I can just see the Australian Muslim Party campaign slogan: 'Send a terrorist to Canberra'.

Thanks Is Mise, for a classic example of the "I can't fault your logic, but I will write some rubbish anyway" response, that has in recent years become the standard knee-jerk posting model here.

>>Thanks, Pericles, I always enjoy a good laugh. I'm sure that the people of West Papua would share your joke and there are plenty of Muslims in Turkey to whom Kemal Ataturk was/is an unspeakable traitor and who are trying their best to undo his historic work.<<

Let me explain it to you again, Is Mise. This is the bone of contention:

>>I'm not sure if Democracy and Islam are even compatible<<

I pointed out that the potential for the coexistence of Muslims and democracy is not in doubt, by giving examples.

You gave one instance of political manipulation in West Papua, and one opinion of how "some" people in Turkey might feel about Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938). Not the most convincing rebuttal, it has to be said.

Your views on Muslims - unless of course you are being deliberately provocative, which is always a possibility in these pages - are well known. But you are making the classic neo-con error of assuming that all society's problems stem from people who don't share your religion. And you will support any argument, however flimsy and insupportable, that seems to be "on your side".

The answer is not, despite what the scaremongering media would like you to believe, to bomb the crap out of everything in sight. That is just their way of selling you more newspapers. What you people keep forgetting is that bombing the crap out of people continues to create more problems than it solves. It is as if Vietnam (1955-1975) never happened.

To keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result is a definition of... what, do you think?

'To keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result is a definition of... what, do you think?'

Yeah Pericles like the French has been sucking up to the Islamist for the last 40 years. Keep being apologist, ignore the rape culture among the muslims, remain blissfully ignorant of their ideology, keep allowing them to perpetual victims and expect the same result eh Pericles. There is none so blind

Perecles,

"You gave one instance of political manipulation in West Papua, and one opinion of how "some" people in Turkey might feel about Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938). Not the most convincing rebuttal, it has to be said."

Democracy in Indonesia is a joke and West Papua is not 'political manipulation' but genocide, it is certainly not democratic despite the "democratic" selective, manipulated vote in that occupied territory.
Nor does Australia's gutless acceptance of Indonesia's annexation of West Papua make it any more acceptable.

" But you are making the classic neo-con error of assuming that all society's problems stem from people who don't share your religion"

An here was me thinkin' that Irish Republicanism, the which I favour, was started by good upstanding Protestants that I have always revered.
The IRA, bye the way, has also had its fair share of Protestants.

One would have thought that you would be well up on the Theocratic Muslims versus the "Apostate Muslims" in Turkey.

There's no chance that The Australian Muslim Party could form a quorum, their spokesman worships at Parrammatta Mosque, his Imam is well known for his views on the irreconcilable differences between the 40 or so sects, clans and sub groups in the Australian Muslim population.
"Community" as Australians would understand it is a completely alien concept to Muslims in the West, if it's one thing they do well it's sectarian strife and ethnic hatred, even if such a party does gain it's 1500 registered members the Sunni hardliners will ruin it for everyone.

The NSW Greens are proud of the fact we have an extremely competent parliamentary member of the NSW Legislative Council in Dr Mehreen Faruqi. After filling a casual vacancy in 2013, Mehreen received the support of the parties grass roots membership, showing their confidence in her ability, Mehreen won the number 2 position on the ballot paper for the Greens and was easily returned at the last election.

http://www.mehreenfaruqi.org.au/about/