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Sexual Slavery the IS way…

By and others ⋅ March 15, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

Islamic State uses birth control to maintain supply of sex slaves Date: March 13 2016 Rukmini Callimachi Dohuk,

Islamic Terrorism: the problem is really about Education

By and others ⋅ December 11, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Missing From Conversations About San Bernardino Attack

Islam: Two Very Creative Views

By and others ⋅ November 26, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Islamic State’s real aim is to topple Saudi Arabia November 26, 2015 Richard Bulliet By playing the caliph card, IS is bidding for pre-eminence in the Muslim world. Muslim pilgrims pray at Mecca. By targeting Shiites, the Islamic State is proving its Sunni credentials. The undeclared long-range goal of IS is to overthrow Saudi Arabia. […]

ISIS Violence: shall we blame Islam?

By and others ⋅ November 19, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Excerpts from a Eureka Street article On blaming Muslims for Paris by Justin Glyn

When terror strikes, Saudi Arabia evades responsibility

By and others ⋅ November 18, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Laila Lalami November 18, 2015 We cannot defeat IS without defeating Wahhabi theology. And that means spending as much effort in defending liberal ideas. What happened in Paris on November 13 has happened before, in a shopping district of Beirut on November 12, in the skies over Egypt on October 31, at a cultural centre […]

Paris attacks were not ‘nihilism’ but sacred strategy

By and others ⋅ November 17, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Posted: 16 Nov 2015 LEADING commentator Janet Daley’s article in Saturday’s Telegraph

Australian Muslims ought to know they’re accepted and honoured…

By and others ⋅ October 10, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Demon of division must be denied October 10, 2015

Refugees / asylum seekers – quo vadis?

By and others ⋅ September 25, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Now for a rethink on our response to refugees… Date September 17, 2015 Louise Newman We now have the opportunity to reaffirm our social commitment to children’s wellbeing and make compassion a reality. Illustration: Rocco Fazzari Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull inherits several matters demanding attention, including a complex legacy of distress and damage to asylum […]

Review: Dave Andrews, The Jihad of Jesus (2015)

By and others ⋅ August 28, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

[First go here for some representative quotes about Christianity vs Islam.

ISLAM vs CHRISTIANITY: Truth and (or?) love?

By and others ⋅ August 25, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Two issues are probably well ahead of all others in terms of public policy debates around the world: Islamic Terrorism and Marriage Equality for LGBTI

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