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While we\u2019re talking about my upcoming trip, there\u2019s one question that I urgently need to clear up: Contrary to widespread rumor, Manly Beach, in New South Wales, near Sydney, Australia, wasn\u2019t, as a matter of fact, named in my honor. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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News about the Middle East and\/or the world of Islam:<\/p>\n

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\u201cJerusalem mayoral race exposes religious-secular rift\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe plight of Asia Bibi should have everyone in the West trembling\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cNeighborhood Watch: Will Asian Countries Turn a Blind Eye to Uyghur Issues in China? \u00a0Will any of China\u2019s neighbors speak out against its abuses at home? A major UN review offers a sobering assessment.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat most Americans get wrong about Islamophobia:\u00a0An expert explains why it\u2019s more complicated than you\u2019d think.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Two more passages from the Qur\u2019an that I translated for inclusion in my lecture at the University of Notre Dame Australia on 27 November. \u00a0I like them, and thought that I would share them with you:<\/p>\n

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Call to the way of God with wisdom and beautiful preaching and dispute with them in the best way.[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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And do not dispute with the people of the Scripture except in the best way, except with those among them who commit injustice.\u00a0 And say, \u201cWe believe in what has been revealed to us and in what has been revealed to you.\u00a0 Our God and your God is one, and we submit to him.[2]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Q 16:125.<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Q 29:46.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have to confess that, having considered those who have previously delivered the annual Religious Liberty Lecture there in Sydney \u2014 mine will be the seventh in the series \u2014 I wondered for quite some time what I might have to offer. \u00a0Perhaps, I feared, nothing. \u00a0Unlike my predecessors, I am neither a cardinal nor an apostle nor an attorney nor a professor of law. \u00a0I actually briefly considered trying to masquerade (for at least about an hour) as a legal scholar. \u00a0So I began compiling bibliographies of articles and books about Islam and religious freedom. \u00a0Finally, though, I just decided to be what and who I am. \u00a0I hope that the audience will find that enough, and that they won\u2019t consider the evening a lamentable waste of their time.<\/p>\n

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Apparently I\u2019m also going to do a radio interview with Rachael Kohn<\/a> of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) while I\u2019m there. \u00a0This will be at least the third time that she\u2019s interviewed me. \u00a0Maybe even the fourth. \u00a0Once in Provo and at least once previously in Sydney. \u00a0I like her. \u00a0She\u2019s very bright.<\/p>\n

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