Apologetics
Approaching Islam: confrontation or reconciliation (more)
Q: > I believe that the Palestinian Christians used the name Allah for God before the rise of Islam. I don’t have reference for that, but I’ve heard it said. Can anyone confirm it. A (from a wise friend): I’m not sure whether they did before Islam or not, there are virtually no records that […]
Last rites for the euthanasia debate
September 05, 2006 12:00am JOHN Ferguson writes: Philip Nitschke, Australia’s self-styled euthanasia guru, clearly knows a sucker when he sees one. No doubt, he is also aware he needs to latch on to anything he can in his drive to resuscitate a dying cause. A decade after the Northern Territory voluntary euthanasia legislation was thrown […]
Ignore the hype in the cloning debate
By Nicholas Tonti-Filippini September 4, 2006 When politicians and politicised scientists make inflated claims about treating diseases such as Alzheimer’s or motor neurone disease by stem cell transplant from cloned embryos, the groans from those engaged in neurological research are loud but largely unreported and politically unnoticed. The embryo hype obscures real scientific advances. Cultured […]
Indian farmers driven to suicide
By KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE, MUMBAI September 5, 2006 More than 100 cotton growers killed themselves in India’s richest state last month, the highest monthly number of suicides in five years by farmers whose mounting loans drive them to death, activists said. The suicides in the western state of Maharashtra took the toll to more than 900 […]
Vlok’s repentance
From a netfriend (6th September 2006): Adriaan Vlok, the former apartheid regime’s police minister, went to church in Soweto on Sunday and heard that his recent apology was “a miracle” that has had a global impact. As part of the apology Vlok recently washed the feet of Reverend Frank Chikane, now director-general in the Presidency, […]
Sookhdeo on Muslim schools
The following article by Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, International Director of Barnabas Fund, was published in the Evening Standard newspaper, London, 4 September 2006 THE SCHOOLS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Once there were tens. Then there were hundreds. Now Peter Clarke, head of Scotland Yard’s Anti-Terrorist Branch, speaks of thousands of militant British Muslims, indoctrinated and […]
Prostitution in Germany
4 September 2006 Dear Friends, I last emailed you in June, when there was great concern that up to 40,000 young women could be trafficked into Germany from impoverished European and Asian countries to “service” World Cup soccer fans. The good news is that many people contacted the German Embassy in Canberra – along with […]
Europe’s radical young Muslims
Radicalising Europe’s young Muslims By Peter Taylor Reporter, BBC series Al Qaeda: Time To Talk? Europe has become a hunting ground for al-Qaeda recruits. Largely disillusioned with US foreign policy, several young Muslims are making the journey east, some to become suicide bombers. Peter Cherif was soon told he could never be alone with Barbara […]
Church-State Relations
Last Friday evening, 1 Sep 2006, Right Reverend Doctor Tom Frame, Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force and well known author and social commentator, addressed the 2006 “Christians in Defence” Fellowship Dinner in Canberra. His address, titled “Church-State Relations in Australia and Christian Fidelity”, is available on the web site of the Military Christian […]
The War For China’s Soul
As Christianity begins to reshape the nation, TIME learns new details about a crackdown on one church By SIMON ELEGANT / NANJING a.. Letter from Beijing: A Legal Activist on Trial Posted Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006 Several weeks after the attack, the witness is still trembling. “Everyone knew trouble was coming,” the man says, describing […]
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