01 August 1998
LEAD STORY
Michael Smith encounters the Western face of Islam--and meets British Muslims who are fighting back against Islamophobia.
PROFILE
When Cornelius Marivate, South Africa's leading authority on Tsonga literature and folksongs, went into Parliament, he found something missing. He talks to Anthony Duigan.
GUEST COLUMN
Dr Franklin Sonn is South Africa's Ambassador to the United States. This article is based on a talk he gave to a reunion of the Caux Scholars Programme in Washington, DC.
FIRST PERSON
When Omnia Marzouk, a consultant paediatrician in Liverpool, visited India, she discovered another side to her history.
A DIFFERENT BEAT
I was present on Sorry Day in the Anglican cathedral in Perth when leaders of all the churches read out their denomination's apologies for the 'removals'. The Moderator of the Uniting Church, the Rev John Dunn, added his personal apology for 'my participation in taking the children'.
FEATURES
Ridha Driss, Chief Editor of the magazine al-Insan (Man), looks at Islam as a European phenomenon. He lives in France.
NEWSDESK
It was billed as a conference. It was more an experience.
NEWSDESK
Last year Australians were shaken by the report of a national investigation into the policy of removing Aboriginal children from their families.
NEWSDESK
The conference was opened by Julius Khakula, the Chairman of MRA, Kenya. 'For Africa, the 19th century was a period of assault by external forces and confusion,' he told participants from 12 African countries. 'The 20th century has been a period of awakening.