Church and state
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The political legacy of the Iranian revolution: theocratic tyranny and religious terrorism
This paper argues that people of Iran seek a new Iran, one that is not based on the destructive legacy of Khomeini’s revolution on Islamic political thought.
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Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia’s response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Catholic leaders have responded to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and have vowed that the Church’s shameful history will never be repeated.
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Truth, Justice and Healing Council: final report
One of the major consequences of the abuse crisis has been the loss of trust in Church leadership and their moral influence. One of the great challenges for the future will be the restoration of that trust.
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A primer on the ideological and theological drivers of AQ and Daesh: al-Qaedaism
This special report aims to explain the persistent and enduring allure of al-Qaedaism as an ideology that is apocalyptic and conspiratorial.
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Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church: an interpretive review of the literature and public inquiry reports
This research was designed to review the literature concerning child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia and elsewhere, and included 26 key international and Australian inquiry reports.