21 Feb Linguistics & Theology Scholar Challenges Qur’an Origin Story
Linguistics and theology scholar challenges origin story of Qur’an. Mark Durie interviewed by Andrew Bolt on Sky News Australia....
05 Dec Religion and Anti-Discrimination Laws: What’s It all About?
At the present time Federal Parliament is debating whether to remove exemptions in the Sex Discrimination Act which allow religious educational bodies to discriminate if they are acting in accordance with their religious beliefs. ...
31 May Liberty to the Captives 1: The Bondage of Islam for Muslims and non-Muslims
Presentations at the Horizons’ Legacy Conference, May 2018....
31 May Liberty to the Captives 2: Dimensions of Freedom
Presentations at the Horizons’ Legacy Conference, May 2018....
31 May Liberty to the Captives 3: Building Health and Freedom in a MBB Community
Presentations at the Horizons’ Legacy Conference, May 2018....
09 Apr Were the ‘Dark Ages’ Really Dark?
Today just about anything and everything may be objected to as ‘sending us back to the Dark Ages’, including restrictions on subsidies for renewal energies, growth in faith schools, acts of terrorism, destruction of art works, the popularity of right-wing parties in Europe, the rise of superbugs, and denial of global warming. The Dark Ages have become proverbial.
04 Apr Calling for Violent Jihad in Australia
For at least four years, a copy of the Noble Qur’an was placed for public use in Canberra Airport's prayer room. This particular edition of the Qur’an, printed in the millions by Saudi Arabia, has very disturbing footnotes, which promote an aggressively radical interpretation of Islam not very different from the doctrines and practice of ISIS. It is disturbing that this particular Qur’an was selected for the prayer room. (After this article was published, the Qur’an was removed.)
24 Mar Who Are We?
I read a thought-provoking post this week by Orthodox Jewish savant and author, David Goldman. He was commenting on the death of a pedestrian, run over by an automated Uber self-driving car....