So a faction within the Islamic community riot and its the fault of the rest of Australia for complaining about this?

Now granted the violence may be due to a small faction within the muslim community, but what other community wants to hit out at American interests in Australia over an offensive video posted online which has nothing to do with the American government, let alone us? Why did the other factions allow themselves to be associated in any way with the loonies that caused the trouble?

We are not having trouble with any other sector of the community, at least not at the moment, so this also has nothing whatever to do with multiculturalism.

If the Islamic community wants to peacefully protest that's fine (if still puzzling) - no-one would have said anything - but if that community wants to avoid difficult people asking questions and sneering, it should make an effort to keep the dangerous element in check, or at least be seen to be doing so.

@ Mikel Azure
<<I've seen footage of white Australians, angry, loud, abusive, pushing and shoving, insulting, making racist and offensive statements with twisted faces and spit flying from their lips outside refugee centres…Does it say anything at all about white Australians in general?>>

Mikel if you saw behavior of the type outlined it was likely to have been coming from groups who term themselves: “refugee activists/advocates”.
And fear not --they only represent themselves .

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camile,
Looks like you are part of a cheer squad for the author. You would probably call me a redneck but surprize, surprize, I agree with you. We are not, and never have been, a multicultural society, we have been a multiracial society since 1788 and it is expected that all people here respect our laws and social standards above all else. Ethnicity has nothing to do with this.

The problem here is that muslims will not compromise to adapt to our society and never have done since large numbers immigrated in 1976. Those rioters now are 2nd or 3rd generation who still hold their religion above our laws.

Notice the author uses 'racist' and other terms such as 'white community' in her rhetoric, as you do with the 'redneck' term.

There certainly was a backlash fron 'non muslim' people to the riots which is very different to the 'white community'.

It is a cultural issue, not a racial matter.

Being critical of ones conduct, religion or culture is NOT racist.

Agree with the Author!
Perhaps we should also oblige our journalists/publishers to sign the statement of Australian values. Lets face it, being born here doesn't necessarily mean actually sharing them?
That said, I think we should publish a few more offensive articles denigrating stone age/medieval belief systems, to bait the extremists, to once again riot?
Or engage in antisocial electronically traceable activity!
This way we can Identify and deport/offer them a one way ticket, back to where such extreme views are still tolerated!
We do need to ensure that in allowing others to settle, that they simply no longer create ghettoes, or maintain a self imposed isolation, that then breeds suspicion and or anxiety. Our children need to be allowed to mix and socialize!
Nor can we ever tolerate a view, that women are just meat that was put there to be used or abused by blokes!
We Aussies may not be so-called cultured gentlemen, with our football, meat pies, kangaroos, rusty utes, and bugger rorfs!
But we don't go out of our way to deliberately devalue the other half.
In fact, it may be argued we Anzacs, involved ourselves in wars far from our borders, in the belief this was keeping our Ladies, families, friends and neighbours, free and safe from harm?
In fact, we have spent enough lives in this endeavour, not to have to tolerate importing the very harm/counter culture absurdities, we were trying to protect them from?
The press needs to go back to simply reporting the facts, rather than inflammatory opinion pieces?
If they want to get into politics, then let them join a political party, or nominate!
There is a place for opinion, or endless patently partisan poison peddling, but it is hardly on the front page, under a blatantly mendacious headline banner?
Rhrosty.

What a patronising article; people who are concerned about Islamic extremism are merely not too bright victims of "infeartainment"; how Finkelsteinesque!

The author adopts a moral superiority to harangue the populace about mutual obligations; how ironic; Islam is already pushing hard to introduce a 'moderate' form of sharia:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/muslims-use-multiculturalism-to-push-for-sharia/story-fn59niix-1226057100331

And this is deplorable:

"the use of infeartainment is a much greater threat to a sense of community and mutual respect and social stability than violent behaviour by small groups of people whether Muslim, Christian or otherwise"

So, talking about Islam extremism is a bigger threat than Islamic extremism itself?!

And note the inclusion of christians in the list of violent people; this is a disgraceful attempt at equivalence; when have we seen a horde of rioting nuns taking over the inner city!