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Muslims Out Of Australia
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/australia.asp ^ | Jan 31, 2007 | e-mail

Posted on 01/31/2007 10:57:30 AM PST by UScbass

Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state, and its laws were made by parliament. "If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Austr alia is not for you", he said on National Television. "I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia: one the Australian law and another Islamic law that is false. If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another country, which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option", Costello said. Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the other country. Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should "clear off. Basically people who don't want to be Australians, and who don't want, to live by Australian values and understand them, well then, they can basically clear off", he said. Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote: "IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It." "We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society .. Learn the language!"

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: jihad; sharia; terrorism; wot
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Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, American citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths! Reead the full article - good read!
1 posted on 01/31/2007 10:57:31 AM PST by UScbass
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To: UScbass

BRAVO!


2 posted on 01/31/2007 10:59:49 AM PST by FES0844 (FES0844)
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To: UScbass

Excellent post!!! Thx.


3 posted on 01/31/2007 11:00:12 AM PST by Dark Skies ("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
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To: UScbass

I guess if it gets bad enough here after the Democrats force our defeat in Iraq, we can always move to Australia.


4 posted on 01/31/2007 11:02:13 AM PST by Dems_R_Losers (Thanks, Nancy, but we already have a Commander In Chief!)
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To: UScbass
Kick them ALL OUT!! As has been said before (and much criticized - thus I won't use it as a tag line cause someone else got in trouble around here for it - an done radio show host got fired for saying it - ITS TRUE:

"ISLAM IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION."

5 posted on 01/31/2007 11:02:43 AM PST by Al Simmons (Why Rudy in 2008? Because National Security should not be left to children.)
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To: UScbass

Our political leaders need to learn how to develop a backbone like the Aussies.


6 posted on 01/31/2007 11:02:55 AM PST by OB1kNOb (This is no time for bleeding hearts, pacifists, and appeasers to prevail in free world opinion.)
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To: UScbass
Good for the Aussies! "Nip it the the bud!"
7 posted on 01/31/2007 11:03:21 AM PST by avacado
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To: UScbass; All

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=bca2b544-518e-4163-a29d-4fe8c23d1910&k=95849

Welcome! Leave your customs at the door
Quebec town posts cultural code


8 posted on 01/31/2007 11:05:54 AM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: UScbass

Wow!!!!! Excellent!!!


9 posted on 01/31/2007 11:06:38 AM PST by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: UScbass

Boy those Aussies are good. Talk about calling them as they see them! Hope they hang tough with this sort of attitude.


10 posted on 01/31/2007 11:07:37 AM PST by Tarheel (If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere... Rudy--2008)
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To: UScbass

I've always debated moving to Australia.... its getting easier and easier to justify the move daily.


11 posted on 01/31/2007 11:07:45 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: UScbass

Outstanding! Wish our US politicians developed a spine to say the same thing.


12 posted on 01/31/2007 11:13:14 AM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: UScbass

Hope this more then just talk


13 posted on 01/31/2007 11:14:33 AM PST by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: UScbass
The Aussies rock.
14 posted on 01/31/2007 11:15:35 AM PST by theanonymouslurker (Say NO to RINOs)
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To: UScbass

The entire West needs to have this attitude. All cultures are not equal. Radical Islam represents stagnation, backwardness and death. Importing it to our civilization is literally suicidal.


15 posted on 01/31/2007 11:16:30 AM PST by Argus
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To: UScbass

GOD BLESS AUSTRALIA !!!!!!!!!


16 posted on 01/31/2007 11:17:22 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: UScbass
if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state

Seems to me that a lot of discussion goes on here as to whether the United States is a "secular" Government. If it is, then this is a feasible path for us. If it isn't, then this is a much more muddled direction.

17 posted on 01/31/2007 11:17:24 AM PST by Ben Mugged (Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
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WOW, a country that still has a pair!!!

I hear there's some good golf courses in Australia, crikey! What are the taxes there? Sounds like maybe a nice place to go when American descends into a third world country. I can get a dish and watch my NY sports team there too.


18 posted on 01/31/2007 11:17:55 AM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: HamiltonJay

The problem is, if there were no America, Australia would not last long, nor would any other free country.


19 posted on 01/31/2007 11:18:07 AM PST by onedoug
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To: UScbass

Well I don't think I agree with this, it would seem to me much better to give them a ride to the outback and tell them to walk home.


20 posted on 01/31/2007 11:18:23 AM PST by org.whodat (Never let the facts get in the way of a good assumption.)
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