I wonder when these "progressives" will start looking at the problems in these countries, such as over-population, backward institutions, medieval mindset etc? I know these "progressives" love lecturing us on accepting asylum seekers, but they have little idea on how to correct these countries. Criticizing non-white countries isn't trendy enough and is considered racist. So when a conservative-leaning person offers solutions it's considered racist, imperialist, colonialist, oppressive etc. Well done, lefties.

By the way, Ms Aslan, how are the Syrian refugees who migrated to Turkey recently going these days? Not too well, I can tell you. They're begging on the street, living in share houses (up to 17 in one house), and violently getting driven out of neighbourhoods by the local Turks. I am living in Turkey at the moment so I see it all. Perhaps you would be better off lecturing your other half.

Even the "most moslems" hate unbelievers even though they aren't fundamentalists, their Koran tells them to wheather they like it or not. When these moderate people are eventually given a choice between protecting their religious beliefs or protecting non-believers. Where do you think their loyalties will lay

Jayb,
There have been cases where ASIO has depended on tip offs from the Muslim community about radicalized Muslims. So moderate Muslims can and will assist us against fundamentalist Muslims.

BJelly,, there is no point arguing with all the usual anti-everyone-who-is-different-than-me suspects on this forum.
They are all frightened of the big bad Muslims who live in Australia.

I am frightened at what we are becoming in the eyes of the rest of the world.
Australia needs to take its share of the current Rohingya refugees, just like we took in the Vietnamese boat people.

I wouldn't mind betting most of the above whinging posters were all out gnashing their teeth and beating their chests when those boat people needed help too.
Amazingly, we were not overrun by Communists/terrorists then either....

BJelly, that's a chicken and egg argument, if there were no Muslims here there would be no Muslim terror and as we've said time and time again the issue of Islamic extremism is only one tiny part of the problem, people from societies where Islam is the dominant religion are incompatible with societies where it's not.
The Police claim to have received assistance from the Muslim community, it doesn't mean that it actually happened, the state Police, ASIO and Federal Police are all heavily politicised if not outright political organisations, how many times have we seen them lie and omit information on this issue? They lie about the seriousness of the threat, they lie about the prevalence of such views among Muslims, lie about Islam outright,the stated goals of the new Victorian chief commissioner are to tackle domestic violence and community cohesion, both political issues.

Suse,

We were not over run by Communism when we took in the Vietnamese, possibly because they were fleeing Communism but we did get a fair share of criminals and the turning of at least one Sydney suburb into a ghetto that was /is known as Vietnamatta (Cabramatta).

Refugees who are Muslim are not fleeing Islam, they are bringing it with them.

I think the Government should use the massive, new student accommodation at Sydney Uni in the Newtown area (paid for with money for the poor) to house Muslim "refugees". It could be instructive.