Posted on 02/06/2006 6:01:50 PM PST by 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.
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They shouldn't be asked to leave the country. They should be told that they will be imprisoned if they preach hatred and terrorism.
It certainly would, but I won't hold my breath.
"mainstream Muslim leaders"
What, is one of these? Anyone ever seen or heard of one?
Freedom spoken ping!
Cool!
Now I just wish we could do the same.
Maybe he can also do something about our borders (sic!) while he's at it?
Yet another reason to like the Aussies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTTT
And so do we.
Hooray, Australia.
Now deport about 5,000 of them to show you mean business.
Thanks for the ping!
I think I see the problem.
Very interesting times...
The key issue at stake in the battle over the 12 Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad is this:
Will the West stand up for its customs and mores, including freedom of speech, or will Muslims impose their way of life on the West?
Ultimately, there is no compromise: Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.
More specifically, will Westerners accede to a double standard by which Muslims are free to insult Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, while Muhammad, Islam, and Muslims enjoy immunity from insults?
Muslims routinely publish cartoons far more offensive than the Danish ones.
Are they entitled to dish it out while being insulated from similar indignities?
http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=27151
Not so gorgeous as Sydney. :-)
(Truth be told, I love Sydney--it's kind of like San Francisco without the leftist lunacy--and don't like Melbourne at all.)
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".
Bravo! A victory for common sense!
...but I think he may manage to survive this.
Yeah. But it must be done, sooner rather than later.
'Twould be nice if we had some clear-eyed leadership such as this here. Of course, if anyone had the cajones to stand up and say this here, the Terrorists Rights Party, aka the Democrat Party, will publically villify the person.
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