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The core in the same, but it's very tricky

The core in the same, but it's very tricky

Hala Mustafa the Editor if Chief of \'Democracy Review\' recently gave a very revealing interview to ABC Lateline\'s Leigh Sales discussing US President Barrack Obama\'s speech in Cairo in which \'a new beginning\' was sought in relationships between the Muslim world and the West, America in particular. .

  • More jaundiced journalism

    To get a job in the mainstream media today is not all that difficult. Let's say you want to write for one of the major newspapers, such as the Age or Sydney Morning Herald. You do not necessarily have to be a great writer. You do not necessarily have to be very smart. You so not have to be great with logic or even fair with the facts.

  • The same image challenges anti-semitism

    It is now 60 years since the Holocaust of European Jews, but now, for the first time since World War II, Jewish Rabbis are being trained and ordained in Germany and this in itself once again raises long standing theological issues says Baptist minister of 32 years, Mark Tronson.

  • Where all this persecution is heading

    As a young believer I marvelled at stories of persecuted Christians in the early church. The horrible suffering, torture and death they faced were incredible to learn about. I often wondered what such persecution would be like.

  • The Gospel According to Oprah

    Who is the number one promoter of New Age philosophy in the world today? Is it Eckhart Tolle? Rhonda Byrne? Dan Brown? Marianne Willimason? Nope. The numero uno New Age evangelist is by far Oprah Winfrey. When Oprah says jump, people ask, 'how high?'

  • Mark Philippoussis another on a long list

    Australian tennis superstar Mark Philippoussis recently revealed he is in financial difficulties and is involved in a legal battle to save his Melbourne home. This admission illustrates a long list of sports stars who have found \'the spending life\' only lasted so long.

  • PETA Deada in the Heada

    Sometimes the day's news is so bizarre and so manifestly insane that one is left wondering whether laughter, crying or hari-kari is the most appropriate response. What I have just stumbled upon online is one of those perfect examples.

  • Fausto Vasconcelos announces the blessing of a Christian upbringing

    The Baptist World Alliance\'s Fausto Vasconcelos who heads up the Evangelism, Education, Study and Research Departments has called on those Christians who grew up in a Christian home to rejoice in such a blessing.

  • Diarists are using different mediums

    The daily recording of personal events along with reflective comments, once the provenance of those who wrote in a hard covered diary, has not been lost, but rather has taken a different path, claims Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson.

  • Those friendly radical Greens are at it again

    Over the years some of the more extreme green groups have been willing to use violence, coercion and intimidation to achieve their aims. Groups such as Earth First! have made use of "eco-terrorism" to stop what they regard as attacks on planet earth. Property has been damaged and lives lost as a result.

  • Dr Ken Ngangan - It's now or never!

    Papua New Guinea\'s Dr Ken Ngangan was studying in Aberdeen, Scotland during 2003 when he attended the Aberdeen Baptist Church. During the service, the preacher made an alter call and in his heart Ken exclaimed, \'It\'s now or never\'.

  • More secular-left double standards

    I know it seems like ages ago, but try to think back to the days when George W. Bush was in the White House. You knew he was there because almost on a daily basis the mainstream media was warning about the dangers of having a professing Christian lead the nation.