SHOSHANA
you appear to be a very historically sheltered and socially naive Jew :)
sorry, but you seem to not understand the social dynamics of 'majority/minority' and competition for resources which are usually the triggers for anti social/anti Jewish behavior from non Jews, specially some Muslims. You also appear to be mis-associating the benign social behavior of 'niceness' which all of us are by 'common sense' likely to manifest with the wider picture of fundamental religious doctrine, and human motivation.

I'll bet you did not mention anything about the moves among right wing Jews to remove the ugly sore of the Dome of the Rock or the Al Aksah mosque from the Holy of Holys Temple Mount eh ? :) if you did, your 'Jewishness' may have become an immediate source of acute embarrassment and even outright hostility.

ISLAM and the WORLD.

FACT 1. The Coalition of the Willing are involved in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN.

FACT 2. The London bombers were a) Home grown, b) Ethnic Somali (the one arrested)

QUESTION: We have to ask "Why does a SOMALI who is living in UK, blow up a UK train " ?
ANSWER: Defending Islam (?) ! The only connecting factor between the Somali Ethnicity and UK residence and the war in Iraq is Islam. The religion.

There is no UK involvement in Somalia, so its not 'nationalism'.

So, quite apart from your own heart (and tummy) warming experiences of social interaction, we should be more concerned at the issue from a government policy and national security perspective.

BOMBERS IN MELBOURNE ?
We have seen interviews with some young Muslim men who perfectly fit the profile of 'potential bomber' from a doctrinal/religious standpoint (the Age recently) so statistically speaking, while the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful and getting on with life, there ARE those who are pre-disposed to violently attacking our way of life.

One more fact: No Buddhists, Taoists, Confucianists, Falungonsists, Sikhs, Hindus or any other religious group is attacking the UK.

BOAZ_David

ISLAM & THE WORLD
FACT 1: The majority of Islamic countries have been ‘set up’ by US (Christian) backing, leaving a despot in charge and keeping many people poor and oppressed. How does the ‘Christian’ community not take responsibility for this? Happy to use them but no responsibility for them?

FACT 2: McVeigh, The Una Bomber, KKK and other previously named were ‘home-grown’ from Christian stock. Why are they exempt from your ‘world view’ of religious wrongs? Too close to home?

YOUR ANSWER: Defending Islam? Perhaps. Just disregard the disenfranchisement of the people through capitalist exploitation. When was the last time a Christian country truly reached out and helped the poor in another country? Where is the model of Jesus you so often hold up in the way Christian countries operate with regard to these others?

ONE MORE FACT: Terrorism is not the sole province of Islam. Christians, Hindus and others have all used it (to little effect in the end).

You have no right to call yourself Christian. You speak as an evil man would. Justify your bigotry and hypocrisy. You are an embarrassment to Christians....

to boaz.

Conquistador of Mexico, the Zulu and the Navaho
The Belgians in the Congo short memory
Plantation in Virginia, the Raj in British India
The deadline in South Africa short memory
The story of El Salvador, the silence of Hiroshima
Destruction of Cambodia short memory

Short memory, must have a, short memory

The sight of hotels by the Nile, the designated Hilton style
With running water specially bought short memory
A smallish man Afghanistan, a watch dog in a nervous land
They're only there to lend a hand short memory
Wake up in sweat at dead of night
And in the tents new rifles hey short memory

If you read the history books you'll see the same things happen again and again
Repeat repeat short memory they've all got it
When are we going to play it again
Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short
They've got a short must have a short they've got a short aah
Short memory, they've got a.

Boaz, I notice that you haven't responded to Rhian's question.

"Do you regard yourself as a Christian first, or an Australian first?"

Write on one side of the paper only. Give examples.

And only use capitalisation where required for good grammar! :)

Sadly, radical Muslims are threatened by free-speech and want to control populations through censorship.

How many movies are censored in Iran? How many movies are censored in Syria? I've lost count! Note: They are all Muslim countries.

Trust me, these people only believe in multiculturalism when it suits them! That's why anti free-speech Muslims take Victorians to court