There is a crisis of religious authority world wide, and there are many reasons. One is colonialism. — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
Islam has values, following the Koran and the example of Mohammed and they form people very profoundly and for some Muslims it creates a… — Mark Durie Copy Share
We only have one penal code in the United States, and it applies in every single state, every city, no matter who is there.… — Mark Durie Copy Share
If as we accept God is the perfect epitome of justice, mercy, goodness, and compassion, then our efforts to define the divine will through… — Mark Durie Copy Share
The Middle East is rejecting any other religions, so it's a one sided multiculturalism. — Mark Durie Copy Share
I met many Christians leaving the Middle East, hoping to come to Australia feeling they would leave behind a society where they were inferiors… — Mark Durie Copy Share
One of the reasons why people in the west are nervous is they are reading the Koran, and the life of Mohammed and he… — Mark Durie Copy Share
There needs to be more women scholars, and that is not something new, we need to return to the glorified past and get more… — Mark Durie Copy Share
There's really no such thing as just Sharia, it's not one monolithic Continuum - Sharia is understood in thousands of different ways over the… — Mark Durie Copy Share
We must recognise - both Muslims and non- Muslims, that the Koran is a text. We need human engagement with that text, so we… — Mark Durie Copy Share
There's no such thing as values in Sharia law, that is what I was trying to explain, it's understood in thousands of different ways… — Mark Durie Copy Share
Belief in one god, praying, charity, the five pillars, ethical moral objectives and messages in the Koran, the history of Islam. There are basic… — Mark Durie Copy Share
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… — Mark Durie Copy Share
There are three foundational issues or three divisions that I should say that Sharia fits into, one is penal law of course and that… — Mark Durie Copy Share
When you say Sharia, even to a Muslim, it's understood in vastly different ways, in many ways it's part of an identity and most… — Mark Durie Copy Share
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… — Mark Durie Copy Share
