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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-09-01T084109Z_01_SYD231698_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRALIA-MUSLIMS.xml&archived=False
"SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard has called on migrants, particularly Muslims, to integrate into Australian society by quickly learning English -- sparking warnings his comments may lead to race riots.
The head of the government's Muslim advisory committee, Ameer Ali, said on Friday that Howard's comments could fuel race riots like those at Sydney's Cronulla beach last December.
"We have already witnessed one incident in Sydney recently in Cronulla, I don't want these scenes to be repeated because when you antagonize the younger generation ... they are bound to react," Ali told local Sydney radio.
In December 2005, Howard said some Muslims were "raving on about jihad". Days later violence rocked Cronulla, when white Australian youths clashed with Lebanese-Australians.
In February, Howard again angered Australia's small Muslim community by saying he was concerned about extremist Muslim immigrants bent on jihad.
On Thursday, Howard told Sydney radio that migrants, particularly hardline Muslims, needed to conform to Australian values by learning English and treating women with respect.
His latest comments angered Muslims, but the prime minister said he would not apologize.
"I think they are missing the point and the point is that I don't care and the Australian people don't care where people come from," Howard told reporters on Friday.
"There's a small section of the Islamic population which is unwilling to integrate and I have said generally all migrants ... have to integrate," he said.
Almost a quarter of Australians were born overseas. Muslims have been in Australia for more than 200 years and make up 1.5 percent of the 20 million population.
Muslim leaders say their community feels under siege due to the U.S.-led war on terrorism, the Cronulla riot in 2005 and Howard's comments on Muslims.
Islamic leader Iktimal Hage-Ali said the prime minister was unfairly targeting the Muslim community.
"There's a whole lot of other ethnic communities whose parents, whose grandparents don't speak the English language and it's never a problem in the mainstream Australian community," she told reporters.
"Every tiny step that we take forward we have some politician come out and say something stupid and it takes us 10 steps back."
I think this is totally acceptable!! why should Australia allow in bloody muslims/asians/middle-easterns if they wont accept australian culture.
PROUD TO BE almost AUSTRALIAN!
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PROUD TO BE AUSTRALIAN!
[Edited on 01-09-2006 by Sam]
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Edd
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proud to have sent all our criminals there and then watch it become a better country than our own................. 
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proud to have sent all our criminals there and then watch it become a better country than our own.................
What goes around comes around. I'd rather have a few more criminals in England than imigrants and people trying to change OUR culture
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proud to have sent all our criminals there and then watch it become a better country than our own.................
TBH it doesn't take much to make a country better than SCOTLAND... 
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[Edited on 01-09-2006 by Edd]
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Ojc
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Like I said before, all people of anglo saxon descent are to move to Australia and let them have this place, it will soon turn into a disaster area.
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Edd
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Like I said before, all people of anglo saxon descent are to move to Australia and let them have this place, it will soon turn into a disaster area.
w.a.s.p descent and we are laughing
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Tom
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That's exactly how it should be. Blair needs to fuck off now he sucks too much cock and is a proper yes man. I've finally realised we need a new prime minister and government I might vote conservative next time.
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The thing which got me is when those "down under" turned that boat away of seekers a couple of years ago.
That impressed me no end tbh.
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Cybermonkey
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The thing which got me is when those "down under" turned that boat away of seekers a couple of years ago.
That impressed me no end tbh.
Teddy this happens on a weekly basis  Australian Coast Guard just escorts them back to international waters and tells them to GTF. We are going to have a floating detention centre, so immigrants awaiting news as to whether than can stay in Australia, dont even set foot on dry land
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nik
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Should drown them TBH
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Cybermonkey
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nik
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Should make a fake island in the English channel IMO - Place them on there, dunk them, if they don't drown least they won't smell
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Sam
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Or just send them up to some small unimportant part of the British Isles like Scotland for example... 
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i'm proud of howard for that, a hard talking politician is something i like to see and in my opinion is something desparately needed in Britain. i don't mean voting fascist knobheads into power, but someone more hardline that isn't going to take any bullshoot. for an increasingly right wing government they're doing 'eff all tbh
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Or just send them up to some small unimportant part of the British Isles like Scotland for example...
yous have more imigrants down there than there is scots up here so bugger that
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John
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Sam are you actually australian?
I see you talking about it all the time and you're moving back there but are you originally from there or what?
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On Thursday, Howard told Sydney radio that migrants, particularly hardline Muslims, needed to conform to Australian values by learning English and treating women with respect.
His latest comments angered Muslims, but the prime minister said he would not apologize
Legend!! Its complete;ly true, no one minds them int he country provided they realise whos country it is!!
John - yes he is!
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Sam
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Sam are you actually australian?
I see you talking about it all the time and you're moving back there but are you originally from there or what?
Yes I was born in Sydney and spent the first 10 years of my life in Bondi.
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spent the first 10 years of my life in Bondi.
sick. i hate Bondi its a dump
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Sam
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No it's not!
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mav
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How it should be, anybody wanting to live in another country should learn the language and make sure they fit in..
This country panders to the wishes of others and not 'US' brits..It's a fecking joke.
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