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'Muslims Are New Bogeyman Of Racist Aussies'
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| 2-19-2003
Posted on 02/19/2003 1:46:26 PM PST by blam
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posted on
02/19/2003 1:46:26 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
no doubt linked to recent geopolitical events, media representationsNo doubt?
Why didn't you ask "why" in your study, fool?
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posted on
02/19/2003 1:50:46 PM PST
by
angkor
To: blam
I didn't know Islam was a "race."
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posted on
02/19/2003 1:52:06 PM PST
by
IowaHawk
To: blam
Gee... muslims blowing up tourists, muslim mullahs calling for death for infidels( the rest of us), muslim rape gangs, etc. and the Aussies have the gall to not like 'em.
What a pantload.
To: blam
"no doubt..." Indeed!
The best way to end war and ensure peace is to kill the enemy.
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posted on
02/19/2003 1:55:48 PM PST
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Buy 'Allah' brand urinal cakes - If you can't kill the enemy at least you can piss on their god)
To: blam
Well, a "bogeyman" is supposed to be an imaginary demon. Recent events in Bali demonstrated this particular demon to be very real. If certain portions of the Australian population don't seem to like some Muslims, might it not be because the latter are trying to kill them?
To: blam
I don't want my kids to marry anybody who is a member of:
Flat Earth Society
Professional Bowlers Association
Trekkies
Ku Klux Klan
Hair Club for Men
Does this make me a "racist"?
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posted on
02/19/2003 1:59:35 PM PST
by
IowaHawk
To: blam
We've come a long way baby. All courtesy of the liberal press.
Austrailians are now racists.
Never mind that most Austrailians are classified as European caucasoids and so are Arabs. Never mind that Islam is a religion and not a race.
Let's not let the facts get in the way of politically correct pronouncements.
To: Billthedrill
Maybe muslims should ask themselves: "why do they hate us?"
To: blam
So with the terror bombings and gang rapes to go by, Australians draw a not improbable conclusion.
Hardly evidence of pre-judgment at all. If negative feelings were stronger towards aborigines, and less so towards Arabs, that would seem to be evidence for prejudice and stereotypical thinking-- but that's not shown in this survey.
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: blam
"Islamaphobia" is alive and thriving in Australia, according to a new academic study which has found 55 percent of Australians would be concerned if a close relative married a Muslim.
I'm a Christian, as is my entire family, of course I'd be concerned if a relative married an infidel.
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posted on
02/19/2003 2:10:35 PM PST
by
Blackyce
(Who woulda thunk it 2 years ago???)
To: blam
So, "Islamophobia" is what it's called ....
As a father of two girls, and now knowing what I know about the subservience required of muslim wives, if I were asked how I would "feel" about one of my daughters marrying a muslim ... I would give a negative response.
This is not a "racist" reaction, this is a religious reaction. I would have the same negative reaction if asked about other religions. A devout Christian believes that he is correct, why would he want his offspring to choose another path.
Muslims need to decide if they are a "race" or a "religion". They can't have it both ways.
To: blam
Nothing will cure irrational Islamophobia like a line of young Muslim men lining up at the recruiting station to serve their adopted country.
Any day now would be fine.
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posted on
02/19/2003 2:20:30 PM PST
by
marron
To: Blackyce
Aussies should be concerned for the 45% of their countrymen who apparently wouldn't be worried if a close relative married a muslim.
To: blam
The writer is trying to distract Australians from the fact that their only enemies at the moment are all Moslems.
They should pick him up and stuff him into jail for the duration of the conflict.
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posted on
02/19/2003 2:59:48 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: blam
Muslim groups have complained of a sharp rise in anti-Muslim sentiment since the Bali bombings in which Islamic extremists are accused of killing more than 190 people, 88 of them Australian, and since a series of gang rapes by Muslim youths who received record jail sentences last year. Funny how that works. Must be a coïmncidence.
To: headsonpikes
Actually there's a very large group than nver gets any attention from "racist Aussies":
People of Indian, Ceylonese, Sikh descent. They're about 1.33% of the Australian Population, 250,000 people: greater than the Spanish, Lebanese, and Vietnamese.
And can they get any attention from "racist Aussies"? Not a sausage.
Reason: Shared cultural values between India and Australia: English languange, free market economy, Westminster system parlimentary democracy, Independent legal system based on English Common Law, freedom of press (especially vigorous in India, mayber less in Oz), and they play cricket.
To: All
They call it Islamophobia, I call it self-preservation.
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posted on
02/19/2003 6:14:29 PM PST
by
Morrigan
To: blam
Sydney - "Islamaphobia" is alive and thriving in Australia, according to a new academic study which has found 55 percent of Australians would be concerned if a close relative married a Muslim. Meanwhile, "honor killings" are still the norm for Arab-Muslim daughters who marry a Cheristian.
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posted on
02/19/2003 6:19:58 PM PST
by
Smedley
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