December 2005
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Belgium
Conversion is not a
crime
Muriel Degauque has the dubious distinction of
being the first white European female suicide bomber. Shocking as this is,
suggestions that we have reached a dangerous turning point and that converts
are brainwashed fanatics and their partners are comic-book villains are unfair
to the vast majority of converts and to non-converts married to Muslims. Read on
From the archives
Leaps of faith
July 2002 – My arm hung sheepishly in mid-air
and my confident smile faltered momentarily when Rita Walravens politely
declined to shake my hand. Read on
Analysis
Walk first, then
surf
Trying to level the cyberspace playing field
without addressing poverty, illiteracy, disease and unfair trade practices is
an exercise in futility.
Read on
From the archives
Digital dreams for the worldwide web of poverty
December 2003 – Trying to create a true World
Wide Web by targeting the 90% of the global population lacking internet access
may seem like a commendable aim. However,
it is a case of putting the computer before the cart. Read on
Travel
Encounter
with a celebrity saint
Never having believed in Santa as a
child, Khaled Diab was surprised to run into the elusive Sinterklaas on a
desolate, windswept beach in the Netherlands. Read on
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