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January 10, 2006
Australia: Greens Claim Attorney-General Has "Insulted" Muslims
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The recent track records of Green parties in France, the UK and New Zealand have recently shown as much appeasement to and support of Islam as that enacted by the parties of the left. New Zealand's Scoop now shows that their attitudes in Australia are of a similar nature.
Australia's Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock (pictured above, left), made a speech to Muslims in Australia on Tuesday, while celebrating the end of the Haj. However, certain comments he made have invoked the wrath of Senator Bob Brown, the leader of the Greens.
Ruddock had said in his speech: "When you are Australian...you have a responsibility to uphold the laws of this country."
61-year old Brown (pictured below, right) dismissed the comment as insulting and unwarranted. "Muslim Australians are proud, law-abiding citizens who do not need to hear patronising comments from the Attorney-General about upholding the law or practising tolerance," he said early on Wednesday.
"Did Mr Ruddock make similar comments to Christians at Christmas, or Jews during Hanukkah? This was a celebration of faith, certainly not the place for Mr Ruddock's patronising display. The Government needs to foster the strong ties the Islamic community works hard to maintain with them and the wider community, instead of alienating them," Brown preached.
Ruddock has tried to positively involve the Muslim community, inaugurating Muslim Community Radio but when he was Minister for Immigration, the Australian policy of keeping wannabe refugees on island camps off the mainland sparked criticism from the left.
In August Ruddock said that the government had considered banning the international Islamist group, the Hizb ut-Tahrir, but had decided that it was not a "terrorist" organisation. He has recently tried to make the currently-discussed new anti-terror laws "palatable" to Muslim leaders.
What is so weird about Senator Bob Brown's position on Islam is that he is the first openly homosexual member of Australia's parliament. Surely, he is not too naive to know that he would be one of the first to be metaphorically "thrown to the wolves" by true followers of the rules and customs of Islam?
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at January 10, 2006 10:59 PM
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