Emergency legislation implemented for sound reasons can become the tool of unscrupulous and unethical people if not dismantled when no longer needed.
Fear of Islam has been weaponised for votes - and Islamist violence is real. An evidence-based look at where distraction ends and threat begins.
The difference between Christianity and Islam is not entirely religious, being a product of geopolitics as much as theological and philosophical traditions.
Monotheism, regardless of religion, must accept that name of God may vary between religions, but the entity remains the one God.
Addressing the political disputes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict starts with clarity in language and the definition of key terms.
Repeating the patterns of millennia, The war in Iran is yet another instance of the West challenging the East, using the farce of divine rhetoric.
The Australian Constitution is silent on the matter of religion, and the census shows that it is not the Christian country One Nation purports.
Australian identity must hold the country's Indigenous history, its British institutional inheritance, and its immigrant present in the same frame.
Millennia has brought us to this point in time and has shown us that what we are to become is very much up to ourselves.
Far from buckling to threats by the United States, Pope Leo XIV's response has made clear that the papacy will not be bullied into compliance.
Societal change is achieved via the courage of those willing to challenge the power of wealthy, by those willing to plant their ideas wherever they stand.
I. The Upper RoomThey gathered where the lamplight held the night at bay,and bread was broken gently into willing hands.A teacher poured out wine as dark as fading day,and love…
Enforcing a disputed political definition in the public service sets an implicit bias that will affect public policy and relations both local and international.
The Muslim community is culturally and politically diverse, historically engaged in reasoned debate, whilst contemporaneously progressive and inclusive.
Representations of Islam as a perpetual aggressor against Western traditions are a facile expression of correlation equalling causation.
Entrenched Australian romanticism in the face of the demographic, religious and economic changes of multiculturalism sets a path to democratic inequality.
Opportunistic appeals to cultural tropes, economic and security fears by right wing conservatives fails to identify the true causes of instability.
Modern hostility toward marginalised groups, whether based upon religion, colour or creed, mimic historical witch hunts.