"I did see on a TV news program recently that Muslim families have complained that muslim kids are starting to skip following islam..."
Oh the horror! Did you read 'Preserving The Islamic Identity in the West'? It's a hoot! How dangerous it is for children to sit next to the opposite gender in school, and then they want to have girlfriends and boyfriends and they ask for chocolate Easter Eggs and Christmas presents...and watching cartoons is IDOL WORSHIP!
The clerics are terrified. They had no idea how seductive Western Civilization is...the author ends up saying, not only that we are like the filthy effluent from a sewer, but we will contaminate their purity...and suggests, if the muslims in Australia want to follow a pure islam, they might be better off going home.
I CHEERED when I saw that. I'm prepared to shout a family a ticket out of here any time they want to go.
My experience in the schools is that kids don't care where their classmates are from. They all mix in together and I believe that the rate of inter-ethnic marriage is very high. I am just so fed-up with attempts to portray this country as racist and intolerant. During the Second World War some Italian prisoners of war were brought to Australia. From the stories I have heard, they fitted in splendidly with the locals and enjoyed a drink with them. I note Condi Rice is presenting medals at the Commonwealth Games tonight.
I don't mind if they get tax payed funded assisted passages out of Australia.
I don't know if you have heard of Keith Windschuttle? However, he is a major opponent of the intellectual left in Australia.
http://www.sydneyline.com/Left.htm