explosive
- 17 Jul 2007 15:45
Received this by email, seen similar before including Ken Livinstone building a Mosque bigger than St. Pauls in London.....
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia and her Queen at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his Ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown. Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state, and its laws were made by 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", he said on National Television.
"I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia : one the Australian law and another Islamic law that is false. 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 practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option", Costello said.
Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the other country. Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should "clear off. Basically people who don't want to be Australians, and who don't want, to live by Australian values and understand them, well then, they can basically clear off", he said.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques.
Quote: "IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians."
"However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the 'politically correct' crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Australia ." "However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand." "This idea of Australia being a multi-cultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. And as Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle."
"This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom"
"We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society .. Learn the language!"
"Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture."
"We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us."
"If the Southern Cross offends you, or you don't like "A Fair Go", then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. By all means, keep your culture, but do not force it on others.
"This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom,
'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'."
"If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted."
Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, BRITISH citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths!
explosive
- 18 Jul 2007 14:54
- 7 of 17
Very true, I think the nation on a whole is becoming more "racist" if thats the right word with every article such as that written. I even find myself laughing at some of the texts I receive that I maybe wouldn't have 10 years ago..
explosive
- 18 Jul 2007 22:58
- 8 of 17
Four men were jailed Wednesday for inciting murder and racial hatred during protests by Muslims angered by Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Mizanur Rahman, 24, Umran Javed, 27 and Abdul Muhid, 25 were jailed for six years for inciting murder, after being convicted at the Old Bailey over protests outside the Danish embassy in February last year.
Abdul Saleem, 32, was jailed for four years after being cleared of soliciting murder at his trial but convicted of inciting race hate.
London was the scene of a string of large protests after some European newspapers, led by Jyllands-Posten in Denmark in September 2005, printed cartoons satirising the Prophet Mohammed.
They were part of demonstrations, some violent, which erupted worldwide. No British newspaper published the cartoons, which included one with Mohammed carrying a bomb in his turban.
Judge Brian Barker said the actions were designed to encourage murder and terrorism.
"Your words were meant to ferment hatred and encourage killing," he told them. "No one is entitled to make perverted use of ideology to propagate destruction and death.
Rahman was found guilty of calling for soldiers to be brought back from Iraq in body bags; Javed was seen on a police video shouting: "Bomb, bomb Denmark. Bomb, bomb USA"; Muhid led a crowd chanting "Bomb, bomb the UK."
Saleem was found guilty of inciting race hatred after leading people in chanting "Europe you will pay with your blood" and "7/7 on its way" - a reference to the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings which killed 52 commuters in London.
Outside the Old Bailey a group of some 40 demonstrators chanted and held placards to protest the sentences.
Inside the judge told the four men: "Freedoms of speech and assembly have long been jealously guarded by our laws .. With freedom comes respect and responsibility - none of which was demonstrated by you.
"What you were part of was the complete opposite of peaceful protest," he said, adding that they had subjected London's multi-national citizens to a "barrage of hatred and intolerance, just months after the July 7 outrage.
"The jury have found in the case of three of you, your words and behaviour were designed to encourage any young and impressionable person to perform a terrorist act in the name of religion with the indiscriminate carnage with which we are all too familiar."
BigTed
- 19 Jul 2007 10:18
- 9 of 17
aye, bring back hanging, its costing us a fortune to keep these people inside with their sky tv, warm meals, etc
explosive
- 19 Jul 2007 15:17
- 10 of 17
Interesting you say that Big Ted.... Is "terrorism" just another word thats been spun off the age old crime of treason..... If so then the law as it stands still carries the death penalty for such a crime.. Of course no ones been conviceted of treason in donkeys but proves the point that even our legal system has been eroded from what it once stood for.
BigTed
- 19 Jul 2007 15:25
- 11 of 17
I dont know but it makes me sick and proves something is surely wrong with todays society, when a person can call himself british and insite hatred and support harm towards 'fellow' men of the same country... I agree i've never been racist, but find myself ever increasingly patriotic...
neil777
- 19 Jul 2007 16:27
- 14 of 17
We are paying the price for being far to PC, and trying to understand, be nice and go easy on hard core criminals, were has it got us, violent crime on the up! ect...
Its a fact the softly softly approach just does'nt work!
explosive
- 30 Jul 2007 10:48
- 15 of 17
http://www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk/
A great fix to the problem, lets give citizenship to all those how have been here over a certain amount of time.
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We need a law which stops immigrants sending money home thus taking money out of our economy. Also there should be a compulsary British test for all immigrants to ensure that they at the very least speak our language. The taxpayer should not have to pay for their integration, they should foot the bill themselves!!
explosive
- 30 Jul 2007 10:58
- 16 of 17
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6424377.stm
The governmants hard line approach to people overstaying their welcome!! LOL