outrage over Mundine's 'Muslim retreat'

No where in the article to they give a reason as to WHY they don't like the idea...

 

I know very little about the muslim religion but am very interested to learn the foundations of it. Each to their own in their own country but when in our country we need to understand the muslim way to make our mind up if we like it or not.

Sallywinder can you explain the foundations of the muslim religion?

 

I totally understand the Camden thing, it may have been a lot to do with xenophobia but basically they were going to turn a pretty laid back part of town into something the locals didnt want. With increased traffic congestion and population, and if I was them I wouldnt care if it was a muslim, christian or secular school I wouldnt want the character of my area changed either if I liked it the way it was already.

 

That's true Whatarock, if it's a change to the structure of the society around it, it definitely should be open to debate, just seems that the word "muslim" is more of a catalyst in that article than the resort changing itself.

This country does need to understand Muslimism (new word) a little more - in the UK Muslims live hand in hand with everyone else and even with the fear caused by the bombings etc people still don't seem to have such a knee jerk reaction to their culture simply cause they have a better understanding of it and accept it over there.

 

Mate i lived in the old dart for 18 months and let me tell you, it's not as simple as you make out.

 

I heard it was goin to be Al Queda training camp

 

suck on my chocolate salty balls put em in yo mouth and suckem

 

Try Islamic.

 

thats for sure... its not all beer and skittles

 

Im gonna hijcak this thread and ask someone *cough cough* Stiflers Mum to make a thread in the British Forum teasing them about how the Aussies will smash them in the Olympic medal tally :deal

Please

 

done

 

Are you having a laugh?

Speak to some white English people. Maybe I am running into the wrong ones, but I have never met people who are so open about expressing their view that their country has been 'given away'. Sometimes they can explain themselves without resorting to racism and sometimes they can't. But to a T, the vast majority have major problems with this issue.

I live in an ex-pat culture and I've found the majority of English 'hate' the thought of ever living there again. The Aussies here don't have half the vehemence.

Would your views be informed by the TV/movies/magazines?? I don't ask to be narky, it's just that it's easy to misinterpret cultures when you are only viewing their media.

Back in the day, before gang banging and hustling became prominent representations of black culture from the states, think the arse end of the Cosby era. A Leb guy at school was getting worked up about Aborigines and how they don't improve themselves 'like the blacks in America'. He was thinking of Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan and all those black lawyers on TV, cause that's all he knew about black Americans. His strongest impression of Aborigines was from kids coming in to his dad's southern sydney deli and causing a ruckus.

Or to make a much more benign comparison, it's like poms who think that we all live in Ramsay St or Summer Bay...................

 

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