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Ban on Christian Lobby Group Carries Tinge of Hubris
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In a disturbing article published in The Epoch Times on July 14, it was revealed that the West Australian government had a policy where it could refuse to lease entertainment venues to groups with alternative views to the government.
Specifically, when the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) applied to hold functions at the Albany Entertainment Centre and Perth Concert Hall, the manager of the venues, the Perth Theatre Trust (PTT), relied on this newly implemented policy to reject ACL’s request.
The policy, which came into effect a few days after the overwhelming election victory of Mark McGowan’s Labor government, states that the Trust will reject applications “where the content of the event does not represent the views of the West Australian government or the vast majority of Western Australians.”
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Phules, Ambedkar and Du Bois: For a just world without caste or race
Manipulation of truth continues to incite division, violence, and oppression. As ever, the voices of Phule, Du Bois and Ambedkar ring true. Their intellectual arguments, political positioning, activism, bold and uncompromising stand on securing human rights for all people remain relevant for the transformation of societies everywhere, writes P. Dayanandan
Casteism in India and racism in the USA are a disgrace to human dignity and impediment to progress. Both are products of twisted minds justifying every form of oppression and violence to seek and sustain power and wealth. Great men and women of vision and compassion fought against such prejudice, empowered the weak, and showed humanity a path of hope. Two such anti-caste icons of India, Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar, appreciated the struggles of antiracism leaders of America. Ambedkar corresponded with W.E.B. Du Bois. How their attitudes and work r
Biographical Note
Najeeba Syeed, J.D. (2000), Indiana University is Associate Professor of Interreligious Education at Claremont School of Theology . She has published articles, essays, and book chapters on interreligious learning, interfaith just peacemaking and religion and politics.
Heidi Hadsell, Ph.D, University of Southern California. Heidi Hadsell is president emeritus and professor of social ethics at Hartford Seminary. She also served as dean of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and as Director of the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches, in Geneva, Switzerland. Hadsell is widely published on ecumenism, environmental ethics, interreligious relations, and the public role of religion in society.