Keywords: Western Civilisation
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RELIGION
- Abraham Rushdi
- 23 December 2006
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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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AUSTRALIA
- Michael McVeigh
- 11 December 2006
A new Generation Y study says that today's young people have grown up in a very skeptical and cynical society. Therefore they're isolated, and don’t feel too good about believing in, or belonging to, anything.
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AUSTRALIA
- Bill Williams
- 30 October 2006
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Western nations are tightening the noose around Iran’s neck for its nuclear recalcitrance. Meanwhile, Israel lashes out at guerrilla forces embedded in civilian populations in Lebanon, electing not to use its unacknowledged nuclear weaponry, on this occasion.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 18 September 2006
George Bush, John Howard and others insist that we are winning the long war against terrorists, and, perhaps by body count they are right. But there is evidence that the way we are fighting the war has massively increased popular sympathy for such people in some parts of the world.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tom Griffiths
- 05 July 2006
Historians are fighting a mini war over frontier history and the number of Aboriginal dead. Tom Griffiths argues for a different approach.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Peter Pierce & Catherine Pierce
- 02 July 2006
Has Michel Houellebecq earned the criticism that has come his way?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Greg Barns on the life of Xavier Herbert.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 22 May 2006
Andrew Hamilton critiques Robert Manne’s Quarterly Essay, Sending them Home: Refugees and the new politics of indifference.
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AUSTRALIA
European allegiances have been tested by the conflict in Iraq.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Michael McGirr
- 11 May 2006
While Dan Brown and Mel Gibson can draw a crowd, Michael McGirr finds their stories still miss the mark.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- David R. Jones
- 11 May 2006
David R. Jones reviews A Tradition of Giving: Seventy-Five Years of Myer Family Philanthropy by Michael Liffman, and Mr Felton’s Bequests by John Poynter.
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RELIGION
- Jeremy Clarke
- 25 April 2006
If Pope Benedict XVI can continue the work of both his immediate predecessor and his namesake, there will be cause for thanks
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