for a any leader, even the Pope, “to question another man’s religion or faith.” I imagine that many Americans agreed with Trump on this score. But is Trump’s “radical tolerance” position really sensible? Can’t someone reasonably and respectfully say to another “Gee, I think you’ve got that particular point of scripture wrong” or even “I think your faith is, well, misguided for reasons X, Y an Z”? In his thought-provoking book The Limits of Religious Tolerance (Amherst College Press, 2016), Alan J. Levinovitz argues that we can and indeed must question religion, both our own and everyone else’s. How else, he asks, are we to understand why we and our fellow citizens believe what we say we believe? To be sure, Levinovitz advises that we only engage in critical discussions of religion in certain, well-defined contexts: churches, synagogues, mosques and such are good places to practice religion, not debate it. In contrast, Levinovitz proposes, universities–places defined by rational investigation and (in theory) civil discussion–are perfect for debates about religion. And, Levinovitz continues, institutions of higher education should do everything in their power to encourage it. Thanks to Amherst College Press, Levinovitz’s wonderful book is available free for download here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Pope said that Donald Trump wasn’t much of a Christian if all he can think about is building walls. Trump replied that it was “disgraceful” for a any leader, even the Pope, “to question another man’s religion or faith.” I imagine that many Americans agreed with Trump on this score. But is Trump’s “radical tolerance” position really sensible? Can’t someone reasonably and respectfully say to another “Gee, I think you’ve got that particular point of scripture wrong” or even “I think your faith is, well, misguided for reasons X, Y an Z”? In his thought-provoking book The Limits of Religious Tolerance (Amherst College Press, 2016), Alan J. Levinovitz argues that we can and indeed must question religion, both our own and everyone else’s. How else, he asks, are we to understand why we and our fellow citizens believe what we say we believe? To be sure, Levinovitz advises that we only engage in critical discussions of religion in certain, well-defined contexts: churches, synagogues, mosques and such are good places to practice religion, not debate it. In contrast, Levinovitz proposes, universities–places defined by rational investigation and (in theory) civil discussion–are perfect for debates about religion. And, Levinovitz continues, institutions of higher education should do everything in their power to encourage it. Thanks to Amherst College Press, Levinovitz’s wonderful book is available free for download here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Pope said that Donald Trump wasn’t much of a Christian if all he can think about is building walls. Trump replied that it was “disgraceful” for a any leader, even the Pope, “to question another man’s religion or faith.” I imagine that many Americans agreed with Trump on this score. But is Trump’s “radical tolerance” position really sensible? Can’t someone reasonably and respectfully say to another “Gee, I think you’ve got that particular point of scripture wrong” or even “I think your faith is, well, misguided for reasons X, Y an Z”? In his thought-provoking book The Limits of Religious Tolerance (Amherst College Press, 2016), Alan J. Levinovitz argues that we can and indeed must question religion, both our own and everyone else’s. How else, he asks, are we to understand why we and our fellow citizens believe what we say we believe? To be sure, Levinovitz advises that we only engage in critical discussions of religion in certain, well-defined contexts: churches, synagogues, mosques and such are good places to practice religion, not debate it. In contrast, Levinovitz proposes, universities–places defined by rational investigation and (in theory) civil discussion–are perfect for debates about religion. And, Levinovitz continues, institutions of higher education should do everything in their power to encourage it. Thanks to Amherst College Press, Levinovitz’s wonderful book is available free for download here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Pope said that Donald Trump wasn’t much of a Christian if all he can think about is building walls. Trump replied that it was “disgraceful” for a any leader, even the Pope, “to question another man’s religion or faith.” I imagine that many Americans agreed with Trump on this score. But is Trump’s “radical tolerance” position really sensible? Can’t someone reasonably and respectfully say to another “Gee, I think you’ve got that particular point of scripture wrong” or even “I think your faith is, well, misguided for reasons X, Y an Z”? In his thought-provoking book The Limits of Religious Tolerance (Amherst College Press, 2016), Alan J. Levinovitz argues that we can and indeed must question religion, both our own and everyone else’s. How else, he asks, are we to understand why we and our fellow citizens believe what we say we believe? To be sure, Levinovitz advises that we only engage in critical discussions of religion in certain, well-defined contexts: churches, synagogues, mosques and such are good places to practice religion, not debate it. In contrast, Levinovitz proposes, universities–places defined by rational investigation and (in theory) civil discussion–are perfect for debates about religion. And, Levinovitz continues, institutions of higher education should do everything in their power to encourage it. Thanks to Amherst College Press, Levinovitz’s wonderful book is available free for download here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Pope said that Donald Trump wasn’t much of a Christian if all he can think about is building walls. Trump replied that it was “disgraceful” for a any leader, even the Pope, “to question another man’s religion or faith.” I imagine that many Americans agreed with Trump on this score. But is Trump’s “radical tolerance” position really sensible? Can’t someone reasonably and respectfully say to another “Gee, I think you’ve got that particular point of scripture wrong” or even “I think your faith is, well, misguided for reasons X, Y an Z”? In his thought-provoking book The Limits of Religious Tolerance (Amherst College Press, 2016), Alan J. Levinovitz argues that we can and indeed must question religion, both our own and everyone else’s. How else, he asks, are we to understand why we and our fellow citizens believe what we say we believe? To be sure, Levinovitz advises that we only engage in critical discussions of religion in certain, well-defined contexts: churches, synagogues, mosques and such are good places to practice religion, not debate it. In contrast, Levinovitz proposes, universities–places defined by rational investigation and (in theory) civil discussion–are perfect for debates about religion. And, Levinovitz continues, institutions of higher education should do everything in their power to encourage it. Thanks to Amherst College Press, Levinovitz’s wonderful book is available free for download here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to Episode 5 of Season 1. In today’s episode, Dr. Jill Carroll reflects on religion, nature, and being human. Religion is a place that helps us address existential questions – reflecting our deepest selves back to us. Being part of the natural world is essential to our existence. The earth is a true home, and to love the world means to embrace it. Dr. Carroll is a scholar, writer and consultant. She has a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from Rice University and formerly served as Executive Director of the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University. Dr. Carroll is the creator and founding director of the Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogues.
Everyone knows the classic story of how America was founded by pilgrims and puritans fleeing oppressive lands in search of religious freedom. The problem is that this classic story doesn't adequately relate the much messier and more interesting history of religious tolerance in the United States or elsewhere. From Roger Williams's Bloudy Tenent to today's Internet debates, the idea of [...] The post #31—Religious tolerance in American history, with Chris Beneke and Christopher Grenda [MIPodcast] appeared first on Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU.
Self-esteem, tolerance, good values – these are gifts that will last children a lifetime and help them become successful adults. You can’t be a success in life if you can’t get along with other people — at home, at school, and at play. The values that young adults learn today will stay with them for the rest of their lives and help them become the best adults they can be. Dr. Milton Boniuk created The Boniuk Foundation to promote compassion, tolerance, and respect. He and his wife Laurie funded The Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University, with the mission of promoting research, education, outreach, and better parenting to foster religious tolerance. Join Amy Newmark, the publisher and editor-in-chief for Chicken Soup and me on Tuesday, June 23, 10-11 A.M. CT US as we discuss their partnership with The Boniuk Foundation, and their use of the power of storytelling to inspire and teach kids how to be role models — exhibiting qualities of tolerance, acceptance and self-esteem, and making good decisions.
Though America is deeply religious, Americans know shockingly little about religion. Without a grasp of religions, we are ill-equipped to understand world affairs or the motivations of our political leaders. Stephen Prothero—“a world religions scholar with the soul of a late night comic” (Newsweek)–offers an illuminating corrective. In his latest book, The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation, Stephen Prothero considers lesser known texts that have sparked our war of words and informed our national identity. In his provocative book, Religious Literacy, Prothero addresses a national crisis—that religious ignorance is not bliss—and offers solutions. One of them is mandatory academic study of world religions in public schools. In his book, God is Not One, Prothero looks at the differences between religions and how they have shaped the world. Prothero argues that Religious plurality, or the idea that each religion is just a "different way up the same mountain", is a dangerous belief. Prothero provides a timely and indispensable guide to understanding the great religions, from Islam to Daoism. What makes each tick? What are the similarities between them? But more importantly, what are the differences? It's on this last point -- the differences -- that Prothero offers the greatest illumination. He is convinced that the way to real and enduring interreligious understanding, especially after 9/11, lies not with "pretend pluralism," but with a clear-eyed knowledge of religious difference. The sooner we can understand the differences between religions, the more we can figure out how to achieve religious tolerance and co-existence. Can citizens understand the War in Iraq without knowledge of Islam? Can they debate gay marriage or stem-cells without knowledge of the Bible? In his talks, Prothero shows us that Americans don't know much about their own religions—much less those of others. He then makes an argument for why religion must become the "fourth R" of education. Only by teaching students in high school and in colleges about the Bible and the world's religions (in an academic sense), can we equip them to understand American politics and world affairs. Prothero is a Professor of Religion at Boston University. He earned his PhD in Religion from Harvard, and is a specialist in Asian religious traditions in the United States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History. His bestselling books have inspired a Time cover story and landed him on Oprah, The Daily Show, The Today Show, The Colbert Report, The O'Reilly Factor, and at the White House as a speaker on religious literacy. He is a regular contributor to CNN.com's Belief Blog, a frequent guest on NPR, and has written for Salon.com and The New York Times. Selected Bibliography Prothero, Stephen. The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation. HarperOne, 2012. Prothero, Stephen. God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter. HarperOne, 2010. Prothero, Stephen. Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know-And Doesn't. HarperOne, 2007.
At the top of tonight's show Prof. Barbara McGraw, Director for the Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism, discusses The American Founders & the Role of Religious Pluralism in American Public Life, along with her book, Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously. In the second half of the show, we have returning to the show a favorite guest, Patrick McCollum, discussing religious tolerance and the lack there of in the public arena. Patrick will update us on his work in the field on this important subject.
Edition #590 They live among us and they're normal I'm riding 300 miles to raise money to fight climate change. Donate at: http://climateride.donordrive.com/participant/bestoftheleft Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith Ch. 2: Act 1: A Love Supreme - Religious Freedom vs Americans with Disabilities Act - Daily Show - Air Date: 1-26-12 Ch. 3: Song 1: On the Radio - Regina Spektor Ch. 4: Act 2: David Shuster decries Islamophobia in conservative media - Countdown Ch. 5: Song 2: This land is your land - Peter, Paul & Mary Ch. 6: Act 3: Muslim Sues University For Harassment Claims - Young Turks - Air Date: 1-11-12 Ch. 7: Song 3: Mercy - OneRepublic Ch. 8: Act 4: Rev C Welton Gaddy Schools Rev Dennis Terry on Religious Freedom - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 3-22-12 Ch. 9: Song 4: Hello bonjour - Michael Franti And Spearhead Ch. 10: Act 5: The Elephant in the Room - Daily Show - Air Date: 1-5-12 Ch. 11: Song 5: Proud to be an American - Side Street Ramblers Ch. 12: Act 6: Muslim Attacks Atheist, Muslim Judge Dismisses the Case...Christian Anger - David Pakman - Air Date: 2-23-12 Ch. 13: Song 6: God? - The Dodos Ch. 14: Act 7: NYPD's Vile Film - The Progressive Air Date: 1-24-12 Ch. 15: Song 7: The only living boy in New York - Paul Simon Ch. 16: Act 8: White House Aids in NYPD Muslim Spying - Majority Report - Air Date: 2-29-12 Ch. 17: Song 8: Highly Suspicious - My Morning Jacket Ch. 18: Act 9: Christie on NYPD Muslim Spying In New Jersey - Young Turks - Air Date: 3-3-12 Ch. 19: Song 9: Vinnie Pauleone & The Ba Da Bing Orchestra Ch. 20: Act 10: Bloomberg Cheney-esque on Snooping - The Progressive Air Date: 2-22-12 Ch. 21: Song 10: Tenderness - General Public Ch. 22: Act 11: NYPD Muslim Profiling - Matthew Filipowicz Show - Air Date: 2-28-12 Voicemails: Ch. 23: Thoughts on feminist programs not needing to cater to the privileged - Krissy from Kansas Ch. 24: Resistance to the idea of oppressed people needing to cater to the privileged when speaking about oppression - Elka from Indiana Leave a message at 206-202-3410 Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Ratatat Ch. 25: Final comments and clarifications on communicating across privilege barriers Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes!
Host: Brenda Johnson~… Who is The Muslim Brotherhood? Should we pay attention to this group? What role do they play in todays uprising in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Morocco, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Algeria, Kuwait, Oman and rumblings in Qatar and the UAE? Is this a Muslim Revolution or is Islam being THROWN OFF as some believe? What does this all mean? How does it play out in events leading up to coming of the LAST IMAM. Does Iran have anything to do with it? Be prepared for what's coming!!
Edition #469 McCarthyism Redux Donate tweets to Best of the Left! DonateYourAccount.com/BestOfTheLeft Act 1: Mistaken for Muslim - 1700% Project Song 1: Look what you've done - JET Act 2: Anti-muslim bill in TN banning practice of Islam - Young Turks Song 2: Dare you to move - Vitamin String Quartet Act 3: Beck STILL thinks 10% of Muslims are terrorists - Media Matters Act 4: Al Qaeda populating US with peaceful "decoy Muslims" - The Onion Song 4: This is why we fight - The Decemberists Act 5: Peter King understands violent radicalism - Colbert Report Song 5: Like a prayer - Vitamin String Quartet Act 6: Beck: Reform Judaism "almost like" radicalized Islam - Media Matters Act 7: Reza Aslan on Peter King's Radicalized Muslims hearing - Colbert Report Song 7: More than a feeling - Boston Act 8: Pet Peter King's terrorist ties - Young Turks Song 8: Unforgiven - Apocalyptica Act 9: Glenn Beck apologizes - Media Matters Act 10: Radical Muslim hearing and IRA terrorism with John Oliver - Daily Show Song 10: Zombie (Techno version) - The Cranberries Act 11: Reporting on McCarthyite hearings - Counterspin Song 11: Radioactive - Vitamin String Quartet Act 12: Fox cheerleads Muslim witch-hunt hearings - Media Matters Act 13: Rep. Keith Ellison Cries During Testimony at Muslim Radicalization Hearing - C-Span Song 13: All these things that I've done - The Killers Act 14: Keith Ellison on radicalization of American Muslims - Bill Maher Song 14: Don't stop believing - Vitamin String Quartet Act 15: Fox Gives 3x more airtime to Peter King supporers - Media Matters Act 16: Actual case on terrorism by non-Muslim - Counterspin Song 16: Welcome to the black parade - My Chemical Romance Act 17: Radical Muslim hearings - Daily Show Voicemails: Using religion for liberal good - Jeffrey from Longbeach, CA Request for animal cruelty and diet episodes, plus supporting Mumia - Brenden the contractor from Portland Freedom box foundation call to action - Jamie Cobb from Santa Fe, NM Response to education system episode - Liz from South Dakota Sick and tired of all these wars! - John From Portland, OR Response to date rape story caller - Anonymous Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Ratatat Final comments on the launch of the new pseudo-video version of BotL Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: Allah in the Family - Daily Show Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes!
Edition #425 Muslims are scary Sponsor: Visit GoToMeeting.com, click the try it free button and use promo code: Podcast Act 1: Applause for Bloomberg – The Progressive Song 1: Falling Down – Falling Down – Single Act 2: The Parent Company Trap – Daily Show Song 2: What I Am – Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars Act 3: Images of N.Y. Islamic Center meant to ‘educate’ – NPR Song 3: Close Your Eyes – Too Young to Fight It Act 4: Iran’s crisis of modernity – Daily Show Song 4: Modern Way – Employment Act 5: Juan Williams, religious conflict and war – Thom Hartmann Song 5: I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Plans Act 6: Of course we all feel that way – Citizen Radio Song 6: Just a Ride – Finally Woken Act 7: Threatdown, Muslim Edition – Colbert Report Song 7: Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) – Lungs Act 8: Religious and ethnic intolerance in the election – Rachel Maddow Song 8: Creature Fear – For Emma, Forever Ago Act 9: It’s a small-minded world – Colbert Report Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content: NPR Staffing Decision 2010 – The Daily Show Sources: The Progressive The Daily Show NPR Thom Hartmann Citizen Radio Colbert Report Rachel Maddow Produced By: Jay! Thanks for listening! Check out the Best of the Left iPhone/iPod Touch App in the App Store! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at Podcast Alley or Review the show on iTunes.
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In this edition of The Virtual Bible Study, we discussed the preacher who plans to burn the Koran. How should we respond to those who disagree with us?
Pagan Leader, Forefather, Minister and Goddess Advocate, Patrick McCollum, will bring us up to date on his court case with the State of CA regarding religious discrimination and lack of equality for second tier religions as well as discuss the Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Advancement of Pluralism which he will receive on September 14 at the Capitol in Washington D.C.
Many of our listeners are familiar with Rabbi Michael Panitz, who joins us for our quarterly 'Spiritually Speaking' roundtable discussions. In addition to his duties at Temple Israel, Rabbi Panitz also holds a PhD in History and teaches courses at Virginia Wesleyan College and Old Dominion University. Today we'll talk with him about his course on 'The Rise of Religious Tolerance in the West'. We can't offer actual credit hours for listening, but we do think you'll consider it an hour well spent.
In this edition of The Virutal Bible Study we considered religious tolerance. Should we tolerate those in religious error? What does the Bible teach about tolerance?
Spotlighting education, immigration, religion and cultural discourse, an interdisciplinary group of scholars confront the moral, legal and political challenges to becoming a diverse, but also a just, society. (November 2, 2007)
This time, what is religious tolerance and how can it be promoted? Many of the world's religions believe they are the one true faith, and they encourage members to convert others to their faith. How, then, do people from different faiths find common ground and make peace? Our guests will discuss the definitions and limits of religious tolerance. Should we tolerate all religions, even those whose members are intolerant of other faiths? What steps can we take to make peace with people of other spiritual beliefs and non-beliefs? Is there anything we can learn from someone who believes differently from us? Suzanne Kryder hosts the discussion which includes Dr. Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, headquartered in Chicago.
This time, what is religious tolerance and how can it be promoted? Many of the world’s religions believe they are the one true faith, and they encourage members to convert others to their faith. How, then, do people from different faiths find common ground and make peace? Our guests will discuss the definitions and limits of religious tolerance. Should we tolerate all religions, even those whose members are intolerant of other faiths? What steps can we take to make peace with people of other spiritual beliefs and non-beliefs? Is there anything we can learn from someone who believes differently from us? Suzanne Kryder hosts the discussion which includes Dr. Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, headquartered in Chicago.
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