And so say all of us.

David

As far as I know all Australians are free to follow
any religion they choose, so long as its practices
do not break any Australian law. Australians are
also free not to follow a religion. We have
secular government and no official or state religion.
And as I understand it religious laws have no
legal status in Australia.

Having said that however, I've been told that -
some laws may be flexible depending on the cases
involved. For example regarding the process of
divorce and related matters. Common law -
regarding the Indigenous community. Not sure about
bigamy - or the practice of female genital mutilation,
and so on. I've been told - there's the law, then there's
how people practice things.

I used to be quite certain in these areas - however
I am not a lawyer and it has been pointed out to me
that certain exceptions have been made in the past
regarding our laws.

I remember the radical Muslim cleric Ben Brika being
asked in an interview on the "7.30 Report" -
"Don't you think Australian Muslims - Muslims living
in Australia - also have a responsibility to adhere to
Australian law?"

To which he answered:

"This is a big problem. There are two laws - there is an
Australian law and there is an Islamic law."

I used to think - No, this is not a big problem. There is
one law we are all expected to abide by. It is the law
enacted by the Parliament under the Australian Constitution.

As I understood - Religion instructs its adherents on faith,
morals, and conscience. But there is not supposed to be
a separate stream
of law derived from religious sources that competes with
or supplants Australian law in governing our civil society.
The source of our law is the democratically elected
legislature.

However -

I've been told that exceptions have been made in certain
cases. So I'm not sure how it all works.

It will be interesting to see what reaction this article will get from OLO's overepresentative band of anti-Muslim haters.

The Muslims task of living a holy life among the ungodly, is considerable more difficult than their counterparts, Christians.

This article is simply another attack on Muslims and their religious beliefs, to be filed under Muslim-baiting; sub-titled, the right to offend...free speech!

"This article is simply another attack on Muslims and their religious beliefs, to be filed under Muslim-baiting; sub-titled, the right to offend...free speech"

Oh, yes! Rubbish the religion of West, Christianity, all you like, but don't dare criticise Islam. Getting ready for dhimmitude, are you Danny? If you are not already one of them yourself.

Is unionism a religion?

Its high priestess Sally McManus has decreed that it's OK to break laws that disagree with Unionism.