Multiculturalism!
Just thought I'd share this one with you....Lars brings up some interesting stuff...
Basically, on the air, I mentioned the muslim girls in Brisbane who had made head dress out of Australian flags for Harmony Day.
I thought it was great! Still do. But I thought Lars was interesting...here's what he had to say!
Dear Caroline,
As I treasure peace and harmony, it is nice to see the Muslim girls wrapped in our flag.
However; I cannot see how the Muslim values can be consistent with what we have grown to accept as Australian values. I am big on social justice issues, but I have some big problems with what I understand as fundamental Islamic doctrines and practices; namely:
1. I understand that most Imams and clerics of Islam have declared, that by killing an infidel, which is a command to all Muslims, they are assured of a place in heaven. As people who are not interested in the Muslim doctrines are infidels: most of us are obviously their enemies.
2. The fact that there are countries in the world today that is ruled by a Islamic "Shariah" law where women severely discriminated against, and are not even permitted to vote. This doesn’t seem to bother our Australian Imams, unless I have missed something. And I don’t hear any other Muslims condemning this either. “Shariah” seems to be in accordance of how a devoted Muslim must live, according to their holy Koran, as I understand it.
3. The fact that there is and has been, so little outcry of the atrocities that their Muslim brethren are committing around the world. I would be so embarrassed that I would never stop expressing my disgust, if the government or the population of the country that I originate from,, where behaving like that. In fact there where many reliable reports of cheers and outburst of jubilation by the Muslims in the Sydney Markets, when the news of the London subway bombings broke.I don’t think that religious beliefs should be exempt from our discrimination laws. There are examples in the Christian Bible that are also discriminatory against females, and I believe that the Christian churches should be challenged about this. The Mohammedans however; stand out as the most blatant and cruellest discriminators of all the religious followers.The girls pictured in The Courier Mail are to be commended for their courage, but it should be pointed out that their faith, is unfortunately not compatible with any kind of social justice.
Kindest regards,
Lars Karlsson
Basically, on the air, I mentioned the muslim girls in Brisbane who had made head dress out of Australian flags for Harmony Day.
I thought it was great! Still do. But I thought Lars was interesting...here's what he had to say!
Dear Caroline,
As I treasure peace and harmony, it is nice to see the Muslim girls wrapped in our flag.
However; I cannot see how the Muslim values can be consistent with what we have grown to accept as Australian values. I am big on social justice issues, but I have some big problems with what I understand as fundamental Islamic doctrines and practices; namely:
1. I understand that most Imams and clerics of Islam have declared, that by killing an infidel, which is a command to all Muslims, they are assured of a place in heaven. As people who are not interested in the Muslim doctrines are infidels: most of us are obviously their enemies.
2. The fact that there are countries in the world today that is ruled by a Islamic "Shariah" law where women severely discriminated against, and are not even permitted to vote. This doesn’t seem to bother our Australian Imams, unless I have missed something. And I don’t hear any other Muslims condemning this either. “Shariah” seems to be in accordance of how a devoted Muslim must live, according to their holy Koran, as I understand it.
3. The fact that there is and has been, so little outcry of the atrocities that their Muslim brethren are committing around the world. I would be so embarrassed that I would never stop expressing my disgust, if the government or the population of the country that I originate from,, where behaving like that. In fact there where many reliable reports of cheers and outburst of jubilation by the Muslims in the Sydney Markets, when the news of the London subway bombings broke.I don’t think that religious beliefs should be exempt from our discrimination laws. There are examples in the Christian Bible that are also discriminatory against females, and I believe that the Christian churches should be challenged about this. The Mohammedans however; stand out as the most blatant and cruellest discriminators of all the religious followers.The girls pictured in The Courier Mail are to be commended for their courage, but it should be pointed out that their faith, is unfortunately not compatible with any kind of social justice.
Kindest regards,
Lars Karlsson
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