Aussie languange and our way of saying things, can be hurtful - but it is usually not meant to be. 'She'll be right' attitude often crosses over into our speech and newcomers would find it hard to tolerate - especially in this 'politically correct' climate that exists today. Comments are made more in a jovial, jesting manner and not intended to hurt. I think the governments have taken this 'multicultural' attitude too much to heart, when most people don't really agree with them. Look at the Greeks; Italians and Asians - they are now "Aussies' because they choose to accept us and our ways.

Well said Danny.

I too believe people who migrate to Australia need to assimalate or leave. That means learning to read and write in English.

I also believe people who pose a risk of becoming a terrorist should not be allowed in under any circumstances. If a person's religion requires that all who do not believe in that religion be fought wherever they are found then that person should not be allowed to enter Australia under any circumstances.

If the federal government is sincere in it's “war on terror” it will heed Danny's words and the many other warnings about the true cause of terrorism. For further information I recommend “A Summary of the Qur'an” by Danniel Scot.

Until the 1970s, the term Multicultural was unknown in Australia - migrants entering this nation were known as New Australians. The millions who came here from other countries after World War II were assimilated - not without difficulty, and in the face of some prejudice - into our society.

Assimilation is "the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage, as migrant groups, or minority groups, acquire the basic attitudes, habits and mode of life of another all-embracing culture." (Macquarie Dictionary)

Multiculturalism is: "the theory that it is beneficial for a nation to maintain more than one culture within its structure." (Macquarie Dictionary)

Assimilation works because it is a natural process. For example, nutrients are assimilated into the body through the bloodstream. Multiculturalism hinders assimilation, in that it creates a mosaic of cultures, each claiming its right to exist, separately, within a nation. Ethnic culture flourished in Australia during assimilation. (There were cultural groupings, but then, Aussies themselves had turned Earl's Court, London, into Kangaroo Valley.)

Multiculturalism or Assimilation: which is scriptural?

"For by one Spirit are we baptised into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles..." (1 Corinthians 12:13) Here, as in other texts, the emphasis is on unity: individual members of the body working in harmony for the good of the whole. There are no Jewish Christians or Gentile Christians - just Christians. (1 Corinthians 10:32)

Australia's immigrants need not abandon their cultural heritage, but they do need to assimilate, much as people everywhere do when they become part of Christ's Church

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Who said this:

‘How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities - but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.’

Would this passage lead to prosecution in Victoria.

Irfan.

Is the author a Nazi? He's more politically incorrect than anyone here.

When will someone present the Koran to the Victorian CAT for assessment. It vilifies and incites hatred towards Jews, Christians and non believers. Would that body act and censor those references which indulge in those practices. Perhaps they’d ban the book. That would be easier than trying to collect evidence the passages were being spruked. Would anyone from Victoria’s CAT be allowed to attend a mosque where those particular teachings are sprouted?…not on your bloody nellie.

Answer to the above Question.

-Sir Winston Churchill, from The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899), ...

the riots at cronulla were not caused by multiculturalism, but rather by a deep seated hatred of lebanese. in the cronulla area this has been caused by the lebanese's offensive conduct;on the beach every weekend; in nightclubs- lewd comments to aust women and a demand to dance or have a drink even when the women are in company of boyfriend/fiance/husband, this leads to confontation.
when the lebanese are confonted, they will not have a fight, they call for reinforcements and weapons. talk to the young guys at cronulla they will confirm my observations.
why is it that we dont hold the greeks italians chinese in the same contempt

"The truth is that countries founded on the Judeo-Christian heritage (Western democracies) are the best to live in"

This says it all. Why have Muslims come to Australia in the first place - to escape the tyranny of their countries of origin. Excellent article and says it as it is