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Mosque to get police guard for bikini rally (Lakemba mosque in Sydney)
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 12/3/2006 | Taghred Chandab and Matthew Benns

Posted on 12/03/2006 6:02:56 AM PST by Dark Skies

POLICE have been asked to protect Australia's largest mosque next weekend because of concerns that a bikini march staged to coincide with the anniversary of the Cronulla riots may get out of control.

The caretaker of Lakemba Mosque, the Lebanese Muslim Association, says it is taking no risks, requesting at least 32 police officers to protect the place of worship on Saturday and Sunday.

Association president Tom Zreik said he met police on several occasions to ensure there would be adequate numbers of officers present to defuse problems and arrest troublemakers.

"We are treating this as something that is funny and hilarious but also taking precautions," Mr Zreika said of the bikini march. "Some people may see this as provocation and the last thing that we want is to see anyone being attacked."

The organiser, Melbourne grandmother Christine Hawkins, has asked women nationally to dress in bikinis and colourful beachwear and rally outside large mosques to show their disgust at comments by leading Muslim cleric, Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly, who likened women to "uncovered meat".

A white supremacist website has promoted the march. Members of Sydney's Muslim community began raising their concerns last week, with hundreds joining an internet discussion to find a "peaceful avenue" to protect their mosque.

Many Muslim women suggested joining the march in their hijabs and burqas to voice their outrage at comments made by Senator Bronwyn Bishop and Prime Minister John Howard about the way they dress. "We're really asking people not to bother coming to the mosque," Mr Zreika said.

"All this is doing is degrading women and giving men a great excuse to have a perv. There are better ways women can express their concerns."

In Cronulla yesterday members of the Lakembaroos sports club attended a barbecue at North Cronulla Surf Club to mark the progress of more than 20 Muslim lifesavers, who are training for their bronze medallions.

"If we didn't have the events of Cronulla last December in the back of our minds, we wouldn't even be conscious that the people here were of Lebanese background," Community Relations Commission chairman Stepan Kerkyasharian said.

"They look Australian, they are taking part in an Australian activity and you have to ask 'what's the problem?"'

The training is an initiative of Surf Life Saving Australia.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: australia; bikini; bikinis; burkhas; dajjal; islam; lakemba; moslems; mosque; mullahs; muslim; syndey; thongs; uncoveredmeat; wot
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To: montag813; null and void
That girl is just nasty. Her body is about as feminine as an 11-year old boy. She doesn't need to carry a pork chop, she needs to EAT one (or something!)

Thank you! The fashion industry and the media is trying to push a male homosexual image of what is attractive. Women should have curves. I also think it also has to do with a warped sense of egalitarianism. If everyone should be "equal," they should look equal, regardless of apparel. That's why, in principle, I support the ideal of identifiably-different clothing between the sexes.

41 posted on 12/03/2006 11:49:57 AM PST by Pyro7480 ("Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world." - Pope Blessed Pius IX)
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To: montag813
"That girl is just nasty."
 
Your snarling, creepy comment is just nasty.
 
She looks quite vivacious, curvacious and physically fit to me; one of Australia's finest.
 
Some of you need to wear glasses.
 

42 posted on 12/03/2006 12:31:15 PM PST by wolficatZ ("..a creature from the prehistoric past. The terrible, fearsome, Croco-Stimpy! ")
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To: wolficatZ
Your snarling, creepy comment is just nasty. She looks quite vivacious, curvacious and physically fit to me; one of Australia's finest.

Creepy? Her anorexia or whatever is creepy and just gross. Others here clearly agree. So me thinks it is you who needs an eye test.

43 posted on 12/03/2006 1:59:04 PM PST by montag813
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To: SauronOfMordor
She looks good to me. So what if she's an a-cup?

She looks like she is on the Nicole Ritchie diet.

44 posted on 12/03/2006 1:59:54 PM PST by montag813
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To: Dark Skies
"All this is doing is degrading women and giving men a great excuse to have a perv."

Leave it to a Muslim to equate healthy heterosexual attraction with perversity. ;)

45 posted on 12/03/2006 2:01:05 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: Dark Skies

"A white supremacist website has promoted the march."

Ward Connerlly in one of his books mentioned how during the debate about affirmative action in the 90's, the leftists at one of the UC campuses set up a panel with the usual assortment of leftist retreads taking the pro affirmative action side of the aisle. Who did they invite for the con side? David Duke. Its a typical leftist tactic - paint the other side as being one that is populated only by racists and psychos and thus those who agree with the "wrong" side of the argument are akin to such losers.


46 posted on 12/03/2006 2:11:36 PM PST by KantianBurke
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To: montag813
She the 2006 Miss Australia, Erin Mcnaught. Obviously, someone finds her attractive. Here's another pic.


47 posted on 12/03/2006 2:15:28 PM PST by Dark Skies ("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
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To: montag813
She could just be naturally that thin. I used to go to church with three sisters who were all thin as could be and not one was anorexic.

That said, I don't find her all that attractive but not because she is thin. She just doesn't strike me as anything special.

48 posted on 12/03/2006 2:18:58 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Just one day without polls would be nice.)
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To: teacherwoes
I'd like to see pigs dressed in bikinis marching along the women

How about seeing pigs dressed in burkas and head dresses marching along the route with the women??
49 posted on 12/03/2006 2:27:39 PM PST by antiunion person (Praise Allah for the brave and cautious crew from US Airways.)
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To: bordergal
Muslims need police protection from women in bikinis?

Don't we all???

;^)

50 posted on 12/03/2006 2:51:47 PM PST by null and void (To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
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To: pissant

Your opinion is requested re the attractiveness of Miss Australia on this thread.


51 posted on 12/03/2006 2:58:44 PM PST by Dark Skies ("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
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To: Dark Skies

Bless you my son.

Cheers,

knewshound

http://www.knewshound.blogspot.com/


52 posted on 12/03/2006 3:03:06 PM PST by knews_hound (Sarcastically blogging since 2004.)
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To: bordergal

"Muslims need police protection from women in bikinis?"

They might need a bit of protection from Grandma Hawkins :)


53 posted on 12/03/2006 3:05:00 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: montag813

Creepy? Her anorexia or whatever is creepy and just gross. Others here clearly agree. So me thinks it is you who needs an eye test.

Ok.

Now let's see your picture here on this thread and compare you to her.

Sound fair?

 

 

 


54 posted on 12/03/2006 3:25:55 PM PST by wolficatZ ("..a creature from the prehistoric past. The terrible, fearsome, Croco-Stimpy! ")
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To: wolficatZ

NO!!!!

My EYES! My EYES!!!!


55 posted on 12/03/2006 3:28:10 PM PST by null and void (To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. --Reba McEntire)
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To: montag813
Islam is not compatible with our core values, and thus must be kept under greater scrutiny.

Liberalism isn't either. I say we keep them under greater scrutiny as well. Although I think Mr. Limbaugh does an excellent job of that.

56 posted on 12/03/2006 3:35:36 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Why isn't there an "NRA" for the rest of my rights?)
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To: Dark Skies
Erin McNaught
 
General: Going to the beach, mountain biking, trail running, reading, crossword puzzles, playing pool, and snowboarding.
 
Heroes: My family.
 
 
 
Mountain biking.
 
Trail Running.
 
Snowboarding.
 
This woman is in shape.
 
Nothing "anorexic" about her. No way.
 
 

57 posted on 12/03/2006 4:20:27 PM PST by wolficatZ ("..a creature from the prehistoric past. The terrible, fearsome, Croco-Stimpy! ")
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To: wolficatZ
I agree! As a fanatical fitness guy, I like my women taut and toned.

But here's a gal for those other guys...

Each to his own, I say...

58 posted on 12/03/2006 4:25:01 PM PST by Dark Skies ("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
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To: Dark Skies

Thank you. Now I'm blind.


59 posted on 12/03/2006 5:07:22 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce! Wooooooo-oooooooo!)
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To: Dark Skies

Antidote at post #47.


60 posted on 12/03/2006 6:55:12 PM PST by Dark Skies ("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
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