My sister lives in a suburb of Sydney so I'm kind of interested in this (I've emailed but haven't heard back yet).
Two questions: What set these riots off? Any particular incident?
Here in Philadelphia the vast majority of Lebanese are Christians (Maronite) and I had come to believe that was the case with most Lebanese ex-Pats. What is the breakdown (roughly) in the Sydney area?
Owl_Eagle
"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in. I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"
Basically, a group of Lebanese Muslims descended on a beach and beat up two lifeguards and kicked the locals out, saying "it was their territory, now".
The next day, about 5000 locals returned to take be beach back.
Some yahoos beat up some non combatant ME's and the Muzzies started rioting all over the city.