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| Australia's ethnic divide 'a threat' |
| 2011-02-08 |
| * Australia at risk of having "parallel societies" * Fanatics must be stopped before it's too late * Comments follow multiculturalism debate AUSTRALIA risks becoming a nation of "ethnic enclaves" that unknowingly buys livestock slaughtered "in the name of Allah", senior Liberal MPs have warned. Opening up a new political faultline, former immigration minister Kevin Andrews lashed out at political leaders who failed to speak out on the rise of extreme Islam, claiming the silence contributes to the rise of One Nation-type movements. Another Liberal frontbencher, Mitch Fifield, warned of the danger of "parallel societies" developing as has occurred in Europe where hardline Muslim groups preached sharia law rather than Western values. Amid a robust debate in Europe over failed "state multiculturalism", Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi warned Australia must avoid the mistakes of nations that allowed religious fanatics to prosper "before it is too late". More @ link. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #1 Good lord, they're falling like dominoes! First Geert Wilder and Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Holland, then that now-retired gentleman in Germany, then the British prime minister made his speech, and now there are similar noises being made in Australia and Canada. Could it be that, as they've pretty much lost the hard jihad of the sword, the soft jihad of the law is about to be joined? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-08 22:26 |