Showing posts with label Catholic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic. Show all posts
Friday, October 01, 2010

CRIKEY: Stuff the dirty dunnies, it’s the religious violence that could halt Delhi

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Yes, many Indians are very embarrassed over the poor state of the dunnies at the athletes’ village in New Delhi. They’ve openly been writi...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

OPINION: Mad monk no more: Abbott's battle cry for Liberal supremacy

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It's amazing how much spare time federal Opposition MPs have. In Tony Abbott's case, the time was put to good use by his pennin...
Friday, November 28, 2008

REFLECTION: Hurried thoughts on Mumbai ...

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Well, it looks like this is going to be an all-nighter. Lots to read and write after having spent virtually the entire day with my eyes glue...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

CRIKEY: News Ltd outrage patronises ordinary Australian Catholics ...

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Australian believers of all faiths, and of no faith in particular, read newspapers. However, when newspaper editorialists (and some columnis...
Monday, July 21, 2008

UPDATE: Stuff published elsewhere ...

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Cricket fans will be completely couldn't-give-a-rat's-backside to learn that this piece about my namesakes was published in NewMati...
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MEDIA: Spiked?

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Well, it was bound to happen at some stage. The editor-in-chief of a newspaper in Australia has, at the last minute, decided not to run with...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

OPINION: Risk of marginalisation in Western talk of the universal ...

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It takes a lot of guts for a non-Catholic to comment on World Youth Day, especially one like me who has an enormous soft spot for Catholics....
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

COMMENT: Good for the goose ...

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Back in January 2007, Gerard Henderson wrote the following words in the Sydney Morning Herald in relation to the Hilaly situation and Musl...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

UPDATE: Stuff published elsewhere …

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The New Zealand Herald today published some observations on World Youth Day. NZ Herald columnist Garth George was, for some reason, mista...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

COMMENT: Where the bloody hell's my police protection?

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Apparently over the Easter break, an Egyptian chap decided to convert to Roman Catholicism. His baptism was performed by the Pope. No, not t...
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Saturday, March 01, 2008

COMMENT: Some thoughts on Dr Tariq Ramadan ...

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(Here are some excerpts from an article was published on the MuslimWakeUp website during Tariq Ramadan's last Australian tour in 2004/05...
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Sunday, December 24, 2006

OPINION: Christmas and Eid thoughts among the cane toads

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A DECADE of primary and secondary education at an evangelical Anglican school was enough to get me addicted to church music. Each Christmas,...
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Sunday, September 17, 2006

OPINION: Tony Abbott's respectful message to Muslims

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The old man lay on his death bed in Melbourne. Decades of political and ideological struggle were reaching an end. At his side during these ...

OPINION: On Pompous Popes & Futile Protests

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Recently an Australian Catholic Cardinal expressed the view that the Koran preaches violence. His view was based on a partial reading of an ...
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Sunday, February 05, 2006

OPINION: Get your own house in order before you go tearing others' houses down ...

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Around 900 years ago, back in the days when most of Europe was lost in the Dark Ages, the then-deranged Muslim ruler of Jerusalem decided to...
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Sunday, July 24, 2005

COMMENT: Howard Should Think Twice Before Listening To Muslim Peak Bodies

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Muslim community governance mirrors that of Australian government. Just as we have local councils, Muslims have local mosque societies. Thes...