Rowland Croucher
Islam: what is a mosque?
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 What is a mosque? This is an important and pressing question. I am reminded of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s observation: “One thinks that one is tracing the outline of the thing’s nature over and over again, and one is merely tracing round the frame through which we look at it.”[1] I […]
Radical Islam challenges notions of human freedom
Radical Islamism challenges notions of freedom Michael Nazir-Ali From: The Australian September 15, 2010 IT is often thought the main threat of radical Islamism to the West and, indeed, the world, is terrorism. It is also said to be the isolation of Muslim communities, which allows extremists to recruit people to their cause. Such views […]
Tolerance and Islam
Simon Mann Washington Correspondent The Age RE: Religious intolerance spreads, Sydney Morning Herald, 11/9/10 Your article identified many adverse consequences of real or perceived religious intolerance directed against Islam in the US. However I should like to submit for your consideration that unquestioning religious tolerance can potentially be even worse than intolerance – because a […]
Franklin Graham on Islam and Violence
*Sightings *9/13/2010 Franklin Graham on Islam and Violence — Martin E. Marty *Aestas horribilis,* Queen Elizabeth might call the summer just past, or those who care about civility in religious discourse and interfaith relations might judge it to have been. While *Sightings* took August off, forces, agencies, and voices of prejudice and, frankly, hate-mongering, did […]
Hell does not belong in Christianity
Hell does not belong in Christianity National Post September 9, 2010 Many people found it surprising when a poll released last week showed that while just over half of Canadians believe in heaven, less than a third believe that there is a hell. But author Diana Spencer argues that the concept of ¢â‚¬Å“hell ¢â‚¬ was a […]
Nepal: religious freedom at risk
WEA-RLC Research and Analysis Report —————————————- *Religious Freedom at Risk in Nepal* —————————————- September 13, 2010 The Constituent Assembly of Nepal is to draft a new constitution to replace the 2007 interim constitution currently in force. While many progressive changes have been proposed by the Assembly ¢â‚¬â„¢s committees on key areas of governance, the committee on […]
What happens in funerals, and who decides?
Church rules on funeral rites and wrongs September 13, 2010 “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him, ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬â„¢ Mark Antony tells the Romans, according to Shakespeare. Today it would probably be the other way round: stacks of eulogies and anecdotes and Caesar ¢â‚¬â„¢s favourite songs ¢â‚¬” Sinatra ¢â‚¬â„¢s My Way, probably ¢â‚¬” followed by a cremation. […]
Stephen Hawking: Much Ado About Nothing
Much ado about nothing Warwick McFadyen September 11, 2010 Stephen Hawking has taken God out of the universe. God created the universe versus the universe came from nothing – must science and religion be forever rivals? THIS is the only joke I can remember. Q: Have you heard about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac? A: He […]
The great Prayer of St Anselm
Dear Lord, Let me seek you by desiring you, and let me desire you by seeking you; let me find you by loving you, and love you in finding you. I confess, Lord, with thanksgiving, that you have made me in your image, so that I can remember you, think of you, and love you. […]
Pray for the World September 13, 2010
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MOSQUE PROJECTS MEET OPPOSITION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES * ISLAMIC INTOLERENCE IS DEVOURING PAKISTAN * BURMA WAR CRIMES PANEL GATHERS STEAM * JUDGE CONSIDERS PAYALYSIS PUNISHMENT * U.K. CATHOLIC ADOPTION SERVICE TOLD TO ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALS OR CLOSE * FIRST CHIRSTIAN CHAPEL IN QATAR MAY HELP OPEN DOORS FOR A CHURCH […]
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