rache: a religion that eagerly looks forward to a global apocalypse with the subsequent slaughter and eternal torture of all non-believers, that insists that redemption can only be achieved via human sacrifice.

That is true of all the Abrahamic Religions. Judaism is part Sumerism, Egyptian Atenism, Mazdaism, local Levant Religions & Zoastorism. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism with a bit of Buddhism & Hinduism originally, then it picked up a bit of the local Religion of what ever lands it infused into. Islam is an offshoot of Christianity mixed in with a few violent local Desert Religions. Sorry runner but dems da facts.

Religions rise to prominence then fade away, or adapt to their times & the local population. They change from what they were originally so much so as to be unrecognisable from the original. Well, except Islam. Unfortunately it hasn't changed at all since it was founded in 639 AD. Not only has it been at War with every individual who is not moslem but it is also at War with itself since the death of Muhammad.

Therein lies the problem. The rest of the World has moved on & adapted to the changing customs & information as it became available. Islam has not. To Islam the World is still Flat. Slavery is still prominent, The Sword is still it's greatest weapon. Individuality, Freedom, Democracy are abhorrent ideals to Islam.

Barbette is right. Islam is a Military & Political System masquerading as a Religion that is not compatible with the Modern World. People of this Religion should & must be kept out of Western Countries for our safety. We must also stop interfering in Islamic Countries. The Boarders must be locked & those that have managed to leave the ME must be returned to the ME, or to an Islamic Country that will accept them.

I see the abc again silent on the muslim man who ploughed his car into 11 people in the USA yesterday. No doubt another lone wolf from the religion of peace. I suppose the media are sick of reporting these attacks.

“Muslims are the main victims of Islam which, in the Middle East is impelling them to kill each other at an even greater rate than they kill "infidels". Islam has kept Muslims (especially the women) relatively uneducated and backward, despite much oil wealth in some Muslim countries. It is incompatible with democratic notions of human rights, democracy and freedom of religion. The Koran has verses demanding the death penalty not only for "infidels" but also for apostates, those who leave Islam.”

It is indeed ironic that Western countries are then called on to accept as refugees the thousands of Muslims that are the main victims of Islam. Witness the more than one million refugees who flooded into Europe in the last few years -- thanks largely to Barack Obama’s misguided support for Sunni-backed rebels in the Syrian civil war.

Not only are Westerners expected to accept Muslim refugees unquestionably, but then to support the majority of them who partake of government welfare – a large number permanently. A large proportion of these then lean on host governments to allow in their relatives who in turn take permanent advantage of government welfare, but yet refuse to integrate into host country society.

Is it any wonder that many, if not most, non-Muslims despise the strong growth in Muslim immigration?

Runner,
The local media were also silent a few weeks ago about the Christian Minister who was banned from entering Botswana due to hate speech plus the other Minister who married a 10-year old member of his congregation or even the other one who insisted that Starbucks were tainting their lattes with semen to turn men gay.

There are literally dozens more examples from the last 12 months alone that are published and reported in local media but never seem to find their way into our mainstream media - but take just one Muslim crackpot who wants to rant on YouTube and we all tremble in terror as it splashes across our TV.

For every locally published extremist Muslim story there are far more unmentioned extremist and bizarre Christian stories out there but of course, we have a certain agenda underway here - don't we?

rache: the Christian Minister who was banned from entering Botswana due to hate speech plus the other Minister who married a 10-year old member of his congregation or even the other one who insisted that Starbucks were tainting their lattes with semen to turn men gay.

Arrrrh Africans. Strange lot them. Christianity when it goes to another Culture, rather than shun that Culture, adopts some of their original Religious practices. It makes it easier to convert people. Unlike Islam that demands that a population drop their Culture immediately & adopt an Ancient Middle Eastern one, or be killed. We have some weird Christian Sects here too. 7DA, JH's, AOG's, Fishers for Jesus, Scientologists & The Brethren just to name a few. It's not so much the Religion it's self but the Dogma that comes with them.

Anyway Islam is not a Sociopolitical Religious Sect that is Compatible with Australia & should be Banned.

as abhorrent as Islam is, so is socialism.

Whats wrong with socialism