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Appeasing Islam - Pat Condell
Rudd Government's quest for true blue Muslims
March 11, 2008 01:46am
SPORTING figures, academics and mainstream Muslims will be sought out by the
Rudd Government to help recast the overly religious image of Islamic Australia.
A new-look Muslim advisory body is being considered in a bid to help dismantle the
stereotypical picture of Islam, despite infighting - fuelled by ideological rivalries and
conflicting egos - wracking the former government's board.
And the Rudd Government will also consider reviving the Council for Multicultural
Australia - featuring leaders from a cross-section of ethnic backgrounds, including
the Jewish and Muslim communities.
The previous government abolished the trouble-plagued Muslim advisory board
- set up by John Howard after the London terrorist attacks in 2005 - and the
multicultural council after their terms ended in 2006.
But Labor is intent on recasting the two bodies, shifting the focus from the spiritual
leaders the Howard government courted - at times with disastrous results
- to everyday Muslims.
In the Rudd Government's first statement on Muslims, Parliamentary
Secretary for Multicultural Affairs Laurie Ferguson yesterday told The Australian
it was time to tackle the myths surrounding Islam, arguing religious leaders
were not representative of the mainstream Muslim community.
"We can't prescribe how the Islamic community is to organise itself," Mr Ferguson said.
"But we certainly must make sure that the fact there are international tensions and
terrorist issues doesn't kind of stereotype the whole community in Australia.
"A lot of it is about symbolism, it's about who gets promoted and who gets identified
and who gets an option to be seen by Australian society.
"Australia has produced (Muslim) academics, business types, sporting types and
it's often not celebrated enough."
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23352791-2,00.html
posted by 10 men at 3:03 PM
2 Comments:
Dear Fortress:
Thanks for the Pat Condell.
"People have been conditioned by the lie of multiculturalism to think that what they should think is more important than what they do think". Excellent.
Jesus, relaunch Multicultural Australia drivel? "It's time" all over again!
Dreadful, innit? Boy, it's an avalanche of bad news at islammmonitor.org and thereliionofpeace.com
Tomorrow is 'Harmony Day' at my sons school. Guess which religion has an accomodation to it's food laws, "food laws!" on the school flyer? Yep, no piggy wigs.
And no laughing at Mohammad the gardener.
All the best kid. Colonel Neville.
Just goes to show that our pollies have absolutely no idea of what they are dealing with here!
It also shows just how naive they are on policy making when it comes to the multiculti crowd.
There is a wise old saying. "In order to defeat your enemy you must first learn about him."
Hands up those in politics, especially the decision makers, who know all there is to know about the ideology called Islam? Terry
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