Good post.
Seems like a reasonable request to me.
LOL !
WTH is there to talk about???
You for the "Religion of Perpetual Outrage" Alert. :)
They need to stop recognizing "muslim leaders" and the "muslim community". No wonder they don't assimilate.
Islam is completely INTOLERANT, and thus completely INCOMPATIBLE with Western culture and governance.
Oh, THE GOVERNMENT'S group said this, did they? What about the rest of them? Interesting that they're taking this opportunity to renounce Costello instead of terrorism... "Yeah, Mr. Infidel, we renounce terrorism all the time. We're just not going to do it when anyone is listening."
They'll show 'em they aren't terrorists by bombing some buildings and setting fire to many cars and maybe killing a person or two.
If they were clever, they would play the game and act as though terrorism and radicalism must be marginalized and destroyed. Instead, they seem to declare solidarity with the very parts of the muslim community that are troublesome.
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Yes it is.
"Muslim anger errupts" is a macro on every headline writer's word processor.
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PETER COSTELLO: What I've said is that this is a country, which is founded on a democracy. According to our Constitution, we have a secular state. Our laws are made by the Australian 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. This is not the kind of country where you would feel comfortable if you were opposed to democracy, parliamentary law, independent courts and so I would say to people who don't feel comfortable with those values there might be other countries where they'd feel more comfortable with their own values or beliefs.
TONY JONES: It sounds like you're inviting Muslims who don't want to integrate to go to another country. Is it as simple as that?
PETER COSTELLO: No. I'm saying if you are thinking of coming to Australia, you ought to know what Australian values are.
TONY JONES: But what about if you're already here and you don't want to integrate?
PETER COSTELLO: Well, I'll come to that in a moment. But there are some clerics who have been quoted as saying they recognise two laws. They recognise Australian law and Sharia law. There's only one law in Australia, it's the Australian law. For those coming to Australia, I think we ought to be very clear about that. We expect them to recognise only one law and to observe it.
Now, for those who are born in Australia, I'd make the same point. This is a country which has a Constitution. Under its Constitution, the state is secular. Under its constitution, the law is made by the parliament. Under its Constitution, it's enforced by the judiciary. These are Australian values and they're not going to change and we would expect people, when they come to Australia or if they are born in Australia, to respect those values.
TONY JONES: I take it that if you're a dual citizen and you have the opportunity to leave and you don't like Australian values, you're encouraging them to go away; is that right?
PETER COSTELLO: Well, if you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another country which practises it, perhaps then that's a better option.
Would it be ungracious of me to suggest that the "terrorism" these leaders denounce is whatever Israel and the US do?
Muslims have problems everywhere they are found.