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Christ in the classroom

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 04:27:59 +0000

Each week hundreds of Christian, Baha’i, Buddhist, Jewish and Muslim volunteers provide religious instruction to students in Queensland state primary schools. Should objections to one particular program lead to unprecedented intervention from Education Queensland? Mardi Lumsden explores. In early June, religious instruction (RI) at Windsor State School in Brisbane’s north was suspended for the third ...

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Looking for peace beyond “Holy War”

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 09:02:04 +0000

For many Australians the word “jihad” means one thing in an age of terrorism, but Dr Aaron Ghiloni explores the complexities and nuances of Islamic struggle and what lessons it offers non-Muslims. I was researching “jihad” on the day the Brussels airport and metro were attacked by ISIL. It could have been any day. Whether ...

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Making peace starts at home

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 22:00:19 +0000

When Michelle and Yusef chose to embark on life together as a married couple, some things were sure to become a little complicated. For Michelle, an Australian-born Christian, and Yusef, a Muslim, one of their first experiences of balancing two different religious traditions was deciding how they would get married. And more specifically, who would ...

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