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  • RELIGION

    Pope's Islamic stumble baffles the experts

    • Daniel Madigan
    • 24 December 2006

    Pope Benedict is learning the hard way that interreligious dialogue these days is a complex and delicate business. Though he has now affirmed his respect for Muslims, his decision to quote a polemical medieval text against Muhammad and the Qur’an during a lecture last week remains puzzling. From 19 September 2006.

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  • RELIGION

    The selling of Islamic martyrdom and why some buy it

    • Abraham Rushdi
    • 23 December 2006
    1 Comment

    There is a strong argument that the Qur'an does not sanction the use of martyrdom operations. But it must be asked why radical interpretations of the Qur'an resonate with some Muslim communities.

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  • RELIGION

    Pope's Islamic stumble baffles the experts

    • Daniel Madigan
    • 18 September 2006
    45 Comments

    Pope Benedict is learning the hard way that interreligious dialogue these days is a complex and delicate business. Though he has now affirmed his respect for Muslims, his decision to quote a polemical medieval text against Muhammad and the Qur’an during a lecture last week remains puzzling.

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  • RELIGION

    Muslims & Christians … where do we stand

    • Dan Madigan, Abdullah Saeed and Frank Brennan
    • 24 June 2006

    Dan Madigan, Abdullah Saeed and Frank Brennan examine religious conflict in Australia as part of the Jesuit Seminar Series.  

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  • RELIGION

    Religious and human freedoms

    • Abdullah Saeed
    • 24 June 2006

    September 11, 2001 changed the life of Muslims in the West, including Australia. Muslims in Australia today, their beliefs, values, practices and institutions, are under the microscope. There is a fear among many Muslims in Australia that is difficult to explain. In turn, Muslims are feared by many non-Muslim Australians, many of them Christians.

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  • RELIGION

    Encountering the other

    • Frank Brennan
    • 24 June 2006

    Professor Saeed and Fr Madigan make religious dialogue look easy. You would almost wonder what is the ­problem.

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  • RELIGION

    Reclaiming Islam

    • Dewi Anggraeni
    • 18 June 2006

    In contrast to previous government apathy, Indonesia’s academics respond to a militant minority.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Idyll times

    • Anthony Ham
    • 13 June 2006

    Anthony Ham visits Tunisia, Homer’s land of the Lotus-Eaters

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Cultural rites

    • Beth Doherty
    • 22 May 2006

    Beth Doherty reviews Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu’s I, Safiya.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    The pilgrim’s way

    • Anthony Ham
    • 14 May 2006

    Anthony Ham follows the historical footsteps toward Mecca.

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  • RELIGION

    Women of Islam

    • Dorothy Horsfield
    • 11 May 2006

    Dorothy Horsfield speaks to some articulate and revolutionary Islamic women

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    Survivor secrets

    • Dorothy Horsfield
    • 10 May 2006

    Dorothy Horsfield investigates an initiative to help the survivors of torture

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