Monday, November 15, 2004
Planet Earth calling Mr Trad
From the Sydney Morning Herald: Carr preaches tolerance, attacks US adventurism
Tolerance is a two-way street, Bob.
And now for Keyser's attempt to combat intolerance:
The VP of the Lebanese Muslim Association making claims about the USA controlling Australia wouldn't raise an eyebrow, but titty little country Israel? Half-way around the world? Population less than 7 million (assuming Palestinians aren't conspiring to control Australia)? How would it put pressure on us? Threaten retaliation once it becomes eligible for UN security council membership?
Haven't you read your Moir cartoons? Howard's the one with one eye.
Islam doesn't kill innocent women and children, people acting in its name do.
[Carr] also said Australians must bear down on acts of prejudice directed at Islamic people and institutions.
Tolerance is a two-way street, Bob.
A Muslim community leader, Keyser Trad, described John Howard and George Bush as warmongers and said their re-elections were a setback for Australian Muslims during a year of "atrocities against Muslims".
Since September 11, 2001, two schools and four mosques had been set on fire or vandalised and race-based attacks continued against Muslim Australians in an "atmosphere of Islamaphobia and intolerance".
And now for Keyser's attempt to combat intolerance:
Mr Trad said Mr Howard was steering "our great nation away from our ethos of fair-mindedness towards the fearful neo-conservatism and total dependency on America and Israel for direction".
The VP of the Lebanese Muslim Association making claims about the USA controlling Australia wouldn't raise an eyebrow, but titty little country Israel? Half-way around the world? Population less than 7 million (assuming Palestinians aren't conspiring to control Australia)? How would it put pressure on us? Threaten retaliation once it becomes eligible for UN security council membership?
Likening Mr Bush to a modern-day Pharaoh, Mr Trad said he had displayed a reckless disregard for human life in US policies and military campaigns in Iraq and Palestine. "He rules the world with one eye and rampages with one horn, like a rhino amongst a flock of lambs."
Haven't you read your Moir cartoons? Howard's the one with one eye.
The Islamic cleric Sheik Shadi Suleiman, of the United Muslim Association, said Islam had been maligned. "It's a mistake for those who ever think Islam is terrorism. It is a mistake to believe that Islam accepts the killing of innocent women and children."
Islam doesn't kill innocent women and children, people acting in its name do.
