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Greens slam Liberal MP Kevin Andrews' suggestion for debate about Muslim population
Herald Sun ^ | 29 October 2009

Posted on 10/28/2009 10:32:40 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

THE Australian Greens have described as "despicable'' a suggestion that Australia needs to have a serious discussion about the growth of its Muslim population. At least one Liberal frontbencher has distanced the party from the views of the last immigration minister in the previous Howard government, Kevin Andrews.

Mr Andrews says the issue of a growing Muslim population is a topic that has to be discussed.

"To have a concentration of one ethnic or one particular group that remains in an enclave for a long period of time is not good,'' the Liberal backbencher told Macquarie Radio Network today.

"You should be able to talk about it ... it's ridiculous if you can't talk about any subject,'' he said.

"When a subject becomes politically incorrect to talk about, then it ends up with a backlash.

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: australia; greens; kevinandrews; moozies
Kevin Andrews for Prime Minister!
1 posted on 10/28/2009 10:32:41 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher

Liberals are suicidal.


2 posted on 10/28/2009 10:37:10 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Most lefists are prisoners of a misconception about Islam that dates back to Gibbon and Voltaire. In their ignorance of Islam, they inverted the old image of Mohammed from Satan to sage. They loved his religion because it was not the least bit supernatural. They didn’t understand that it very naturalism makes it a
real rival for the earthly kingdom on earth they wish to establish on the ruins of Christendom. Their successors seem incapable of learning otherwise. They think that the imans will roll over like the bishops of the C of E.


3 posted on 10/28/2009 10:42:10 PM PDT by RobbyS (ECCE HOMO!)
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To: Aussie Dasher
Finally, a Geert Wilders for Australia!

Kevin Andrews.

4 posted on 10/28/2009 11:01:14 PM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Some aged, but still active professors at my college staged a 60’s-style “teach-in” about the war in Iraq a couple of years ago. An argument they repeated over and over was that Western democracy was an unnatural governmental form to Middle East/Muslim culture and constituted a new chapter in Cultural Imperialism. I wanted to ask, given that premise, “then why are we letting them into this country?” But I knew I would probably just be accused of racism, xenophobia, or somthing.


5 posted on 10/28/2009 11:07:12 PM PDT by RepublicanMeansAmerican
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To: Aussie Dasher

These are dangerous times, and western societies can no longer afford delusional leftist idiots. They will collaborate with those who wish to destroy us. For some sick reason it’s how they validate themselves.


6 posted on 10/28/2009 11:07:50 PM PDT by VR-21 (There was a rush, along the Fulham Road....)
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To: Aussie Dasher

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7 posted on 10/28/2009 11:13:25 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

When you suggest debate on the muslim issue, it is already too late.


8 posted on 10/28/2009 11:55:11 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Release Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and let him and his family get on with their lives.)
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To: RepublicanMeansAmerican

Asking obvious questions to academics is a ‘verbal attack’ in their book. Academics are open minded until they are challenged beyond their ability to respond. Then they turn nasty.


9 posted on 10/29/2009 2:49:38 AM PDT by x_plus_one (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
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