The same stupidity extends to Christian fundies such as blaming 9/11 on homosexuals and America's lack of faith in god... or New Orleans on homosexuals and lack of faith in god  etc etc ad nauseum.

From one religion to another:

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He's not too popular at the moment.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200703/1868762.htm?sydney

Yeah well to agree with Fred Nile would be a first for me so i wont agree with him out of tradition.
Australia is built on immigration and needs it to survive so where do we get more from if not from the Middle East?
I would prefer Italians or other Europeans not moosy's or Asians but thats just me.

Oh well, at least this is better than those who welcome disasters as a sign of the second coming. He is a bit of a hypocrit though as the middle east has been turned to desert in part by unsustainable agricultural practices. But then again, we are doing the same thing.

Theres nothing more that fundamentalist religious nuts are scared of than technology which with each passing day is coming closer to proving the fact that there is no god.

The question of whether there is a God is not a scientific one and is beyond the scope of science and the technology derived from it. Religion has nothing to fear of science, and vice versa. It is only those who understand neither that see something to be afraid of.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Muslim-leaders-warn-of-tax-cheats/2007/03/13/1173722408361.html

Muslim leaders have warned that hardline clerics are encouraging their followers to cheat the tax system because they consider paying income tax contrary to Sharia law.

Sydney-based Islamic leader Fadi Rahman says extremist Muslim clerics who were preaching messages against paying income taxes were also staunchly opposed to western ideologies, The Australian reports.

Mr Rahman said he had heard Friday sermons delivered by hardline clerics in Sydney which highlighted the importance of cheating the tax system.

"I mean, just like how you've got clerics (with) extreme views who are telling the Muslims in the western world to declare war against the very country that they live in and the very country that is paying for their day to day life, you'll find that these are the clerics that are telling them to dodge the tax system," Mr Rahman told News Limited.

The youth leader and president of the Independent Centre for Research Australia said tax itself was not allowed in Islam.

"So they (clerics) encourage them that if there's any way that you can dodge paying the tax, then you should do it."

Clerics pushing for the tax evasion espoused a fundamentalist form of Islam called Wahabbism, News Ltd reported.

Prominent Islamic cleric Khalil Shami said he had heard of imams encouraging tax evasion.

The fundamentalist Ahlus Sunnah Wal-Jamaah Association, which is headed by cleric Mohammed Omran, rejected suggestions that his imams were calling on followers to cheat on their taxes.

"Of course we pay taxes and we go as far as collecting money from our Muslim communities and donating it to organisations (such as the Royal Children's Hospital) to help," the Wahabbi organisation's spokesman Abu Yusuf said.

This is disturbing.  Meanwhile these people who don't believe in paying taxes access our doctors, hospitals, public transport, education and baby bonuses.  Is this fair?

No wonder the NSW state government is having a hard time trying to keep public services up to scratch.

They should be ashamed.  My children who are both fairly low income workers at present have been hounded by the taxation department for tax returns back to the age of 13 - when they weren't even working or receiving an income.

How does this work - does the taxation department only chase those who are honest and declare everything?

Why would they be paying tax if they are on the dole and working for cash?The GST was introduced to make sure everyone pays.Who profits from the GST? The feds=Howard