Darwin is known for the legal liquid that does that damage.

Hi Pete,

As an atheist, I don't have that luxury :(

Police Commissioner Lay in Victoria has reassured us that the incident in Melbourne yesterday has nothing to do with faith. Boy, that's a relief. Islam, after all, is a religion of peace, so the incident has nothing to do with the 'peace' bits of the Koran. Maybe just the other bits.

And it was just an isolated individual. Presumably, the 'community' will condemn his actions as not representative, taken out of context.

Hi Joe

No question about the Melbourne outrage. Only comfort that there've been few.

Equally Christianity, Judaism (Gaza), Hinduism or the fighting Buddhists of Burma and Tibet. Now Christianity is too often the faith of the pedophiles.

Religion, it keeps on giving.

Hi Pete,

You're right, we've had only about one incident each week for the last three weeks. That doesn't begin to compare to the daily bombings in that stretch of country from West Africa to Western China, and from Chechnya to the Yemen and Pakistan.

Hmmmmm ....... I wonder what the common factor is. It can't be Islam, because Islam is a religion of peace. Or at least, some of the early bits of the Koran are (let's overlook the later bits).

And anyway, look at what the Hebrews were doing three and four thousand years ago, smiting and pillaging and enslaving, so their book says. So it's not quite true to suggest that Islam is more than three and four thousand years behind the times. Not quite.

Joe

Joe you criticised me for going back in time regarding the Aboriginal beheadings in 1838 now you are going back three or four thousand years in your post, perhaps you know not what you are saying, but I will forgive you.

Hi Onjab,

Yes, I apologise: I wasn't sure how far back in history, even into pre-history, to go to find something which matched the brutality and utter contempt for humanity of ISIS.

I suppose four thousand years is far back enough.

The statement by Australia's Grand Mufti condemning ISIS should be supported. He cited an early hadith which states " ..... that whoever kills a person it is as if he has killed all of humanity. And whoever saves the life of a person is as if he save all of humanity.”

He certainly should be commended for that. I respectfully hope that he can subject other parts of the Koran to scrutiny.

Joe