Ramadan’s Call for Deep Pluralism

THE QUEST FOR MEANING Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism by Tariq Ramadan Allen Lane. 212pp. Reviewed: 5 March, 2011 Multiculturalism has always had its critics. Elected leaders of Germany and the UK have recently denounced it, and across most of

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Difference: the test of Democracy

TAMING THE GODS Religion and Democracy on Three Continents By Ian Buruma, Princeton University Press, 132pp. Reviewed: 17 April, 2010 This book is timely, as Australians face many current political issues in which religious belief, or religious identity, stress test

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Call for Fresh Thinking on Iran and the Region’s Future

THE DEVIL WE KNOW Dealing with the new Iranian superpower By Robert Baer, Scribe Publications, 277pp Reviewed: 4 April 2009 Barack Obama has declared that the USA is ready to talk to the regime in Iran, after 30 years of

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