{"id":353,"date":"2011-01-31T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/01\/anglicans-evangelicals-gay-activist-murder-uganda-muslims-christians-egypt.html"},"modified":"2011-01-31T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T11:00:00","slug":"anglicans-evangelicals-gay-activist-murder-uganda-muslims-christians-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/01\/anglicans-evangelicals-gay-activist-murder-uganda-muslims-christians-egypt.html","title":{"rendered":"Religion&#8217;s Role in Ugandan Gay Activist&#8217;s Murder &amp; Egyptian Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent headlines out of Africa have a lot &#8212; if not everything &#8212; to do with religion, with ripple effects being felt around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some links about the brutal murder of gay activist David Kato, an Anglican from Uganda who couldn&#8217;t even be buried in peace:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2011\/01\/28\/is-murdered-gay-activist-david-kato-the-gabrielle-giffords-of-ug\/\">Is murdered gay activist David Kato the Gabrielle Giffords of Uganda?<\/a> (Politics Daily)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idAFJOE70R0HS20110128?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0\">Scuffles at funeral of Ugandan gay activist <\/a>(Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/primates\/in_a_coda_for_kato_primates_co_1.html\">In a coda for Kato, Primates conclude meeting <\/a>(Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithinpubliclife.org\/2011\/01\/us_evangelicals_and_the_murder.html\">U.S. evangelicals and the murder of David Kato <\/a>(Bold Faith Type)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/01\/gays-god-joel-osteen-ted-haggard-on-faith\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)\">Gays and God: Are there limits on love, outrage?<\/a> (USA Today Faith &amp; Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a sample&nbsp;of faith-related&nbsp;links out of Egypt:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2011\/01\/egypt-protests-obama-cairo-muslim-\/1?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)\">What&#8217;s the role of Islam in Egypt future?<\/a> (USA Today Faith &amp; Reason)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/2011\/01\/30\/breaking-the-fear-factor-the-egyptian-protest-story\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Muslimmatters+(MuslimMatters+Posts)\">Breaking the fear factor: The Egyptian protest story <\/a>(MuslimMatters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2011\/01\/31\/guestview-unrest-in-egypt-and-the-muslim-brotherhood\/\">Guestview: Unrest in Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood story <\/a>(Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/vatican-official-hopes-talks-with-egypts-muslims-will-continue\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+catholicnewsagency\/dailynews+(CNA+Daily+News)\">Vatican official hopes talks with Egypt&#8217;s Muslims will continue <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/01\/where-are-the-copts-in-this\/\">Where are the Copts in this?<\/a> (GetReligion)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/01\/30\/2742759\/israel-anxiously-monitoring-egyptian-riots-says-netanyahu#When:12:35:00Z\">Israel &#8220;anxiously monitoring&#8221; Egyptian riots, Netanyahu says <\/a>(JTA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments&nbsp;section below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent headlines out of Africa have a lot &#8212; if not everything &#8212; to do with religion, with ripple effects being felt around the world. 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