Islamic college next to church a 'slap in the face'

Dec 4th, 2008
goldcoast.com.au

A GOLD Coast Christian centre is outraged at the prospect of an Islamic college being built next door to it at Carrara. Dream Centre minister Tony Doherty said ... an Islamic college next door to a Christian church was a 'slap in the face'... "Would you put the Labor and Liberal party offices right next door to one another?"

Sydney Morning Herald

But he denies a protest movement to have the college banned is based on
religious grounds ... "That's not good commonsense and town planning. Would you put the Titans (rugby league club) right next to the Broncos? ..."

Liberal v Labor. Titans v Broncos. Slap in the face. His message is: Christians and Muslims are inherently antagonistic and will naturally conflict. How so? He doesn't say. Apparently we should all know because it's "commonsense".

So for some vague, but commonsense, reason he favours segregation of inherently antagonistic Christian and Muslim groups. The proximity of Muslims and Christians results in an inevitable slap in the face. So Tony Doherty is proposing a "no slapping" regulation in the town planning laws.

What a ringing endorsement for diversity, free speech, and dialogue (and pathetically impotent defence of realm) that a Christian minister, when confronted with diversity head on, can only utter the unreasoned sentiment: get out of my face.

See also: Meet the children they fear

Carrara protests Islamic school

December 2, 2008
goldcoast.com.au

ANGRY Gold Coast residents say a planned Islamic school at Carrara could turn the area into a ghetto capable of breeding terrorists.

Nearly 200 residents armed with Australian flags and placards marched on council chambers yesterday to voice their fears about The Australian International Islamic College...

From 4pm the residents gathered in the Evandale parklands where a PA system blasted Men At Work's Land Down Under and Icehouse's Great Southern Land

The Australian

A rally last week attracted about 400 people, while people turned out yesterday carrying placards bearing slogans such as "no Muslim school, hell no" and "integration, not segregation"...

"Since we have started protesting against this our churches have been covered in hate-filled graffiti."

Nov 24th, 2008
goldcoast.com.au

Mayor Ron Clarke said that providing the school met planning requirements there should be no reason why it should not go ahead...

"I've been to the Muslim temples and they practise religion the same as anybody else does.

Nov 22nd, 2008
goldcoast.com.au

Residents are also worried property values in the neighbourhood could decrease if a 'non-integrative' Muslim community is allowed to grow...

"If you look at the other areas in the world where this has happened, it starts with the school then comes the mosque and then they start going in a buying all the houses and failing businesses and then you find it becomes a Muslim neighbourhood and I, along with a lot of the other residents in this area don't want to live in a community like that.

No land rights. No compensation for devalued homes. Why won't the problems of overseas Muslims repeat themselves here? Why is Australia so different? Does Australia have a special power? Apparently so, because Ron Clarke has been to the Muslim temples and seen they are "the same as anybody else". We'll hold you to those words Ron Clarke.

We've already had local Muslims students urinating on Bibles and being taught that non-Muslims are 'evil ... sewers', a Perth Islamic school on fraud charges, Granville Middle-Eastern students glorifying gang rapists, Muslim students stabbing pictures of Christ, and schools teaching positive descriptions of terrorist groups. But we trust your judgement Ron, you've seen it first hand, after all.