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And that's the truth of it. Muslims are as much the victims of these terrible times as anyone else. Only more so. So it hardly helps to demonise Australian Muslims. That's as unreasonable and absurd as blaming every Catholic in Northern Ireland for IRA bombings. We should be uniting with every willing member of the Islamic communities, and most of them are desperate for our understanding and help.Alas, for people so entrenched in their thinking, I doubt the article would change their minds about anything.
I really hope that the matter does not escalate with the latest Bali bombings though.
Yes, I can dream...
1 comment:
Amen hallelujah and praise for a sane article about this matter!
It's ridiculous that John Howard and other politicians are reducing this to an "us" and "them" thing because it's defintiely not. To do that is more than moronic - it's racist and discriminatory in so many other ways.
Hopefully people will read this and open their eyes more to what is really happening and reject the generalisations that are doing more to damage our society than terrorism alone is.
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