[melsec]

I have a friend who is Iranian and who was persecuted by the Mullahs because he does not believe in Islam. He lost his business and everything he worked for all his life. He escaped with his family and made it to Australia. This is the sort of guy I would stand up to protect.

People like him have a future in Australia - individuals who are from these Islamic countries and who are willing to change to fit into our society may have some future here. I hope and pray that Islam does not.

[oblomov]

Most, but not all, of the Persian families I know are not Muslim in any devout sense- they celebrate their Persian identity (e.g. Nouruz), drink alcohol and eat haram foods, and have very tolerant social attitudes. When I am invited for dinner with my Persian friends, the food is invariably delicious.

Consider the heavily Persian part of Los Angeles, known to expats as "Tehrangeles". It's hardly a bastion of Shariah law, as Muslim as Miami is communist: