The Islamic population of Australia should be disgusted with this photograph.
What sort of parents would let their child hold up a sign such as this?
Is the person(s) who made this sign, the type of person(s) we want living in Australia?
Is this what Islam is all about - the slightest bit of provocation about the Prophet and we'll kill you? (after all, it happens overseas).
The Christian God is belittled and condemned every day, but you don't see Christians going around threatening to kill people.
Does any person, irrespective of religious background, think this sign promotes peace and wellbeing for all Australian citizens?
Using children to promote violence is not on. It might be OK in Islamic countries, but it's not OK in Australia. If you don't like Australian laws, there is nothing stopping you from going back to where you became from. The only problem is if you protested where you came from you'd probably be shot. Don't turn Australia into a deadly religious playground. Islamic people have no more or no less rights than any other person in Australia.
The above photo was snapped at a protest rally held in Sydney which (surprise surprise) turned violent. Toughen up a bit. Islamic people can't keep on protesting every time someone says a bad word about Islam and the Prophet. If every other religion in the world reacted the same as Islamic people, the world would be thrown into a religious world war. Is that what you want?
The western world is told over and over that Islam represents peace, tranquility and being good to each other, but all I see reported is violence, bloodshed and tears.
If the Islamic nation is going to get on with other people in the world, you have to toughen up AND you have to respect the fact that other people will disagree with you. If they do disagree, you have to let it go. You don't have to respond with violence every time someone says something nasty about Islam or the Prophet.
Everybody has the right to live their life they way they want. If I'm a Christian, it has no affect on my Islamic neighbours. They can practise any religion they want and it doesn't affect me. Everyone has to learn to live in peace with each other.
Like I said earlier, if ANY religious or non religious person comes to live in Australia is not happy with our system of fairness, understanding and laws, then they always have the option to hop on a plane and go back to their homeland.
All I want is Australians of all religions and origins to live in peace with each other, but I slowly see us being sucked into violence caused by religious intolerance.
Get Real
Update 18/9/12
The Mother in the photograph has handed herself into police.
(The following grab was taken from AdelaideNow)
A NSW Police spokeswoman confirmed this morning the mother of the boy who was photographed with a sign reading "behead those who insult the Prophet" approached police overnight to hand herself in.
The spokeswoman confirmed the woman would not be charged.
Community Services workers visited the woman's home and conducted welfare checks on her children.
A spokesman for Community Services Minister Pru Goward said the mother was not known to authorities or the subject of any reports to the helpline or agency - and the children were not found to be any immediate danger.
"Her understanding is that she didn't think the protest was going to get violent," the spokesman said.
He said no futher action will be taken against the mother.
"But when people make reports now they are always on our radar and in our system in case anything like this happens again," the spokesman said.
I actually take offence to the reported fact that "The mother concerned didn't think the protest was going to turn violent". Ahhh.. that explains it then. Because she didn't know the protest was going to turn violent makes it OK to print and make a sign such as this and let a small boy hold it up to be photographed.
I would be asking the questions:
- What sort of "Australian" values is the family teaching this young boy?
- I think multi-cultural societies are great, but really, is this the sort of people we want living in Australia?
- Should this family be given a warning and if there is a further offence, the family is deported?
If I travelled to an Islamic country and wanted to set up a Christian school, would they let me? I'm pretty sure the answer would be NO. Given that, we let Muslim schools pop up left, right and centre in Australia.
Would Australian authorities be better to enforce the following:
"Sure, we'd love you to come and settle into Australian society, but you actually have to make an effort to integrate, so whilst you'll be allowed to build your Mosques for religious purposes, your children must be taught in Australian public or private schools".
Surely the integration of all school children (irrespective of religious background) is true multi-culturalism?
Or is true multi-culturalism letting people in who set up their own schools, their own supermarkets, their own places of prayer, their own suburbs and don't want to teach Australian values and tolerance?
Maybe my views of multi-culturalism are outdated, old fashioned and no longer "in vogue". Maybe true multiculturalism is letting people settle in Australia and if they want to integrate, great, but if they don't, great. Who cares? - at least we're multicultural.
Get Real
As an Addendum. I came across this photograph and thought it was very apt to this post:
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