Apologetics
A German’s View on Islam (the power of an e-rumour)
This is a forwarded article alleged to have been written by Dr. Emanuel Tanay called “A German’s View on Islam.” The Truth: Dr. Emanuel Tanay is real and a holocaust survivor but he did not write this article, nor is he German. This is an opinion piece that appeared on the web site of […]
Capitalism’s darkest hour calls for youthful idealism (Nicholas Kristof)
January 21, 2012 A Pew Research Centre poll in December found only 50 per cent of Americans reacted positively to the term ‘capitalism’. Photo: Louie Douvis With greed running rampant, employees must fight the urge to feed from the trough, writes Nicholas Kristof. WHEN I spoke at Swarthmore College recently, I was startled by a question: is […]
Scientology: Prayers and paranoia
Prayers and paranoia Barney Zwartz January 7, 2012 A bust of L. Ron Hubbard sits in the Church of Scientology at Ascot Vale. Photo: Angela Wylie THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY By Hugh B. Urban Princeton University Press, $41.95 JOURNALISTS tend to be hostile towards Scientology, whereas academics tend to be sympathetic, Hugh B. Urban suggests in […]
INDIA: TENSIONS SOARING AS CHRISTIANS CHARGED IN KASHMIR
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 142 | Wed 18 Jan 2012 By Elizabeth Kendal TRUTH: India-administrated Kashmir has a population of 12.5 million (2011 census). Christianity is growing across Kashmir. In 1990 there were some 12,000 Christians; by 2000 that number had risen to around 20,000; Operation World 2010 Edition reports ‘more than double […]
Freedom of information: promises are made and mostly broken
Baillieu’s FOI watchdog more like a toothless tiger Farrah Tomazin January 1, 2012 The Coalition’s changes are a wasted opportunity, a far cry from its pledge. Photo: Arsineh Houspian THERE’S an amusing chapter in Tony Blair’s memoirs where the former British prime minister reveals one of his great regrets: the introduction of Labour’s freedom-of-information laws. ”There […]
Equality for women: why are we still arguing about this?
Faith in equality a must January 2, 2012by Leslie Cannold Illustration: Robin Cowcher Secular authorities need to ensure they win fights with zealots over the rights of women. LAST week in Israel, a news story shocked the nation. It concerned Naama Margolis, an Orthodox Jewish girl, who was shown crying and quaking at the prospect […]
Indonesian barbarism in West Papua
It’s sheer bloody murder, right on our doorstep Charlie Hill-Smith January 8, 2012 The TNI are still a law unto themselves in Indonesia’s far-flung provinces. Photo: AP What the Indonesian military is doing is criminal and barbaric, writes Charlie Hill-Smith. THE highest mountains between the Himalayas and the Andes are the snow-topped crags of West Papua (4884 […]
The POWER OF ONE: an internet geek’s strategic role in deposing a dictator
Hero of Egypt’s digital tsunami BY:MATTHEW CAMPBELL From:The Sunday Times January 16, 2012 Wael Ghonim, centre, a key organiser of the online campaign that sparked the first protests in Egypt a year ago, addresses a crowd of protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo. Picture: AP Source: AP THEY wheel him into court on a stretcher and he lies […]
HUNGARY: 300 religious groups decertified
Published: Monday 09 January 2012 MAJOR CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS DECERTIFIED UNDER NEW HUNGARIAN CONSTITUTION Country: Hungary, Europe Over 300 religious groups – including several Christian denominations – have lost official recognition in Hungary under the country’s controversial new constitution. Hungarian Parliament building The code, which came into effect on 1 January, introduces a new law on religion that was […]
The Arab Spring (Andrew Bostom)
December 6, 2011 Qaradawi’s Odious Vision The “Arab Spring” and the treason of the intellectuals Feb. 18, 2011, marked the triumphal return to Cairo of the Muslim Brotherhood’s “spiritual guide,” Yusuf al-Qaradawi, after years of exile. His public re-emergence in Egypt was sanctioned by the nation’s provisional military rulers. Qaradawi’s own words, as well as […]
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