.........I have been waiting to use that one for a while now ;-P It's all in jest, folks......
Posted on 09/05/2006 7:18:29 PM PDT by blam
Muslims warned to integrate if they want to settle in Australia
By Nick Squires in Sydney
(Filed: 06/09/2006)
Muslims who settle in Australia must denounce terrorism, learn English as quickly as possible and forget the ancient hatreds and prejudices of their homelands, the government has warned.
Islamic leaders should condemn terrorism unequivocally and embrace tolerance and freedom of speech, ministers said, amid fears that Australia could be subject to an attack similar to the London bombings last year.
"Migrants who come to Australia are expected to speak English and endorse basic Australian values, and it's going to be a problem for future generations if they don't," said Peter Costello, the treasury minister.
"We have had the attitude that when you come to Australia, whatever arguments you might have had in the old country, we start again with a common set of values and a common language."
Muslim leaders in Australia warned of increasing radicalisation and the danger of race riots last week after the prime minister, John Howard, criticised Muslims for failing to integrate. Mr Howard infuriated many Muslims by calling for them to make more effort to learn English, accept Western values and treat women with greater respect.
Eleven Muslims accused of being members of a terrorist cell plotting an attack in Australia were ordered to stand trial on Friday.
The men, said to have been inspired by Osama bin Laden and arrested last year in Australia's biggest-ever counter-terrorism operation, are accused of planning to carry out a catastrophic attack, possibly against the country's only nuclear facility, Lucas Heights in Sydney.
Muslim leaders warn Australians.
Should be fun to watch.
I wish we had sopme leadership over here that would speak up. hispanics as well as Muslims should learn to speak English amd Integrate into the community as Americans if they wish to stay here. Any who dont should get the hell out.
As Howard is barred from running for President of the USA, would it be too much to ask that he come over and do a series of backbone transplants on our politicians? After all, Atilla The Hen successfully performed such an operation on Bush I, just prior to the first Gulf War.
That's just what Howard is saying.
Or...what?
And yet there will be plenty of liberals in the Aussie press and elsewhere who condemn Howard for a) saying what everyone is thinking anyway and b) attempting to stop a problem before it starts.
So...what is the law in Australia about integration and what is the punishment for breaking it?
Can we swap California for Australia?
Fat chance of that.
Howard says muslims should learn to speak English,so muslim leaders in Australia warn(threaten?)of the danger of race riots?How's that for appreciation?
Hell I'd even throw in a draft pick or two for that swap!
.........I have been waiting to use that one for a while now ;-P It's all in jest, folks......
Illinois is home to eight percent of America's Muslims, second only to California and New York.
Muslims of Illinois share in the effort to make Illinois a more moral, just and peaceful place in which to live, worship, and prosper.
Those must be liberal Muslims... or naive Muslims... they didn't spell the state's name correctly. It's "Illinoi$", the corruption capitol of the Midwest. Moral? HAHAHAHOOHOO!
"We have had the attitude that when you come to Australia, whatever arguments you might have had in the old country, we start again with a common set of values and a common language."
It is unbelievable, at least for me, that any country built on Christian values would allow immigrants from Muslim countries. They're all asking for trouble. Like the song says, "You knew darn well I was a snake before you let me in."
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