I don't know about you but to me it seems
only logical to try and stop misinformation,
bigotry and prejudice directed at the
Australian Islamic Community as Mr Shorten
and his party , is trying to do with their
"Open Letter," to the Islamic Community.

We certainly don't need to inflame tensions
that already exist and create further divisions.
Nothing constructive will ever be achieved with
fear-mongring attitudes except for media headlines and
stories that sell papers. Journalists need to
stop stirring the pot - and try to be more
supportive by looking at the bigger picture.

Here's a website that may be of interest:

http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2015/02/25/4186872.htm

The other day, after hearing a report on the ABC, dealing with the account of two young Muslim 17 year old boys, trying to leave Oz for Syria. I heard a leading Muslim cleric challenge the PM, for the government to do more to stop these young Muslim youths from becoming 'radicalised' ?

Surely this particular task belongs squarely within purview of the Islamic community itself !

Dear O Sung Wu,

The Islamic Community I'm sure - is doing all it can
with kerbing the influences on their young people.
But more needs to be done, definitely.
However, travelling overseas - the issuing of passports to these
young people comes into effect and that is something
that the government needs to examine more closely.
And curtail.

I believe that several young people were managed to be
stopped because of government intervention. For which
their parents, families, and the Islamic Community
were very grateful.

Hi there FOXY...

I'm sure the parents of these two lads are very pleased indeed that they were apprehended at the primary line. However when they get a little older I just hope they're endowed with much more common sense, and not seek to venture over to these troubled places ?

Dear O Sung Wu,

I fully agree.

However, if they do go - they will learn
quickly enough that these extremists are people
not to be reckoned with - and the young men may
well be asked to pay the ultimate price for
their stupidity. These people don't play games.
But then it
will be too late to save the fools from their
mistakes.

But that's life, I guess.

When considering the future prosperity, quality of life and peace for Australians it is necessary to compare and contrast the policies of the political parties who are likely to form government.

The removal of Howard's Pacific Solution by Labor PM Rudd was based on leftist 'Progressive' ideology and did not take into account the risks and consequences being advised to the government by the relevant and independent federal departments.

In the past, LNP PM Malcolm Fraser was responsible for an equally hare-brained 'feel-good' (for himself) migration decision that resulted years of violence in Sydney.

A a decision affecting one migrant, but the negative consequences spilled out to many, the decision by the LNP's Amanda Vanstone, Immigration Minister at the time, to allow in notorious Mafia crime boss hunted by the Italian police and Interpol would have to be a prime example. Labor did the same of course, and dozens of criminals entered and secured citizenship during periods of high migration - eg after military conflicts.

Now along comes Labor Opposition Leader Bill Shorten spinning to get a few more votes in marginal seats who is setting Australia up for ramped up migration from the Middle East,

<October 25: Shorten delivered a speech advocating a dramatic increase in Australia's intake of refugees from the Middle-East:

"Labor believes Australia can play a greater role in the international effort to provide refuge to the persecuted. Nearly two million Iraqis have fled their homes in the face of the ISIL advance – and millions more have been displaced by the conflict in Syria...

This is significant policy shift. Given that most asylum seekers who came to Australia during the Labor years came from the Middle-East, and the Sunni-Shia schism has displaced millions of people, this represents an open-ended commitment to accept "those seeking refuge", which points to a massive increase in the intake from the Middle East.>

[Paul Sheehan - The Sydney Morning Herald]

Quo vadis, Australian people?