How 'anti-christian' of you Runner; if you are preaching The Good Word, you are going about it the wrong way [genuinely sad about hypocrites condemning women and girls not virgins] who are purporting to be Christians. Read both the Old Testament and New Testament again Runner; thoroughly.

Excellent post Grateful.

Cannot speak for other Australians however my view is that of Terrorism [primarily] as opposed to Islam the religion and people of their Muslim faith. Between all the people I mix with via work, friends, family acquaintances, picked up on a few of their viewpoints. It is the fanatics misinterpreting their religion deliberately, ie Terrorists, that many Australians are firmly against. Not people of genuine Muslim/Islam faith.

"We are unique"
you are perfectly right. The genuine Muslims who want nothing more than peace and justice in which to live and bring up their families are the ones Australians welcome,not the fanatical bigots who are hate-filled and bring death and destruction. No one wishes to die. We all want life.
We want an assurance from you and other Muslims that you want the same for your people AND THAT YOU WILL REPORT TO THE AUTHORITIES ANYONE WHO YOU MAY KNOW ARE TERRORISTS.

socratease

It throws a different light onto the subject if we re-worded Terrorist Attack to Wake-up Call. And no, they haven't got what they want. People remain as stupid as before.

Melati is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT in all aspects of her posting. Those of you who FAIL TO LOOK BEYOND what the media AND IGNORANT MINDS feeds your minds...that muslims are a CLEAR EXAMPLE OF TERRORISM and that MUSLIMS FOLLOW A RELIGION OF HATRED & TERRORISM! ISN'T THIS WHAT THE MEDIA TELLS US THROUGH TV/ INTERNET /RADIO ETC..?

IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO DIG DEEPER, YOU WILL FIND:...

THE TRUTH IS THAT ISLAM AND THE HOLY QU'RAN DOES NOT PROMOTE ANY SUCH INHUMANE ACTIONS.

THE MUSLIMS WHO CALL THEMSELVES 'MUSLIMS' AND COMMIT SUCH ACTS ARE IN-FACT NOT FOLLOWING ISLAM (SUBMISSION TO 1 GOD AND A PEACEFUL WAY OF LIFE)

Leigh, who posted a comment on the 4th march, cannot think of 1 'NON-ISLAMIC TERRORIST GROUP THAT IS A THREAT TO AUSTRALIA....WELL OBVIOUSLY THE 'MEDIA' HAS REWIRED YOUR MIND TO IDENTIFY THE WORDS 'MUSLIMS/ISLAM' WITH TERRORISTS BUT HOW ABOUT:

'BIKIES ARE THE NEW TERRORIST THREAT IGNORE POLICE- BRING IN THE SAS'

Australia has now officially joined the world stage on domestic terrorist violence after a horrific attack at Sydney airport ON22/03/2009.

What are the procedures in the event of a terrorist attack like the one carried out by these bikies whom show no fear of retribution from the law...AUSTRALIAN LAW!!

TO VIEW THE ENTIRE ARTICLE + MANY MORE GO TO: www.streetcorner.com.au

These people who sell methamphetamies and ather illicit drugs even in broad daylight and run underground child prostitution brothels get away with it all and our 'legal system' just gets away with it..

MORE & MORE MONEY is thrown at so called 'NATIONAL SECURITY' when AUSTRALIA SHOULD PUT MORE MONEY TOWARDS CRIME AND TERROR ALREADY DAILY HAPPENING AUSTRALIA WIDE!