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  • RELIGION

    The ten commandments of marketing

    • Greg Soetomo
    • 27 February 2007
    1 Comment

    You cannot worship God and Mammon, Jesus says. But when people see themselves as divided by their understanding of God, Mammon can be a bridge on which they can stand together and talk. Hermawan Kartajaya reminded me of this recently.

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    There's no bacon in Adjumani

    • Bryan Pipins
    • 23 December 2006

    An Australian aid worker escapes the Sharia prohibition of pork and wine when he moves from Darfur to Northern Uganda. But his arrival coincides with the outbreak of swine fever and the drying up of the bacon supply.

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  • RELIGION

    How do believers deal with violence in their Scriptures?

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 26 June 2006
    7 Comments

    Muslim and Christian Scriptures both seem to endorse violence. This poses shared difficulties for interpreters of each faith. They need to explain how the Koran and the Bible can be described as the Word of God.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    African solutions

    • Anthony Ham
    • 26 June 2006

    Africa resists the moral authority of the West, says Anthony Ham.

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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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  • INFORMATION

    Letters to Eureka Street

    • Kerry Bergin, Marg Hayes, Anthony Nestor, John F. Haughey
    • 13 June 2006

    Muslims and Christians: unanswered questions, HIV/AIDS and voting for the pope

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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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  • RELIGION

    Women of Islam

    • Dorothy Horsfield
    • 11 May 2006

    Dorothy Horsfield speaks to some articulate and revolutionary Islamic women

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    In the shadow of a siege

    • Madeleine Byrne
    • 08 May 2006

    The siege at Beslan drew the world’s attention to a long and bloody conflict

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Suffer the children

    • Anthony Ham
    • 25 April 2006

    The children of Niger are the innocent victims of religious fanaticism

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