Posted on 12/12/2005 1:53:22 PM PST by LurkedLongEnough
Targeting people of Middle Eastern descent, over 5,000 rioted and clashed with police in Sydney, Australia.
SYDNEY, Dec 12 (MASNET & News Agencies) - Racial violence erupted for the second straight day in Sydney, with cars smashed and reports of shots fired just hours after Australian Prime Minister John Howard appealed for calm.
Witnesses said "chaos" had broken out in a shopping center at south Sydney's Cronulla beach late Monday, the scene of mob violence on Sunday, with vehicles damaged and police making arrests as gangs of men roamed the streets, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
"People are standing around in shock, just watching," said a reporter for local radio station 2GB. "Every window in some cars has been smashed. Roads have been blocked [by police]."
One resident, who did not want to be named, told the Australian Associated Press that about 50 cars had swept into the area, disgorging men of Middle Eastern appearance who began trashing every car in sight with baseball bats.
"Our disgrace," said a front-page headline in Sydney's Daily Telegraph. Below was a picture of white youths attacking a man who appeared to be of Arab descent on a train in Cronulla, reports the AP.
One Muslim woman had her headscarf ripped off and was chased into a beach kiosk, local media reported.
"This is Australia, if they don't like it they can go home," local resident Allan told reporters as he watched the violence.
Following the attacks on the volunteer lifesavers, a mobile telephone text campaign started, calling on Cronulla locals to rally this Sunday to protect their beach. In response, a text campaign urged youths from western Sydney to be at Cronulla this Sunday to protect their mates, reports Reuters.
In the mainly Muslim suburb of Lakemba, about 500 young people blocked roads near the local mosque after evening prayers, believing an attack was imminent. They later dispersed, some hurling rocks at police.
Elsewhere, a gang of some 60 men reportedly of Middle Eastern appearance launched a series of apparent revenge attacks in nearby suburbs, smashing more than 40 cars with baseball bats and stabbing two youths.
The president of the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia, Keysar Trad, told AFP he disagreed with Baird's view that terrorism was the issue.
"This was just an ugly racist genie that was let out of the bottle, and we have to put it back in the bottle," he said.
Australia's Muslim community is some 300,000-strong, out of the total population of 20 million.
Sydney's Islamic community blamed the violence on "racist and irresponsible" sections of the media which turned a common youth issue into an issue of ethnicity, reports Reuters.
"What happened to the Australian idea of a fair go and tolerance?"
Australian Arabic Council chairman Roland Jabbour said: "Arab Australians have had to cope with vilification, racism, abuse and fear of a racial backlash for a number of years, but these riots will take that fear to a new level."
BTTT
Without justifying anyone's illegal behavior, keep in mind that this riot is in response to Muslim gang activity.
Shouldn't the good lefties of the world be trying to UNDERSTAND the anger in these white men? I mean, since people ONLY riot because they're low wage workers shouldn't we be trying to find a solution in that area?
Islam has no place for it. This IS what a "fair go" looks like for followers of the mass-murdering child rapist Mohammad.
Far more than we ever see about, for example, the beheadings of Christian girls in Indonesia.
Right out of the box, Fox news claimed it was racist neo-nazis that started the fight. Most other sources differ with that assessment. What's wrong with Fox news?
Oh the horror of it. If it were Muslims they would have ripped off her dress and gang raped her.
After Monday Night Football, I watched a little news. Video bites and sound bites were of race riots and the police sheltering Asain men.
Tip of the iceberg.
As more finally......FINALLY.......come to realize that radical Islam has declared war on the Christian West, you're going to see a LOT more of this around the world.
This is war, folks.
"One Muslim woman had her headscarf ripped off and was chased into a beach kiosk, local media reported."
LRM, You are are right to point this line out. Suddently, we all have to act as if any small disrespect of Muslim practice is a big deal.
Then the next story on the news is about those "crazy religious fanatics" that want to keep Christ in Christmas.
And, that a headscarf warranted a line of type would make me think that a month's worth of print should address beheadings.
How does one get a job in "journalism"???
A little more insight into the RoPers mindset concerning women (from the Austrailian rape trial) AND THE REASON FOR AUSSIE BACKLASH.
Gang rapist blames culture
By Kim Arlington
09dec05
A CONVICTED gang rapist has told a Sydney court he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl because he thought she was promiscuous and "had no right to say no".
The 27-year-old, identified only as MSK, said voices had commanded him to rape the girl, but also blamed cultural differences for the attack.
MSK, convicted of raping two girls aged 13 and 14, faced sentencing submissions today before NSW Supreme Court Justice Peter Hidden.
He is already serving a 22-year jail term for leading his three younger brothers in the gang rape of two more girls, aged 16 and 17.
All four attacks took place at the brothers' Ashfield home, in Sydney's inner-west, in June and July 2002.
The court was told the first rape, that of a 14-year-old girl known as T, took place four days after MSK arrived from Pakistan.
MSK took an oath on the Koran before telling the court his cultural background was partly to blame for his crimes.
T, who had visited his house with two female friends, was not wearing traditional Muslim dress, he said.
"She was not covering her face or wearing any headscarf," MSK said.
"Then she started drinking with us ... at one point she started touching my leg."
MSK agreed T had not consented to sex but said: "I go ahead with it because ... I believe that she was promiscuous".
"I believed at the time I committed this offence that she had no right to say no," he said.
"I believed I'm not doing anything wrong."
T had told the trial that before she was raped by MSK and his younger brother MAK, who also was convicted, she was a virgin and had never kissed a boy.
MSK said he believed that his 13-year-old victim, known as C, also was promiscuous.
Now 18, T shook her head as she listened from the public gallery, supported by C's mother.
MSK had visited Australia nine times, including a 10-month stint when he worked as a security guard, before his arrest.
He told the court he now had a "better idea and understanding of Australian culture" after being exposed to the country's media.
"I understand now that what I did at the time was wrong and (that) what I believed was wrong," he said.
MSK also said he was drunk at the time of the offences, and was not taking the anti-psychotic medication prescribed for him by his father, a doctor.
"I was not taking my medication so I was under the influence of voices," he said.
"I was commanded by voices to go ahead."
Crown prosecutor Ken McKay told Justice Hidden that MSK's explanation for the offences kept changing.
"One minute it's the voices, the next minute it's a cultural issue," he said.
Mr McKay said the question of mental illness was raised only this year when MSK's applications to adjourn his trial were refused, but a jury found him fit to be tried.
MSK apologised to his victims for the first time today, but interrupted his apology to tell T: "Don't shake your head - I'm telling you something."
Outside court, T rejected his apology.
"It wasn't a sincere apology. I don't accept it at all," she said.
MSK will be sentenced next year.
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17513853%255E1702,00.html
I know I've posted this on other threads, but the MSM is leaving out a huge part of this story!!!
The article does not tell why people are rioting.
As more finally......FINALLY.......come to realize that radical Islam has declared war on the Christian West, you're going to see a LOT more of this around the world.
This is war, folks.
Yep!
They have been trying WAY too hard recently to be palatable to the incorrigible Left.
The ugly genie is Islam! We can certainly stuff it back into the bottle however. It takes some will though.
The Muslims have to ask themselves, "what are the root causes? Why do the Australians hate us so much?"
They need to receive more ass-kicking until they reach that point.
"Without justifying anyone's illegal behavior, keep in mind that this riot is in response to Muslim gang activity."
I agree, and it's one more strike against the liberal multi-cultural model of society.
Integrate Muslims! Become loyal Aussie and avoid the posse!
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