The Religion and Ethics Report

What exactly, is a fatwa, and how does the one issued against author Salman Rushdie work? 

How can we begin a conversation about race? It can be awkward, confronting for white people, and for people of colour, it can be traumatic.

Since March, over 46,000 people in El Salvador have been arrested over alleged gang connections. Over 60 people have died in custody and children as young as twelve have been detained. President Nayib Bukele has used spiritual language to frame his policies.

Competing identities play a key role in many of the conflicts in our world. With all of our differences, is there any way we can live in peace together? With renowned philosopher Charles Taylor.

The stand-off over Taiwan raises ethical questions over what it means to adopt a strategy of ambiguity. The US, like Australia, recognises one China, but there is enough wriggle room built in for all sides to avoid conflict. But what happens when that ethical ambiguity fails, and are we seeing that now?

In a world of contested beliefs, rights, and identities, renowned philosopher Charles Taylor ponders over these important questions: what binds us, and how can we live well together?

Australians will vote, in a referendum, on a constitutional Voice for Indigenous people. Critical to this is the place of First Nations people in our country, and sovereignty never ceded — that was the message from the Uluru Statement from the Heart which kickstarted this process.

Al Qaeda mastermind and former deputy to Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a US drone strike. Another leader is gone, but the terrorist group still persists.