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ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND SHARIA
Amina Lawal and the Islamic Shari'a (on stoning women)
Review of The God who Hates by Wafa Sultan

The OIC and the Islamic Fiqh Academy:
     Muslims and citizenship of non-Muslim nations
     A New Envoy to the United States of Islam

ON VIOLENCE AND JIHAD
Remembering Khaibar

The Creed of the Sword, later rewritten and revised as:
    Violence in the Bible (PDF)
    Violence in the Koran (PDF)

Major Nidal Hassan's Jihad Seminar Explained
On the religious nature of Islamic terrorism

ON RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND DHIMMITUDE
The Abduction and Islamization of Christian women in Egypt
The Nag Hammadi massacre and the dhimma
Church Bells fall silent in Gaza

ON REFORMING ISLAM
They ARE the Reformation

ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Why Al-Fatihah should be a topic for interfaith dialogue

The "Common Word" dialogue process, including:
Critical Analysis of the Yale Response
    The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute's Apostasy Fatwas

Review of "Allah" by Miroslav Volf and in languages other than English:
    Chinese

'Isa the Muslim Jesus & in languages other than English:
   Dutch
   Swedish
   Portuguese
   French (PDF)
   Icelandic
   Spanish
   Albanian

Dr Mark Durie is a theologian, human rights activist and pastor of an Anglican church. He has published many articles and books on the language and culture of the Acehnese, Christian-Muslim relations and religious freedom. A graduate of the Australian National University and the Australian College of Theology, he has held visiting appointments at the University of Leiden, MIT, UCLA and Stanford, and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1992.

Books on Islam

The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom addresses the status of non-Muslims under Islamic rule in the light of history, theology and global patterns of religious discrimination. It includes a compelling overview of Islam itself, and critical reflections on the 'dhimmitude of the West'.

Revelation: Do we worship the same God? addresses the question of whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God (Allah), honor the same Jesus (Isa), and experience the same Holy Spirit (Ruh Al-Qudus).

Liberty to the Captives has been prepared as a pastoral resource for use in Christian ministry contexts. It includes teaching on Islam, Jesus and the Cross.

Published Interviews
• with Peter Hastie of The Australian Presbyterian (PDF)
• with Mark Tapson of FrontPage Magazine

Videos and Audio
• Interfaith Dialogue, Islamophobia, Tolerance: Myths And Facts (Lecture at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles - video)

THREE CALVIN SEMINARY CONFERENCE LECTURES:
   1 Understanding Islam (requires RealPlayer)
   2 Do we worship the Same God? (requires RealPlayer)
   3 Other Faiths under Islam (requires RealPlayer)

• The Organization of the Islamic Conference: Fatwas on Freedom and Democray (Hudson Institute, Washington DC - video)

• Muslims in the West: loyal to whom? (Middle Eastern Forum - audio)

• What Would Muhammad Do? (ABC Counterpoint - audio)

• Islam and Dhimmitude - debate with Adnan Rashid on Unbelievable (Premier Christian Radio UK - audio)

• Sleepwalking into Sharia (The Sun Rises in the West Conference) - video

• Anti-Apostasy Rally, Sydney (YouTube video - 2 parts)

• Interview with Pamela Geller - audio

• Presentation at the Heritage Foundation of The Third Choice - audio

• Presentation for the launch of Dezelfde God?, the Dutch Translation of Revelation - video.

• Hate Speech Laws, Islamic Blasphemy Strictures, and Freedom of Speech (Hudson Institute, Washington DC).

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