Keywords: Crime Of Passion
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ARTS AND CULTURE
The trial and execution of Soraya M are portrayed in agonising, visceral detail. The stoning of 'adulterous' women under the auspices of
Shariah law is shown to be less
about violence inherent to Islam than the egos of brutal and bullying men.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 April 2009
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We need to be on our guard against laws and policies enacted in the name of the public interest but with insufficient consideration for the human rights of the minority.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and
Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been
convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta
if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month
and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
- Mary Dalmau
- 18 December 2007
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Crime fiction offers a glimpse into the human mind and soul. Just as in crime fiction, it is often the real police, politicians, lawyers, barristers, judges, and politicians who see the worst of human nature.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
It is interesting and somewhat disturbing to discover how readily popular novelists regard politics as an appropriate background for crime stories. Tony Smith previews two novels that get much mileage from the intrigue of the political sphere.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Allan James Thomas, Morag Fraser, Gordon Lewis and Siobhan Jackson
- 31 May 2006
Reviews of the films The Station Agent, The Passion of the Christ, The Fog of War and Irreversible.
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MEDIA
- Nigel Starck
- 30 April 2006
Obituaries provide a window on the lives of those great and small
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