Irfan,
You are quick to label people bigots because they don't agree with you. That is your inherent islamic duallity showing through. It's OK to lie to the unbelievers if it furthers the cause of islam. Mohammed could only muster 150 folowers in 10 years spouting his "angel in a cave claptrap". He was a failed capitalist. His wife supported him because he was a "ne'er do well". The koran was treated as divine because it was determined that a man of of Mohammed's intellectual status could not have possibly written it!
When his evangelism failed he resorted to political islam i.e "..Join us or die...". The koran devotes nearly 93% of it's suras on the jihad to it's relevance in turning or killing unbelievers(non muslims) and only a very small part to the "personal" struggle of jihad. It advocates that there are at least 4 months in the year when a muslim is allowed and expected to go out and kill unbelievers!
Indeed if you have not succumbed to the teachings of the koran to the letter, then you are a nominal muslim at best, cherry picking out bits you want to do. Remember this, we in the west did not start trouble, but we WILL finish it.
You're an idiot, Irfan. Shame on you.

'I've always been interested in what people say with humour and how they communicate it. So far I've found that it isn't all that funny. Quite often there is a cruelty not far below the surface. A dig. A put down.
An implied superiority of thought and behavior.'

Oh, that's classic. I love it - you've found that 'humour' isn't all that funny! I think I've found where the problem here is (either with you, or with humour...hmm).

aqvarivs: "Either there is a Islamic/Muslim community or there isn't."

There isn't. There is no unified, uniform hierarchy. No priesthood. No cabal. No conspiracy. Just a set of ethno-religious and sectarian entities. And lots of people for whom Islam is just one aspect of their identity, competing with language, ethnicity, etc etc.

However, certain bigots are determined to manufacture an Islamic community. How? By giving this disparate group of 300,000 people the feeling that they are being persecuted and that they have a common enemy.

Nothing units people like a common enemy.

Still, I don'y know how long that unity will last. The people who hate Muslims today will soon lave them for someone else. I've noticed African migrants now copping lots of tabloid tantrums. Sudanese refugees. Non-Muslim Sudanese. Who next after the Africans? The Jews?

The only real conspiracy is the one to be found inside the head of a bigot. And for that, no amount of exposure to the real world can help. For confirmed bigots, the only cure can be found in those medicine adverts: "If pain persists, see your doctor".

Irfan

"Nothing units(sic) people like a common enemy ".

Yeah, that sounds quite reasonable. I guess the common enemy is radical Islamists and so-called "moderate" Islamists who do not stand up for and live by Australian ethics, laws, principles, and rules. A clear example is the Islamic Party (not sure of the accurate name I am sorry) who is standing at this week's NSW election - on the grounds of not having to abide by paying Australian taxes - since the Party claims that such behaviour is against Islamic principles and writings.

Ho Hum

Happy Pakistan day CJ. Don't forget to wear your shalwar chamis now, don't want to go offending anyone.

My dear spendocrat. If my sentiment about questioning cynical and derisive humour had needed further amplification... you have done more than necessary. I'm sure people now know what I meant. Thank you.