Foxy,

While you have been slagging off the catholic church, you still have not made a single comment on anything done by the muslim clerics.

Let's make it simple and specific. Recently an Australian muslim cleric defended the right of husbands to beat their wives. Are you OK with this?

Banjo,

The Catholic Church consists of the Roman Rite or Latin liturgical tradition.
The Coptic Catholic Church or Alexandrian Rite.
The Maronite Church or Antiochian Rite.
The Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian Rite).
The Chaldean or East Syrian Rite, and the Byzantine Rite.

Roman Catholic properly refers to Catholics of that city, as in Sydney Catholics, Melbourne etc..

The various Rites are all separate traditions with their own governance, practices and dress; they do, however, recognize the overall authority of the Pope as head of the Catholic Church and are said "to be in communion with Rome".

I have not been "slagging" off at the Catholic Church.
As a matter of fact I have pointed out that not all
clergy sexually abuse children, same as not all men
bash women, et cetera. The point that was being made
about the church was the failure of the church to deal
with the sexual abuse effectively and that the cover-ups,
the protection of abusive clergy and the refusal to
admit egregious mistakes was unjustifiable.

I have also made it quite clear that the vast majority
of modern mainstream Christians, Jews, and Muslims are
not 'card-carrying' fundamentalists. Anyone who
preaches violence in any form, of whatever faith,
including the bashing of
women, or who preaches religious hatred against others,
a psychologist would be likely to declare them to be of
unsound mind.

I can't make it any clearer.

" After the 1981 hunger strike, Sinn Féin mobilised large electoral support and won 105,000 votes, or 43% of the nationalist vote in Northern Ireland,
Sinn Féin now has 29 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (out of 108), four Westminster MPs (out of 18 from Northern Ireland) and 23 Republic of Ireland TDs (out of 166)."

A few years back NSW police and others were bashing gays with much support from the public. Republican IRA was bombing Anglos in Ireland and UK. Now it's not happening in Aust and gays and Irish play football, a violent faith with few women .

Foxy,

You are still avoiding answering the question I have been asking

Do you condone the Australian Muslim cleric's defense of a husband's right (in Sharia) to beat his wife?

There is never any circumstance where violence
against women (men, and children as well) is
acceptable. It is always a crime and should
always be condemned and perpetrators should
feel the full force of the law.