As a follow-on to my previous post on Julia Baird's article on Christianity and Domestic Abuse, I note a vigorous response by Dr Steven Tracy, whose work Baird cited. I agree with many things Steven Tracy says about Baird's work, but I don't agree that she...
These notes are from sermon given at Oaktree Anglican on 18 June 2017. See the 'Chosen for Glory' sermon series here for the audio. The issue of equality between men and women, both inside and outside marriage, it one of the more challenging and significant social...
Jamie Walker, Middle East correspondent for The Australian, asked two critical questions in a recent article which discussed the involvement of two Australian citizens, Mohamed Elomar and Khaled Sharrouf, in Islamic State sex slavery. In 2014 Elomar purchased sex slaves, of whom four, all Yazidis,...
Today a report appeared in The Australian, a national daily newspaper, which discussed forced marriages in our nation. There were many good points made in this article, which was entitled It is the young flesh they want. [This article was later amended - see below:...
In this interview I suffered a slip of the tongue and at one point said that Islam permits a man to have five wives. Of course the correct limit for the number of wives is four! Also, when I referred to Islam permitting sex with young...
Western nations are facing what has been called an “epidemic” of forced marriages of their young Muslim women. While those who compel young Muslim women and girls into marriages could be charged with human trafficking offences and also in some cases placed on the national...