d0nut
02-26-2006, 10:11 PM
Not sure if this is for real or not but an interesting read..
Sean
Three Cheers for Australia!
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 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 the
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 t want to accept local values should "clear off".
"Basically, people who don't want to be Australians, and they 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.
AMERICA and CANADA..... ARE YOU LISTENING?
Sean
Three Cheers for Australia!
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 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 the
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 t want to accept local values should "clear off".
"Basically, people who don't want to be Australians, and they 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.
AMERICA and CANADA..... ARE YOU LISTENING?