This paper sets out to examine some of the key problems religious violence poses for western, liberal societies.

We are faced with a new kind of fundamentalism – call it ‘minority fundamentalism.’ It has all the features of religious fundamentalism, such as ideological fanaticism, intolerance of dissent, and a Manichaean certainty about truth and falsehood. The goal of the minority fundamentalists is to eradicate all forms of discrimination in the name of liberating...

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The burqa has been a garment of controversy in Australia, with calls to ban it from being worn in public -- most notably a suggestion of banning it in the Canberra Parliament. A new research report published by the Centre for Independent Studies examines two of the key arguments about banning the burqa and investigates...

Many religious believers are concerned that aggressive secularism is driving religion from the public sphere where it is practised, argues this report. Overview The campaign for what has been dubbed ‘marriage equality’ is gaining ground in many Western countries, including Australia, despite religious and secular people not always sharing a common point of view on...