Get out of Australia, 'radical' Muslims told

AFP ^ | 24 August , 2005 | Lawrence Bartlett

[george76]

Muslims who want to live under the Islamic Sharia law were told Wednesday to get out of Australia as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.

A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown.

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 Australia is not for you," he said on national television.

Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should "clear off".

Muslim schools will have to denounce terrorism as part of an effort to stamp out home-grown extremism under measures announced after Howard's meeting with 14 Islamic leaders Tuesday.

Asked if he was prepared to "get inside" mosques and schools to ensure there was no support for terrorism, Howard said: "Yes, to the extent necessary".

Britain, shaken by the rail and bus bombings which killed 56 people, is debating new powers which could include closing mosques where clerics are suspected of supporting extremists and deporting those who glorify suicide bombers.

[texianyankee]

Makes perfect sense to me.

[nuconvert]

pong

[george76]

This is a good line...

Muslims who did not want to accept local values should "clear off".

[xcamel]

They don't get it either. The mullahs will hide them in plain sight until there are enough to totally take over. (It worked for the Chinese for the last 4000 years)

[Porterville]

Asked to leave.... drag them out side and throw them into the sea. Make their radical arses swim back to extremist land.

[spinestein]

[...if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you...]


Now why is this so hard for so many European (and some American) leaders to say.

[starfish923]

Sounds like an EXCELLENT idea.
They don't make much noise here, do they?

[Chgogal]

"If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you," he said on national television.

Plain, simple to the point, so simple in fact even barbaric Muslim Imams can understand this simply structured sentence. No one is forcing these barbarians to stay in a free western society.

[george76]

The DUmmies do not want to hurt the muslims feelings.

The Dummies do think that it is ok to trash Christians and Jews.

[VOA]

Muslims who want to live under the Islamic Sharia law were
told Wednesday to get out of Australia as the government targeted
radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.

Beach Fights + Cartoon Rights = A Tipping Point!

[Founding Father]

Just damn, what I'd give for Bush to say the same thing here.

[HereInTheHeartland]

" live under the Islamic Sharia law"

On a different topic; just so everyone is aware, Caribou Coffee here in the US is run this way.
I really liked their coffee, but because of this I won't go there anymore.

[JCEccles]

Can you imagine the outrage that would erupt from the left if George W. Bush dared to say such things here?

[Founding Father]

Never mind all, look at the date. This is from last summer before the riots. Looks like the goobermint has seriously backtracked from this worthy position.

[george76]

These muslims are trying to take over the world.

They snuck into Europe, USA, Australia and are preparing for global war.

[ladyjane]

Could you please Are you saying Caribou Coffee is run by Islamic extremists?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

England and the rest of western europe need to implement this policy immediatly.

[no-to-illegals]

Finally a nation with some sense. We could use the same attitude here in the US. Be practical DC, have a brain wave, do the right thing, tell mohammed (may pig dung be upon him) to get out.