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 NI
(No.370)
<<CONTENTS>>
2 Letters
4 Southern
Exposure
A floating hotel for the poor, photographed by Bablu Chowdhury from
Bangladesh.
5 View from
the South
Eduardo Galeano on the white curse that has afflicted the terrible
history of Haiti.
6 Currents
Ripples of resistance in Armenia; inside the oil industry; repression
cheek by jowl with tourism in the Maldives; press manipulation in
Sri Lanka.
PLUS: Word Corner- Poll/Ballot
PLUS: Speechmarks and Seriously
9 In the name
of GOD
Vanessa Baird examines the special relationship between religion and
violence.
13 Let's get
literal
A faithful, though perplexed, listener asks for holy guidance from
radio show host Dr Laura Schlesinger. Illustrated, with piety, by
Brick.
14 Who needs
religion?
David Boulton asks the big question.
16 Justice
vs Vatican
Brazil's rebellious priests are still putting the poor first. Jan
Rocha reports.
18 Alive and
kicking - THE FACTS
20 Why?
Psychoanalyst Robert M Young puts fanaticism on the couch.
22 On the
street
Why young Western Muslims are going abroad to fight for Islam by Shaista
Aziz.
23 Saving
the secular
Sadanand Menon assesses the health of India’s secular tradition after
the Hindu fundamentalists election defeat.
24 Suffer
little children
Religions often target the young. Marilyn Mason counts the human cost.
26 God - the
unauthorized biography
28 Mixing
it
Novelists Ben Okri and Amy Tan talk to Bel Mooney about their eclectic
spirituality.
29 Worldbeaters
Oiling the wheels of corporate domination - International Chamber
of Commerce head Maria Livanos Cattaui.
30 Mixed Media
MUSIC, BOOKS, FILM review
32 Big Bad
World
The world as a game of (American) football, by Polyp.
PLUS: NI Prize Crossword
33 Making
Waves
Few pacifists can put themselves in danger as much as David Hartsough,
co-founder of the Nonviolent Peaceforce.
34 Essay -
In the shadow of the torturer
Jeremy Seabrook draws an unholy line from the obscene imagery of Abu
Ghraib to the growing repression in Bangladesh.
36 Country
Profile - Iran
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