Steel Redux I would check the ABC about 2 days ago, I recall seeing a couple of pieces on ABC news , a Sikh and a Muslim group who had come to help being interviewed re this .

Surely the fact that the media are highlighting these small contributions by ethnic groups, merely highlights the fact that it is so unusual.

If it isn't particularly unusual, why highlight it compared to other similar contributions.

what is the big deal.

Such stories show that people of different faiths and cultures can also care about disasters.

It also provides coverage of a community act to others in their culture.

i agree we should be wary of cultural issues that can divide us, but we also need to celebrate behaviour that unites us.

Found it.

It was the UK Daily Mail.

So we have a disreputable British tabloid rag running sensationalising headlines and it is us Australians who are the issue? Even the reporter isn't Australian.

All rubbish. The other reference provided was from SBS, an organisation whose charter is to report on multicultural stories.

Wow. Pretty flimsy material for any piece.

There's a reason more and more are turning away from traditional news sources.

The author said; then why make a habit of singling out race at all?
Islam is not a race it is a religion. Be careful using the race tag.

I read an article recently by a ex moslem atheist.
He said most moslems gradually, without realising it, are gradually
moving away from Islam. So those bringing gifts to the field almost
certainly are doing it out of no more than goodwill & sympathy.