29 Nov The Theology of the Qur’an (Part 4)
In this series, Dr Mark Durie approaches understanding the Qu'ran as a text with its own distinct theology....
29 Nov The Theology of the Qur’an (Part 5)
In this series, Dr Mark Durie approaches understanding the Qu'ran as a text with its own distinct theology....
11 Oct Violent Protests in Indonesia Blow an Ill Wind for Religious Tolerance
In Jakarta violence between protestors and police broke out Friday night, November 4, 2016 when an estimated 200,000 Muslims emerged from Friday prayers in mosques to rally outside the Indonesian President’s palace. Clashes with police led to tear gas being used on demonstrators, and Indonesia’s president,...
12 Aug What to tell would-be jihadis
Malcolm Turnbull has warned Australians fighting with the Islamic State that they face 'almost certain death'. He needn't encourage them. The Australian Prime Minister has apparently not yet learned that jihadis seek death and despise those who don't (Sura 2:94-96). Instead of inciting jihadis in their...
01 Jul Guess whose coming to Iftar?
A widely-publicised Iftar dinner, intended to show that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gets what it means to be inclusive, ended badly after he was advised that one of his guests, Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman, had taught that Islam prescribes death for adulterers, and homosexuals spread diseases....
30 Jun Obama Doesn’t Understand Jihadist Doctrine
In his June 14 address to the nation, President Obama attributed Omar Mateen's attack on patrons of Orlando, Fla.'s, Pulse nightclub to "homegrown extremism," saying "we currently do not have any information to indicate that a foreign terrorist group directed the attack." While Obama acknowledged that...
22 Jan Do we worship the same God? Wheaton College, Larycia Hawkins and Miroslav Volf
The suspension of Larycia Hawkins in 2015 by Wheaton College is a symptom of a fault line among evangelicals about Islam. The question of whether the God of the Qur'an is the same as the God of the Bible is an important and complex one,...
28 Dec Minister for Islamic Apologetics
This article was first published on Quadrant Online. Other than the need to discredit her party’s former leader and push what might be termed the Turnbull Doctrine of warm-and-cuddly relativism, what could have possessed Australia’s Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs to present Islamic dogma as incontrovertible...