Gentlemen,

Let me start by saying that since the recent
anti-terrorist raids in Australia, there's been
a notable rise in anti-Muslim sentiment and
attacks. Some people are saying, "Go back to
where you came from," however as Sadia Samreen
Khan, a fifth-generation Australian
stated in a recent article and pointed out,
"Where would I go back to? Coonamble?"

People seem to associate ISIS with Muslims.
This needs to be corrected. ISIS is a Sunni extremist,
jihadist, unrecognised state, and self-proclaimed
caliphate based in Iraq and Syria. It has been
designated as a terrorist organisation by the
United Nations, The European Union, the UK, the US,
Australia, Canada, Turkey, Saudia Arabia, Indonesia,
and Israel.

The United Nations and Amnesty International have
accused the group of grave human rights abuses and
Amnesty International has found it guilty of
ethnic cleansing on a "historic scale."

The group's actions, authority, and theological
interpretations have been very severely and widely
criticised around the world and notably within the
Muslim Communities.

I can't make it any clearer for you.

Dear Bazz,

If you choose to tarnish an entire group of people
with the same brush because of the actions of some
depraved extremists within that group then you
clearly are biased and I make no apology for my
post on prejudice. If the shoe fits...
As for the new mosque? Again mere conjecture on
your part, and more of your bias being illustrated.

Dear runner,

Your claim that most terrorists are Muslims - is not
accurate. As I stated earlier -ISIS - their actions
authority, and theological interpretations have been
widely criticised around the world and notably within
the Muslim Community. There is a wide difference
between ISIS and most Muslims. Most Muslims are not
terrorists. Therein lies the difference. BTW - one
does not need an MBA (it's not an Arts Degree) or a
PHD - simply logic that goes further than from A to B.

otb,

Well chosen analogy for your "mild satire,"
of beating a dead horse considering your
penchance and love of beating so many people on
this forum.

Dear Jay,

These were not "hoax's" as you claim.
And "The Age," is not a "Left-Wing,"
newspaper. It's a sad thing when women
(Muslim or any other) feel they can't report
incidents to the police. All these incidents
should not be brushed under the carpet. The
fact that you're attempting to do precisely
that says a great deal about you - more so
than the women you're trying to denigrate.
Besides if the government can use the media
why should the same media not present another
perspective to illustrate to Australians just what the
hysteria and fear that the government is promoting
can cause. Seems fair to balance things out.
Freedom of speech and all that - as otb keeps telling us.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/muslim-womans-arm-broken-in-racist-attack-20141027-11cdat.html

I'm not denigrating anyone, I'm caller her and her daughter liars whose storytelling is politically motivated, the daughter is an anti Racism activist so we can't take anything she says seriously.
This duo has taken their story to the left wing press instead of to the Police because they knew it'd be printed without too many awkward questions, such as "Why isn't your broken arm in a cast?" and "Why didn't you report this?".
Speaking of the left wing press, this is a timely piece on the "religion of peace" in Indonesia, are a million murders enough to grab your attention?
http://www.theage.com.au/world/the-look-of-silence-joshua-oppenheimers-film-confronts-indonesias-brutal-past-20141108-11hsg3.html
I'm not an "Islamophobe", I've got nothing to fear from them, I see them primarily the enemy of my enemy, as a bulwark against Liberalism and my world view is closer to Islam's subordination of the individual to the group than neoliberal social atomisation.
I'm just amazed that liberals and leftists are still defending them, playing along with their dirty tricks and false allegations and not screaming the house down demanding that Islam be banned before it's too late.
Muslims have stopped multiculturalism and patholgical altruism dead in their tracks, so for that at least I'm grateful.

Dear Jay,

Conjecture doesn't count.

When you rely on surface appearances and
false stereotypes rather than in-depth
knowledge of others your ability to assess
and understand people accurately is
compromised.

There's no doubt BAZZ, this whole question of the suspected Islamization of some components of the broader Australian community, has substantially divided many of us. There are those of us who genuinely believe it's been a success. Consequently, there has been very few occurrences where many of these young Muslims males, who've actually been 'radicalised' ? And there are others amongst us, who believe any further Islamic immigration, as being quite threatening, because it manifestly increases the chance of our entire Australian way of life, being substantially transformed for all time ? Personally, I really don't know ? However, I would always err on the side of caution, quite unlike Britain, who today are paying the ultimate price.

Hi o sung wu, good post. Nice to see you still on deck.

The thing I find most interesting is it is the very ones who want to use the global warming scam to destroy our lifestyle, also want to import more Muslims, which will do the exact same thing.

It is rather telling that where they screech precautionary principle to promote CO2 reduction & further the scam, they are totally against using the same precautionary principle when it comes to reducing the Muslim intake.

Anything to destroy our civilisation.

Isn't it great to see that great pretender Obama getting a kick up the you know where.

I think it is fair to say that any who think Abbott is done are indulging in the most rampant of wishful thinking. Come the election all thinking Ozzies will know Labor mean more boat people, more Muslims, & a carbon tax.

They have been pushing the line that Abbott doesn't keep his promises, when we know Labors are totally worthless.

Abbott needs to toughen up sometime soon, & the US election might help him grow the necessary backbone. There have been recent signs that it might have started.

As a petrol head, I love my cars & driving, but if I have to pay a little extra for my petrol to keep the hospitals open, so be it.