Muslim legal push alarms Presbyterian Church
* John Masanauskas * From: Herald Sun <http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/> * May 24, 2011 12:00AM Burqa shoppers The Presbyterian Church has warned more Muslim immigration into Australia could put extra pressure to introduce Sharia law. Source: AFP A MAJOR church wants the Federal Government to repel any push by Muslim migrants to introduce sharia law into Australia. And a new nationalist group has warned that it will use the law to "inhibit Islam" in this country. The Presbyterian Church, the nation's fourth-biggest Christian denomination, has told a federal multicultural inquiry that rising Muslim immigration could mean more pressure to introduce sharia law. "Some aspects of sharia can appear benign but in other respects its thrust is harmful to the social consensus within the Judeo-Christian framework of a Western country," said a submission by the Presbyterian church and nation committee. Committee convenor Rev Stefan Slucki said yesterday the church was worried about divisive elements within Islam being imported into Australia. "In welcoming people from a Muslim faith, we don't encourage people to come into the country who are going to be actively agitating for the introduction of a parallel legal system and expecting that Australia is obligated to adopt," he said. "It's basically a wake-up call." Rev Slucki said his church included Middle Eastern Christian migrants who had experienced Islamic persecution in their homelands. The nation's peak Muslim body has called for a limited form of sharia law to be considered, such as for family law matters. But Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Helen Szoke said there was no place for sharia law in our multicultural society. "I don't think if you come into a country that you need to import sharia law or any other law," she said. "The laws of our land are sufficient for everyone who lives here irrespective of background." Federal Parliament's joint standing committee on migration has also heard from the Australian Defence League, which has links to a controversial UK group. ADL said "if you welcome more and more Muslims to this country, we will undoubtedly have more and more trouble. The ADL plans to take every lawful action ... to inhibit Islam in Australia." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
