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"It seems quite clearly calculated at marginalising a part of mainstream Australia that's been part of mainstream Australia for 50 years, but suddenly it's some sort of hideous problem," he said.

Prominent figures in the Muslim community, which numbers about 300,000 or 1.5 percent of Australia's 20 million population, said they could not understand why they were being targeted by Costello and the Howard government.

If the Muslim community is currently only 1.5 % of the Aussie population I don’t see how it could be part of the “mainstream” for 50 years.

As for why they are being targeted by the government, maybe it is because your particular group has obstinately refused to assimilate. Your people continue to keep some of your peculiar customs which the Aussie culture has deemed anti-social such as killing your wives or daughters and expecting to get away with it, beating wives or daughters and expecting to get away with it, raping women caught in public without a burka and expecting to get away with it. These thing and more are unacceptable in the West.

The comments from Prime Minister John Howard's anointed successor have outraged Australia's Islamic minority, with leaders saying it is the latest in a stream of unfair criticism from a conservative government out to marginalise their community.

Valid criticism does not marginalize the Islamic community.

Cutting off the heads of innocent people while chanting praises to your moon god maarginalizes your community.

Raping girls for not following your medieval customs marginalizes your community.

Letting the most extreme of your community get by without criticism while rioting and killing over a few insulting cartoons marginalizes your community.

Suckling off the tolerant and hospitable teat of western civilization while calling for their destruction marginalizes your community.

Get the picture?