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This is the best statement on extremist Islamists I've seen yet from high government officials of any nation:
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 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 practises 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 move to the other country.
Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not 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.
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.
That is great.
France, England, Italy, and now Australia -- the Western world is waking up.
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#2If you're going to compare then take a look at terrorist bombings to those of right wing extremists. The numbers should speak for themselves. Also, what Christian allows their children to become suicide bombers?
#3If you’re going to compare then take a look at terrorist bombings to those of right wing extremists.
I like how you treat "terrorist bombings" as separate from "those of right wing extremists." Do you think Christofascist bomber Eric Rudolph is not a terrorist? Do you think Christofascist James Kopp is any less of a terrorist because he used a gun instead of a bomb?
Also, what Christian allows their children to become suicide bombers?
Wow, that's quite the rationalization. What difference does it make whether a bomber commits suicide? Okay, so Christofascist Eric Rudolph was unwilling to die for his cause. (Driving that point home, he eventually pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty.) So what?
Muslim schools will have to denounce terrorism...
That is great.
Interesting. Do you think Christian schools should be required to denounce Christofascist terrorists like Eric Rudolph and Christofascist clerics like Pat Robertson?