Yes Nadt...you are quite correct. White man invaded Aust to claim it as their own....as they did in America (Nativie Indians), New Zealand (Maoris) etc etc. While we are at it, lets go to those Romans who invaded and claimed lands regardless of who was there first. I understand it very well...I studied history too but this thread wasn't started on a history topic.

I apologise if I wasn't clear. We (and I do speak for many aussies I know) have no problem with people coming to, yes legally speaking my country, and bringing their religion with them. I have no desire to stop them practising it, in school or not. My daughter was learning Ba hai just before we moved here. I was only trying to point out that alot of Aussies are against certain groups of people because now our traditions (incl smoking ceremonies by the Aboringals) cannot be respected. We find it strange that in our childhood, we had santa, jesus etc. Then when I was older, Moses and the Prophet (peace be upon him) were around. No big deal. Then our traditions are slowly being taken away because of a vocal minority. People tend to get upset by this. Trust me, from an Aussie point of view, religion doesn't rate that high when compared to other things. You have lived in Australia for a while, didn't you hear the murmurings of people complaining about what others are trying to take away? I;m not condoning anything but just trying to say why some aussies are against muslims.....other reasons than religion.

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