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Excuse me, but your cognitive dissonance is showing
On June 5 in Brighton, Melbourne, at a spot I have driven past countless times, there was a terrorist incident. An armed Muslim, Yacqub Khayre, crying out support for the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda,...
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Introducing The Interface Institute
Readers of markdurie.com blog posts may wish to connect with the resources of the Interface Institute.The Interface Institute is a new resource which provides the public with resources to understand...
View ArticleDocumentary on Halal Certification in Australia
In 2015 the Australian Parliament conducted an Inquiry into food certification practices in Australia. Public pressure which led to this inquiry was the result of work by Kirralie Smith ofHalal...
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Were the 'Dark Ages' Really Dark?
Carolingian MinisculeToday just about anything and everything may be objected to as ‘sending us back to the Dark Ages’, including restrictions on subsidies for renewal energies, growth in faith...
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Calling for Violent Jihad in Australia
There is not a Bible, Jewish or Christian, containing such incendiary commentary as populates page after page of 'The Noble Qur’an', which for four years has preached to the faithful in Canberra...
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An Update from Mark Durie
CC BY-SA 4.0Over the past ten or so years I have blogged around 150 times on issues to do with religion, mostly to do with Islam. The challenge of Islamic resurgence continues all around, and will do...
View ArticlePre-Ordering the Qur'an and its Biblical Reflexes - an update
Dear friends,I received a few emails from people who had tried to pre-order The Qur'an and its Biblical Reflexes from Amazon. Apparently Amazon no longer delivers to Australia.You'll get a better deal...
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Linguistics and Theology Scholar Challenges Qur'an Origin Story
Linguistics and theology scholar challenges origin story of Qur’an.Mark Durie interviewed by Andrew Bolt on Sky News Australia:Subscribe to markdurie.com blog by email. This text may be reposted or...
View ArticleFear and the rhetoric of 'unprecedented' barbarity
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View ArticleJihadi Islam: a further response to John Azumah
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View ArticleIslam: solution or problem, that is the question
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View ArticleFrom Broken Hill to Martin Place: Individual Jihad Comes to Australia, 1915...
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View ArticleBearing the cross: a letter to the Islamic State
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