Originally posted on Feminism and Religion:
It’s not so easy any more to control the parameters of Islam and the way it is practiced by those who wish to stuff their opinion down the throats of other Muslim citizens, be…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Get your fatwa off our backs! by amina wadud
Tagged with: fatwa, Malaysia, Sisters in Islam
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
What Happens In Gaza After The U.S. Elections?
Originally posted on Wallwritings:
By James M. Wall National U.S. congressional elections come around every two years. The latest arrives Tuesday, November 4. The election will relieve U.S. television viewers of a steady diet of noxious attack ads funded, in…
Tagged with: James Wall, Noura Erakat
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Gaza, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Gaza, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
“Look Beyond the Frame” to Build a Better Church
This is how the Media Literacy Project(MLP) describes its mission: to “transform people into critical media consumers and engaged media justice advocates who deconstruct media, inform media policy, and create media that reflect their lived experience.” Andrea Quijada, Executive Director…
A Happy Atheistic Deepavali (aka Diwali) to Each and Every One of You!
Originally posted on S. Shankar :
I’m an atheist. There was a time—a green adolescent time of stumbling discovery—when because of my atheism I refused to enter temples, choosing rather to wait outside while my family disappeared inside for a while.…
Irish Priest Tony Flannery Begins 18-City US Tour on Conscience & Church Reform
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Fr. Tony Flannery Irish Redemptorist Fr. Tony Flannery, who defied Vatican attempts to silence him, begins an 18-city speaking tour in the US this week that lasts through November 22nd. Flannery, a Redemptorist who is a…
Posted in Uncategorized
Indigenous Human Rights, Women’s Rights, LGBT Rights, Children’s Rights
These last few weeks have seen important steps forward in how we address the challenge to build a more just world, a world in which we recognize, as Archbishop Tutu said, that our humanity is defined by our recognition of…
Catholics: Go Purple Today for #SpiritDay in Support of LGBT Youth!
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Today, millions will ‘go purple’ to support LGBT youth and take a stand against all-too-prevalent bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity. They’ll be wearing purple and using purple on social media as a way to show that they…
Tagged with: Full Communion, LGBT Catholics, Pope Francis, Sexism, Synod
Posted in I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, LGBT Families, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, LGBT Families, Uncategorized
A Prayer for the Synod
“….it is necessary to say everything that in the Lord one feels should be said, with human respect, without fear. And, at the same time, one must listen with humility and receive with an open heart what the brothers say.…
Tagged with: Hosea, Pope Francis, Synod, Women in the Church
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Dawn Morais 