HIGHLIGHTS OF APRIL 2003

Cover Story:  FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTIES

EDITORIAL: Lent & Fundamental Liberties

BY FR. O.C. LIM, sj

LENT is often associated with fast and penance, sacrifices and “giving up favourite things.”  Many Catholic Christians mistakenly use these lenten disciplines as ends in themselves...

 

ISA - A Necessary Evil?

BY CYNTHIA GABRIEL

Is the Internal Security Act needed

to quell terrorism?

 

The Nucleus of

Religious Freedom

RECENTLY 20 clergymen in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, were detained by police for attempting to protest the arrest of one of their colleagues at a church.

BY DAVID ANTHONY

Zimbabwean Archbishop Ncube

Focus: EASTER

 

 

A Risen Body

BY RUFUS BRUNO PEREIRA

 

CHRIST’S RESURRECTION is foundational to Christianity’s meaning, but what kind of resurrection is it? 

 

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Are Our Fundamental Liberties Guaranteed?

BY O.C. LIM sj.

Fundamental liberties have often been described as guaranteed or enshrined in the Federal Constitution. Are they, really?

 

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Civil Liberties : Our Way or

No Way

BY JOJO FUNG sj.

THE notion of civil liberties that is related to the freedom of speech, religion and assembly needs to be expanded to include the collective sovereign liberties of peoples.

 

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INTERNATIONAL

Iraqi Catholic : Military Action Necessary Against Saddam

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Testing the Boundaries of Press Freedom

BY ANEEL DAVID KANNABHIRAN

Warnings, suspensions and raids on Malaysian publications compatible with Catholic Christian teaching?

 

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SOUNDCHECK  CD REVIEWS BY TTONE

This month's reviews: Missy Elliot, Micheal Jackson, Grammys 2003, Whitney Houston

ORDER vs FREEDOM

Civil Liberties at Risk After 9-11

BY JEFF BALAN

THE MAN HAD CHARACTER

A centennial reflection on Tunku Abdul Rahman

BY TERENCE NETTO

Frank Doyle SJ's Thought For The Month

RECOGNISING THE BODY

CENSORED AND BANNED!!!

 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

1. A Spirit-filled Choice.

2. I Never Said That!

3. Unacceptable, 

    Shocking & Pointless.

4. Real Threat to

    Freedom of Speech