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Islam In Review
On Wednesday 18/12/2002 Summary: Lee Kwan Yew’s prophetic speech; Salman Rushdie on the silence of moderate Muslims; the tenets of sharia law in Victoria. Details or Transcript: Stephen Crittenden: Before the Bali bombing, listeners to this program knew all about Jemaah Islamiyah and its desire to create an Islamic superstate stretching across South East Asia, […]
The Meaning Of Christmas
eni reported today that Four out of 10 children in Germany don’t know meaning of Christmas Almost four out of 10 children in Germany do not know the Christmas story, a survey carried out by a German market research company has found. The poll of 733 children aged between 6 and 12 found six per […]
Iranian Christians Multiply After Martyrdoms
In Iran, Mehdi Dibaj, an Assemblies of God minister, spent nearly 10 years in prison for his faith. A convert from Islam in 1955, Dibaj is given every opportunity by the authorities to regain his freedom. First, he is asked to sign a paper admitting he was wrong and that he wants to return to […]
Muslims Refused Permission To Build A Mosque
http://www.abc.net.au/am/s749691.htm “Local council rejects mosque construction AM – Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:17 LINDA MOTTRAM: On the grounds that it’s not in the public interest, a Sydney council has rejected a man’s bid to build a Muslim place of worship. The building application was overwhelmingly defeated during an extraordinary meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire […]
Church Attendance In Australia
In response to the question ===>>> Do you think that these figures misrepresent the proportion of practising Catholics in Europe? I sincerely hope so. Does anybody have statistics on this? The 9 million Australian Christians Charles suggests seems a bit high. ===>>> Does anybody know what the NCLS puts as the figure for Christians in […]
Arabic/Islamic Negotiations
Rather than attacking Christians who refer to the use of the Koran by Muslim extremists, the Muslim associations of Australia should direct their attention to publicly rejecting the extremists themselves. However, in this I suspect they may encounter a cultural obstacle. Those with experience in negotiations with Arabic communities will be familiar with the tendency […]
Sharing Our Faith
From a netfriend: I have been somewhat disturbed by the negative attitudes on the list to the “supermodel” making a religious comment.I don’t know whether he did this well or badly, but in a sense I don’t care. It seems to me that one of the greatest difficulties facing the church is that religious language […]
More Re Islam
From a Netfriend: Some may say that Indonesian society is not Arabic, but despite it’s claims to be above culture and race, Islam appears to carry Arabic cultural norms with it wherever it goes. Interesting comment. Two things come to mind that might explain this, if it is true (and I’m not entirely sure of […]
Islam And Christianity
An Islamic netfriend wrote: Rowland, Only God knows the intentions of the heart and I can only form views based on my interpretation of your posts. <> I haven’t seen evidence on your site of any information on other religions except through Christian eyes. That is your prerogative, but I certainly couldn’t find anything from […]
Islamisation
From a Netfriend: I said: ‘I was just using ‘Islamisation’ in the sense in which it is commonly used, which indeed is Arabisation.’ ~~~ What I should have said is that an Islamist is one who is striving to create a ‘Darul Islam’ – a worldwide Islamic state. [cf Zionism in Judaism]. Imposition of syariat […]
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