“The Middle East is rejecting any other religions, so it's a one sided multiculturalism.” Quote by Mark Durie
“I met many Christians leaving the Middle East, hoping to come to Australia feeling they would leave behind a society where they were inferiors in their native lands and they are disturbed about the rise of more separate radical Islam in Australia, not necessarily the main stream but there is a voice.” FeelingsChristianVoiceBehindsLandMiddleMetsIslamLeavingEastRadicalStreamsNativeAustraliaMiddle EastInferiorsDisturbedNative LandRadical Islam Author:Mark Durie
“It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.” MayLongSometimesHappensLastsLiteratureCausesAgreeDebateAgreementDisputesLost Friendship Author:Elbert Hubbard
“The problem with multiculturalism is it's kind of arrogant. The arrogance is the assumption that everyone will buy into our values, because they have to be Superior. What is different about Islam is it's not just a type of food you ate or the way you dress, it's a total system of life driven by values...” WayKindDifferentProblemValuesTypeDressesIslamDrivenSuperiorsArroganceAssumptionArrogantMulticulturalism Author:Mark Durie
“Islam has values, following the Koran and the example of Mohammed and they form people very profoundly and for some Muslims it creates a vision of a very different society and a hope it will be established.” PeopleDifferentFormValuesVisionExampleIslamFollowing Author:Mark Durie
“One of the challenges that happened in Europe is that in accepting many Muslim people they didn't explain to them that those countries have particular values like equality of all people before the law. Islam does not accept people are equal before the law.” PeopleDoeCountryLawValuesChallengesAcceptingHappenedParticularEqualEuropeIslam Author:Mark Durie
“There is a crisis of religious authority world wide, and there are many reasons. One is colonialism.” WorldReasonReligiousAuthorityCrisisWideColonialism Author:Mark Durie
“Speaking as a Muslim in the West, I see a crisis in religious authority, we need Indigenous Muslim scholarship understanding the Western way of life and is able to use the understanding, using legitimate Islamic sources to bring more scholarship to our way of life in the west. There's a need for that.” WayNeedsUseAbleUnderstandingReligiousSourceAuthorityCrisisWestWesternIslamicIndigenousScholarship Author:Mark Durie
“One of the reasons why people in the west are nervous is they are reading the Koran, and the life of Mohammed and he is a prophet that declared he was victorious through terror and that is disturbing to people.” PeopleReasonReadingWestTerrorNervousReason WhyProphetDisturbing Author:Mark Durie
“I grew up in church and it's always been important to me. I've always had a sense of calling to do life and faith-affirming media.” ImportantChurchMediaGrewCallingGrew UpAffirming Author:Brian Bird
“I was a writer since I was a little kid. It just always sort of fit for me.” LittlesKidsFitLittle Kid Author:Brian Bird