Howard Govt. Official Reads Muslims "Riot Act"

[Seeking Serenity]

AUSTRALIA'S Muslim leaders have been "read the riot act" over the need to denounce any links between Islam and terrorism.

The Howard Government's multicultural spokesman, Andrew Robb, yesterday told an audience of 100 imams who address Australia's mosques that these were tough times requiring great personal resolve.
Mr Robb also called on them to shun a victim mentality that branded any criticism as discrimination.

"We live in a world of terrorism where evil acts are being regularly perpetrated in the name of your faith," Mr Robb said at the Sydney conference.

"And because it is your faith that is being invoked as justification for these evil acts, it is your problem.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,20425347-661,00.html

Whoa!

[ewoden]

1. All this is interesting, however

When the Wermacht marched in to Czechoslovakia, invaded Poland, crashed through belgium and france and parachuited into Norway, on their belt buckles was "Gott mit uns" (god is with us). where were the leaders of the great European Christian faiths (like the Pope) then? Hiding, laying low afraid of the retributions of their resistance (the camps were already filling up with lesser Christian leaders). Why should the leaders of the Islamist faith be any different?

[Seeking Serenity]

2. A fair point, but . . .

are you saying that because no European Christian leader (I assume you are discounting German protestant leaders like Martin Niemueller who actively protested the Nazis) called the Nazis on their shit, that no one is now allowed to call the radical Muslims on theirs?

[ewoden]

5. Not what I am saying

I'm sying that given the poor performance of the Christians in the past, and the ultimate fate of those who did dissent in the past, perhaps it is unfair to expect religious leaders to take up a dissent in this case.

[Seeking Serenity]

6. So are you saying . . .

that moderate or otherwise non-radical or non-extremist Muslim clerics or leaders should not protest or speak out against the whackos bringing disrepute to their religion because it didn't work in the past?

[ewoden]

7. No, I'm saying that if they don't it is likely that they are

fearful. Just like those during WW2.

[CarlVK]

3. What an ass.

I wish the Aborigenes would just storm the capitol and be done with this shit.

Makes note to self: Don't relocate prisoners to far off continent and let them form their own country....

[Seeking Serenity]

4. What does the Aboriginal situation have to do with this story?

Just askin'.