keith,

i am bound by the same OLO policy as you are. if you find any of my comments in these forums offensive, you are welcome to contact the moderator. i am happy to eat humble pie and cop a suspension.

Irfan finds to easy to call pple nazi's yet when asked to explain himself hides behind moderaters. Quite the coward.

Irfan & Salaam seem to send the same type of message - this is the difference - Muslim (Religious) thinking and Ozzies.

I have been contemplating stopping OLO as I find a number of articles very wishy washy and not having logical, factual statements and am fed up with the pedalling of Muslim thinking - it basically is all the same message.

I was thinking of subscribing to the new Matilda (despite $) but after reading here that Irfan is a contributor (new Matilda) I am seriously having second thoughts.

During the week after the Cronulla riots it was reported that a young women walking home in the eastern Suburbs was sexually attacked by 4 men of middle eastern appearance. The story was on page 9, a small column at the bottom of the page. Meanwhile acts of thuggery were reported in full living colur on the front page. How different would out reaction be if we had such grahic images of these sexual assualts? She was pinned down by three of them at knifepoint while the fourth had his way. They were interrupted by passer bys who came to the assistance of this young women.

People in southern sydney knows it happens, they also know if a girl dates a Lebanese she is probably being used. A marriage outcome is unlikley. They also know that another muslim potential partner, if of a different race, is not welcome in most lebanese homes either.

The cronulla riots were not acceptable behaviour. Nothing can justify them. But it will happen again if the racism of sections of the arabic community is not treated far more seriously. One young girl raped purely because of her race is one too many. We cannot allow this to happen anymore. It is the worse racist crime in recent history yet we harp on about some car damage, flag burning and some macho street fighting when it is these young female victims that will carry far more scars and are the ones who truly deserve all support we can muster.

So please we need balance, only then can we move forward.

It was interesting to note that a boy of ten was mentioned in this article holding a sign up saying.

I am Australian, I am Muslim, and my country is Australia.

The sign should have read:

I am Australian. And my country is Australia.

It is agreed that acceptance will eventuate with our future generations, although it has a tough battle with religions that have not revised ideaologies to enable this acceptance.

I find it rather disturbing to find quotes within some religious text, that quote hatred and sacrifices of non believers.

Pachelbel

Hear Hear