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newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jul 16, 2008
"Smooth" was the judgment of the six o’clock news bulletins on Tuesday night as the first day of World Youth Day celebrations concluded with George Pell’s opening mass. The same could not be said for the beginning of …
Also tagged: featured, pilgrims, civil society, world youth day
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jul 8, 2008
Okay, I admit it’s a bit risky for a Muslim to comment on World Youth Day. For one thing, the last time the Pope said something even mildly critical of Islam, some Muslims reacted like a pack of rather violent galahs …
Also tagged: bullying, civil liberties, nsw police, media and culture, world youth day, irfan yusuf
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Jun 3, 2008
In an opinion article published last week, Andrew M Potts described as "bizarre" my claim that self-appointed activists, on the extreme fringe of the wider community, have hijacked the "gay marriage" debate to …
Also tagged: media, featured, gay marriage, same sex marriage, catholicism, civil society, john heard, same sex rights, homo con
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 20, 2008
Kevin Rudd has rejected calls for an inquiry into the Exclusive Brethren, indicating that the Government will not support a motion by Greens Senator Bob Brown calling for an inquiry into the sect. read more
Also tagged: education, featured, kevin rudd, bob brown, civil society, exclusive brethren, religion in politics
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 13, 2008
Natalie O’Brien’s story in The Australian last week accurately reflects just some of the tensions affecting the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), which appointed the elderly Sheik Fehmi el-Imam as Mufti of …
Also tagged: islam, media, featured, literature, imam, gay rights, universities, the australian, culture wars, liberal party, mufti, media and culture, islam and the west, irfan yusuf
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - May 8, 2008
Every now and then, round my place, a heavy tension settles in the air, as my wife and I go about our days. These periods of anxiety always coincide with the ugly rearing of same-sex marriage in the public discourse …
Also tagged: marriage, christianity, featured, gay marriage, spain, satire, discrimination, gay rights, same sex marriage, weddings, civil society, ben pobjie, robert mclelland, same sex rights
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Apr 28, 2008
The President personally met his plane, news stations played his speeches and prayers on a loop, and newspapers reprinted his every word and liberally quoted his adoring fans. Those criticisms that did appear in the …
Also tagged: the pope, hero, child abuse, sexual abuse, catholic church, pope benedict xvi, media and culture, world youth day
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Mar 27, 2008
With only four months to go, the estimated costs of World Youth Day have risen by 50 per cent to $150 million, according to an internal memo reported by the Sydney Morning Herald recently. read more
Also tagged: funding, hero, civil society, federal politics, media and culture, nsw politics
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Mar 20, 2008
"Like Hannah, we have known bitter times! Daily we face rejection and despair!" Reverend Jeremiah Wright, quoted by Barack Obama, Dreams From My Father . read more
Also tagged: us elections, barack obama, featured, international affairs, race relations, jeremiah wright
newmatilda.com - Independent news, analysis and satire - Mar 5, 2008
For a lot of his life, L Ron Hubbard believed that "they" were out to bring down Scientology - and him. Mostly, it was the work of the same overactive imagination which made him a successful science fiction writer and …
Also tagged: media and culture