Bugsy:>> It's been canned.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/muslims-use-multiculturalism-to-push-for-sharia/story-fn59niix-1226057476571

NEXT!<<

All I will say Bugsy is "there will be no carbon tax under a government I lead"

NEXT

SHARIA

I guess there's no pleasing some people.

Lets all think upon whats its worth, with what the Australian's we are.

Its not hard:)

A song of how most feel:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvsQ9hYKq7c

Look off shore:) and then look back home. Feel the love here....

You should:)

This is Australia!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML9h3I5Uktw&feature=related

LEAQLD...bit of a mixed soup...but we'll work it out:)

Its just an island.

LEAP

Quantum:>>This is Australia!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML9h3I5Uktw&feature=related<<

Quant, that was, not this is.

Dear pelican,

Interesting to see you picking up a Flaming torch with the rest of this lot.

"One nation one law". Besides being a great name for a political party rings of an absolutism that I thought was not in our makeup.

I for one am glad Australia makes an exception to its law on wearing crash helmets for those of the Sikh faith. This is a concession to a religious faith and I have no problem with it.

Perhaps a better grounded, more thoughtful argument could be made for the rejection of any form of Sharia law in Australia. I am quite sure of your skill to do just that.

CSteele, I have no problems with the example of allowing Sikh adults to wear their turbans instead of helmets, because they are only going to hurt themselves should they come off their bikes :)

Some of the Sharia Laws are way too restrictive to women's rights for my liking though.
In some countries, Sharia Law Courts do not have juries, and forensic evidence is not used. Instead they hold more importance to 'eyewitnesses'.
For example, if a woman is raped and reports this crime, there must have been no less than four Muslim male eyewitnesses prepared to say they saw it happen! Yeah right!

I would hope that most rational Muslim people in our country (especially the Muslim women) would also be vehemently opposed to any form of Sharia Law in Australia.
Many of them left their own country to get away from such restrictive laws.