I think the federal government should have the same intolerance with people attempting to incite violence based on belief as they do for organised crime.

I hope that I am protected by the government for disagreeing with certain aspects of Islam as I am from violence against me based on negative opinion about bikies.

If I say Islam is flawed and Muslims are being used by guilt - as are Christians - to act in a less than civilised manner, I should be actively protected from having my head chopped off.

I dread the day someone is taken out like that by fundi's in Australia. If that happens, we need to stomp them out like a pest.

Dear SOG,

Riots have been part and parcel of Australian history.
ranging from race riots, prison riots, religious
conflicts (Protestand versus Catholic groups) and a whole
range of issues over time - centuries in fact.

All you have to do is Google the subject for yourself.
Try:

Race Riots
Racial Violence in Australia
Riots in Australia
Civil Disorder
List of Riots in Australia
Crime in Australia

Just for starters.

You don't want to be placed in the same category as
the other internet trolls, zealots, and radio jocks,
who are leading the way with the questionable
practice of stereotyping an entire group of people
on this issue. We expected more from you.

And here's one website to get you started taken from
our own OLO:

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=1989

If there really is a God or Allah, I am sure they would not advocate hatred or murder
Suseonline,
If there were a God or Allah we wouldn't have religions.

While I found the Islamic responses interesting, my views have not changed.I still think we should stop further immigration of muslims so to keep the problem at a manageable level.

Muslims have shown that they do not integrate with our society and are not prepared to give even a little to get on with others.

Islam is more than just a religion, it is a complete way of life and their total culture. As a society we bend over backwards to accomodate their wants and needs but they will not give an inch in return. Islam, for them, comes well before anything else. National feeling for Australia is well down the list.

I wonder why they would go and protest about a silly film, or cartoons, made on the other side of the world, which we had nothing to do with. I wonder why a mother would take her kids and take pics of them holding a placard calling for beheadings. There were other kids there as well shouting chants. Begining an education of how to hate?

Then the youths were showing their utter contempt for everthing non muslim. Some say the youths are 'disaffected' and I ask about what? They have the same opportunities as everyone else.

Next day there was an 8yo girl, at a different event, calling on kids for a jihad and wanting the introduction of Sharia law. She is too young to even know the meaning of her words. Whatever are these kids taught at home or at their private schools?

There are many examples of anti social conduct and it seems the moderates are the minority or too scared to bring the radicals under control.

We should act now before muslim numbers increase further. Like Europe and UK we are making a rod for our own back.

God Lexi my belle, you do read what I say; I suppose my advocacy for the aboriginal peoples has been noted. Without elaborating too much I have a personal connection to Eveleigh Street from a very young age. I went to school 5 mins away and grew up with aboriginal aunties, uncles, brothers and sisters.

But the glaring difference in the historic Australian civil disobedience you example and what happened last weekend is that last weekend the protesters were reacting to protests that started overseas. Regarding a ridiculous video issued from overseas.

They took the opportunity to display how insular they are and how alien they view us and our civil authorities and that is the reason they gathered and fought, their pretext is exterior to motive. They had no grievance with Australia yet they became aggressive and belligerent at the drop of a hat. As far as I can see the Muslims who marched and fought and demanded beheadings of their protagonists are a million miles away in motive to any of the civil disobedience we have thus far experienced and you my dear exampled.

Australia in general is accepting and malleable, these people are not. They despise us, not don’t like, they despise us. As I said to Suse this is a policing issue, not a religious one. I have not kept count, but intermittently over the past decade reports of Middle Eastern Australians being locked up in a Middle Eastern country roll around. Each time I think, why do we let them preach subversion here when they get locked up back home for doing it, before deportation back to stupid Australia.

Brute force is the only savior of the pacifist, surprising but true.

Dear SOG,

I think that there's a great deal that's not understand
about Islam and Muslims and many people buy into the
stereotypical images which are not based on reality.
Concerning the riots in Sydney - I'll again ask you
to have a read of the following websites that I quoted
earlier - but I'll list them for you here. It may clarify
a few things for you:

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/the-incredible-muslim-hulk-proves-to-be-no-friend-of-islam-either-20120916-260e8.html

And:

http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3592170.htm