Tag: Islam

  • Good Muslims and Bad Muslims

    Good Muslims and Bad Muslims

    With Islamic terrorism in the news, thanks to the Charlie Hebdo incident among others, Aadil Ansareen, President of the UNSW Islamic Awareness Forum, is sick of the narrative being oversimplified. Here’s the story we keep hearing: there are two types of Muslims. There’s the good, moderate Muslim. He’s peaceful and integrated; an upholder of free…

  • The Rice Barn Is Now Empty: Practices of Stealing and Divorcing Women in Lombok

    The Rice Barn Is Now Empty: Practices of Stealing and Divorcing Women in Lombok

    The Rice Barn Is Now Empty by Macquarie University student Kavita Bedford is the winner of the Editors’ Choice prize in the Tharunka Non-Fiction Writing Competition 2012. The taxi driver laughed again, showing all his teeth. “Yes. Just one month ago I helped my friend Janedi* kidnap his wife”. “Sorry, what do you mean kidnap?”…