[subterfuge]

"Muslim schools will have to "

I think I see the problem.

[Aquinasfan]

Muslims who want to live under the Islamic Sharia law were told Wednesday to get out of Australia...

Muslim schools will have to denounce terrorism as part of an effort to stamp out home-grown extremism under measures announced after Howard's meeting with 14 Islamic leaders Tuesday.

Asked if he was prepared to "get inside" mosques and schools to ensure there was no support for terrorism, Howard said: "Yes, to the extent necessary".

Bravo! A victory for common sense!

[tcostell]

Costello's.....(in most cases) long on courage, short on wisdom

...but I think he may manage to survive this.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

'Twould be nice if we had some clear-eyed leadership such as this here. Of course, if anyone had the cajones to stand up and say this here, the Terrorists Rights Party, aka the Democrat Party, will publically villify the person.

[dha]

Muslims cannot stand the civilized countries they have moved to. They hate every single thing about them. To me that says loud and clear that the ONLY reason they move there is to take over and make that nation islamic. Nothing else makes any sense... Not even economic gain would make me move to a place I hated everything about.

[Napoleon Solo]

Now if we can only get the Canadians and our own country on board, this would be a trifecta!!

[kajingawd]

OY OY OY!

[highlander_UW]

"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.

Can you imagine the outcry if president Bush went on TV and made this announcement?!

[isrul]

What will they say in the muslim street?

[Niuhuru]

I swear, there are times like this when I wish I were Australian.

[John Lenin]

Driving Principles of Islam

Let me explain the principles that are driving the religion of Islam. Of course, every Moslem has to acknowledge the fact that there is only one God. But it's not enough to say that there is only one God. A Moslem has to acknowledge the fact that there is one God and Mohammed is his prophet.

These are the fundamentals of the religion that without them, one cannot be a Moslem. But beyond that, Islam is a civilization. It is a religion that gave first and foremost a wide and unique legal system that engulfs the individual, society and nations with rules of behaviour.

If you are Moslem, you have to behave according to the rules of Islam which are set down in the Koran and which are very different than the teachings of the Bible.

[John Lenin]

Islamic Rule and Jihad

What happens if Jews and Christians don't want to live under the rules of Islam? Then Islam has to fight them and this fighting is called Jihad.

Jihad means war against those people who don't want to accept the Islamic superior rule. That's jihad. They may be Jews; they may be Christians; they may be Polytheists. But since we don't have too many Polytheists left, at least not in the Middle East - their war is against the Jews and Christians.

A few days ago, I received a pamphlet that was distributed in the world by bin Laden. He calls for jihad against America as the leader of the Christian world, not because America is the supporter of Israel, but because Americans are desecrating Arabia with their filthy feet. There are Americans in Arabia were no Christians should be. In this pamphlet there is not a single word about Israel. Only that Americans are desecrating the home of the prophet.

[prairiebreeze]

bump for reading in the AM

[nightdriver]

Good for John Howard! It's refreshing to find a government leader with a few onions!

The rest of us will have to learn the hard way that religious loyalties trump any and all political loyalties every time.

[Irishguy]

you know, i love australia...i love that brutal honesty..if you dont like it 'clear off'...

i wish more politicians spoke that way...

why use 4 pages of reasoning when 2 words will do...

[JoeSixPack1]

A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown.

mainstream Muslim leaders.............Triangulated oxymoron

[R. Scott]

I have no problem with Muslim living under Islamic Sharia law – as long we don’t have to and they don’t break any of our laws. I do have a major problem with Muslims who insist Sharia law become the law of the Land.
They don't like it? They can leave.

[GOPJ]

Muslims who want to live under the Islamic Sharia law were told 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 at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown.

If every country in the world did this, the war on terror would take half the time ... and the future war with Iran would NOT have to take place. Calling all Europeans...

[GOPJ]

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