Is Democratic Free Speech being hijacked by a minority?

[KRCummings]

Good to see KR is still the same bleeding heart liberal that thinks the world is rosy and peachy clean.

BTW KR, your welcome on the Mad Max movies. I hated them.

That would be peachy keen. Not clean.

 

[DV81]

Total immersion and the will to learn.

We want immigrants that WANT to be here and want to be citizens. And that requires learning the language. If you aren't interested in learning the language our laws are written in, or the laws themselves, get the fuck out of my country. You aren't welcome, you aren't wanted

perfectly stated and that will no doubt offend the sheep

 

[busybody..]

tell me AGAIN

about the GOOD MUSLIMS


Aussie Muslims Seething Over Call to Renounce Terrorism
Australian Treasurer Peter Costello has called on Muslims to renounce terrorism unequivocally.

And you know what happens when people do that.

Muslim anger erupts at Costello call to renounce terrorism. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

Yasser Soliman, president of the Islamic Family and Childcare Agency in Victoria, said the Government’s Muslim Community Reference Group had “pledged loyalty to this country and condemned extremism and terrorism”. The Muslim leadership had done this repeatedly.

“Obviously Mr Costello is not in touch with the people he’s talking about — he’s never bothered to talk with them,” he said.

Waleed Aly, board member of the Islamic Council of Victoria, said Muslim community leaders had been “speaking out unequivocally against terrorism pretty loudly and continuously for five years. If the Treasurer hasn’t heard that yet, I’m not sure what it will take.”

The chairman of the Muslim Community Reference Group, Ameer Ali, said Mr Costello’s remarks were “provocative, divisive and mischievous”.

Malcolm Thomas, president of the Islamic Council of Victoria, said Muslim leaders did condemn terrorism all the time. The Muslim leadership would like Mr Costello to meet with them. “He’s been quite critical of the Muslim community but noticeable by his absence in any engagement,” Mr Thomas said.

This is not the first time Muslim leaders have clashed with Mr Costello. They were angered by remarks he made earlier this year about Sharia law and other matters.

The latest Government pressure on Muslim leaders to step up their efforts against radicals comes after Prime Minister John Howard last week drew a sharp reaction from some Muslim leaders when he said a small section of the Islamic population in Australia “is very resistant to integration”. Fully integrating included learning English and treating women as equals.

Mr Costello said he agreed with Mr Howard.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, when asked about Mr Costello’s comments, said that “if people choose not to denounce terrorism ... that draws attention to them and people wonder why would somebody not renounce terrorism”.