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The full text of "The selling of Islamic martyrdom and why some buy it", by Abraham Rushdi.
The post-Enlightenment commitment to the rational testing of claims is important if we are avoid the excesses of fundamentalism. But it could be time to accept that the range of acceptable ideas has been too narrow.
Bryan Pipins on Angels, Kizitos, working in Uganda, the LRA, Meningitis and Cholera.
Harsh persecution polarises communities and corrupts them from within. It is the seedbed not only of heroic witness to faith, but also of cowardice and of vindictiveness.
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.
Margaret Coffey reviews Sean McConville’s weighty tome, Irish Political Prisoners, 1848–1922, Theatres of War.
Debates about primacy of conscience illustrate the necessity for a passion both for truth and for freedom.
Reviews of the films Ten; Kill Bill Vol. 1; Intolerable Cruelty and In This world
Why did Australians rally behind Van Nguyen yet appear to care little about the Bali Nine? The differing responses of the community to particular cases appears to be driven more by emotion and social identification than principles, or practical reason.
Life in Kabul.
Juliette Hughes interviews Fr Joseph Nguyen Cong Doan SJ.
Italy, Caravaggio and Catholicism.
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