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Mosque advises polygamy better than divorce
ABC Sydney 12 July 2012
By Samantha Donovan
A Muslim women's rights group has condemned a Melbourne mosque's advice that polygamy is better than divorce. The advice was given to a troubled married woman who had sought 
Concerns over mosque leader's polygamy post
The Age 11 July 2012
By Aja Styles
A vulnerable Melbourne Muslim woman who was desperately seeking advice about her marriage has been told polygamy is better than divorce, it has been claimed. The
Community group backs Gungahlin mosque
ABC Sydney 11 July 2012
The Gungahlin Community Council says it supports the development of a mosque in Canberra's north. There are plans to build Canberra's second largest mosque on Valley Avenue
Mosque proposal divides residents
Fairfield Champion 10 July 2012
By LISA COX
ACT planners have been told that women in burqas will scare children in Gungahlin if Canberra's Muslim community proceeds with plans to build a mosque in the area. The ACT
ACT can be model of diversity with new mosque
The Canberra Times 10 July 2012
By Brendan Forde
The debate over the proposed construction of a mosque in Gungahlin highlights a significant source of tension and opportunity for multicultural societies. An organised minority
Alleged letter campaign against Gungahlin mosque
brisbanetimes.com.au 6 July 2012
By Jacqueline Williams
A group opposed to the construction of a mosque in Gungahlin allegedly gave residents a detailed document instructing them how to successfully lodge objections to the proposed
Mosque challenges Muslim phobia
World news Australia on SBS 2 July 2012
By Andrew Reid
A key Muslim community in Sydney has opened its doors to all in hopes of debunking some unfair associations with its religion. When some Australians think of Islam there is often an
Sydney man guilty of 'honour killing'
adelaidenow 28 June 2012
By Miles Godfrey
A Sydney man faces a possible life sentence after being convicted of murdering his wife's lover in a so-called honour killing. TAXI driver Hazairin Iskandar stabbed love rival Mohd Shah
NATO chief urges Libya to release Australian lawyer
Sydney Morning Herald 14 June 2012
By Judith Ireland
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has joined Australia in calling on Libya to release lawyer Melinda Taylor. Ms Taylor, a lawyer with the International Criminal Court, was
Australian Senator wants Muslim immigration ban
Vlad Tepes 6 June 2012
Now this is at least, a sensible, peaceful, reasonable response to reality. It stuns me that there is only ONE person in the Western world capable of seeing the horrifyingly, blindingly,
Death threats from "an Australian man"
Jihad Watch 31 May 2012
I just received these tweets threatening to kill Pamela Geller and me from what the mainstream media would identify, if they ever took notice of death threats to counter-jihadists at all,
Fanaticism – A Warning From History
British Freedom 17 May 2012
A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.
Australia to contribute $100mln annually to Afghan forces
PanARMENIAN.Net 17 May 2012
Australia will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 toward the $4 billion a year cost of running the Afghan National Security Forces after they take
We Will Not Be Silent
Gates of Vienna 15 May 2012
By Nick McAvelly
Nick McAvelly of The Frozen North sends the following essay about the growing jihad against soft targets in the West, the ineffectiveness of official efforts to combat it, and the inability of the "moderate” Muslim community to prevent it.
We Will Not Be Silent
by Nick McAvelly
The murders committed by Mohamed Merah in Toulouse have been forgotten by the mainstream media. The shootings were covered at the time, as was Merah’s subsequent suicide by cop.
Western Sharia
National Review Online 14 May 2012
By Andrew C. McCarthy
Ismail Belghar, a 36-year-old Muslim man living in Australia, assaulted, abducted, and nearly killed his sister-in-law. The victim, a 25-year-old Moroccan named Canan Kokden, had dared to take her older sister, Mrs. B, to the beach without Belghar’s permission. This heinous effrontery was amplified, Belghar later recounted for police, when Mrs. B thereupon "displayed her body,” sustaining the shoulder sunburn that tipped him off.
Are Aussies too biased to try this Muslim man
News.com.au 9 May 2012
ISMAIL Belghar is believed to be the first Muslim in Australia to be granted a judge-only trial on the grounds that a jury may be biased because of his religious beliefs. The decision in
Video: Genital mutilation 'challenging' for Aussie health workers
World news Australia on SBS 8 May 2012
By Katrina Yu
Health workers in Australia are calling for greater education about the practice of female genital cutting - also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision - as they increasingly treat women living with the procedure.
Anti-Islamic pamphlets an 'unlikely' breach of the law
The Canberra Times 18 April 2012
By Larissa Nicholson
The people who anonymously distributed anti-Islamic pamphlets to Canberra and Queanbeyan homes over the Christmas holidays are unlikely to have breached ACT law, the Human Rights
West's liberals fail to help, says Hirsi Ali
The Age 16 April 2012
By Barney Zwartz
WESTERN liberals, crippled by political correctness, guilt and a romanticised view of Islam, are leaving atheists and Christians bereft in the ''Arab winter'', human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali says.
Ms Hirsi Ali, no stranger to controversy, told an audience of several thousand at the Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne, that it was Christians and conservatives who led the way in defending free speech and rights. ''Why is it that secular liberals in the West fail to help? Are they so insecure about the morals they live by and by which they raise their children?''
