Assimilate to what? People can do their own thing as long as they abide by the laws of the land. That's assimilating to the democracy we're in.

So what part of that description can't be found anywhere else in society?  

You'd probably find all that in a pub on a Saturday night.  

Assimilate to what? People can do their own thing as long as they abide by the laws of the land. That's assimilating to the democracy we're in.

In as far as threats of violence or death that's not on but to hold that sort of thing is unique to Muslims would be hard to defend.

As if you had not radically turned your back on it!

Here's a non-white woman who has been a Muslim...

I stand with her, you see, because she defends Western civilisation and Australian culture.

Come the caliphate, all this individuality-mongering will have to go, as you know and I know

you would have us believe that the two dozen Afghan camel drivers were the true pioneers of Australia.

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This misconception of yours is based on the idea that individualism means shagging the same sex or walking around half naked, or pickling your liver with solvents.

Since I don't hold any of these things to be a necessary part of individualism, therefore I don't believe individualism is to be stamped out.

You tie freedom and individualism etc. to specific acts which you yourself find acceptable and legitimate. Not everyone agrees with you, not I, not Muslims, and likewise for many mainstream Aussies.

Come the caliphate, all this individuality-mongering will have to go, as you know and I know.

The Battle of Broken Hill
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The Battle of Broken Hill was a fatal incident which took place near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia on 1 January 1915. Two men shot dead four people and wounded seven more, before being killed by police and military officers. While the attack was politically inspired, as declared by the perpetrators in notes, the men were not members of any sanctioned armed force. Since, at that time, Australia was preparing to attack the Ottoman Empire, they were first speculated to be Turkish, but were later identified as being Muslims from the British colony of India (modern day Pakistan).[1][2]

[edit] The Assailants
The attackers were both former camel-drivers working at Broken Hill. They were Badsha Mahommed Gool (born approx 1874 [3]), an ice-cream vendor and Mullah Abdullah (born approx 1854 [4]), a local imam and halal butcher.
Gool's ice-cream cart was well-known in town and was used to transport the men to the attack site. They also fashioned a home-made Ottoman flag which they flew. There appears to have been little effort at hiding their identities.

Abdullah had arrived in Broken Hill around 1898 and worked as a camel driver, before becoming a mullah and slaughtering animals according to halal Islamic rites. Several days before the killings Adbullah was convicted by Chief Sanitary Inspector Brosnan for slaughtering sheep on premises not licensed for slaughtering. It was not his first charge. [5] Considering the slaughter-house unions at that time had racially discriminatory policies, there was little scope for Abdullah to legally prepare halal meats for the Muslim community. In addition, he had ceased wearing his turban years beforehand "since the day some larrikin threw stones at me, and I did not like it"[6]

Gool lived next door to Mullah Adbullah. Gool was a member of the Afridi, a Pashtun clan, from Afghanistan. He claimed he had been in the Turkish Army several times and was believed to regularly smoke strong marijauna.[7] Police Constable Mills later conjectured that Gool had used Abdullah's concerns over the fine as leverage to convince him to take part in the killings.

[edit] The Picnic Train
Each New Year's Day the local lodge of the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows held a picnic at Silverton. The train from Broken Hill to Silverton was crowded with 1200 picnickers on 40 open trucks. Three kilometres out of town, Gool and Abdullah positioned themselves on an embankment about 30 metres from the tracks. As the train passed they opened fire with two rifles, discharging 20-30 shots.

The crowd originally thought the shots were in honour of the train passing, but once people started falling the reality sank in.

The railway guard on the train was "Tiger" Dick (Eric Edward) Nyholm, soon to be a father of six including the late Prof Sir Ronald Nyholm [8] also of Broken Hill. Nyholm was a renowned marksman, and was instrumental in protecting the train and its passengers.

[edit] The 'Battle'
Gool and Mulla made their way from the train towards the West Camel camp where they lived. On the way they murdered Alfred E. Millard who had taken shelter in his hut. By this time the train had pulled over at a siding and the police were telephoned. The police contacted Lieutenant Resch at the local army base who despatched his men. When police encountered Gool and Abdullah near the Cable Hotel, the pair shot and wounded Constable Mills. Gool and Abdullah then took shelter among a white quartz outcrop, which provided good cover. A 90 minute gun battle followed, during which armed members of the public arrived to join the police and military. By the end of the battle very little shooting came from the pair and most was off target, leading Constable Ward to conclude that Mullah Abdullah was already dead and Gool was injured.

James Craig (a 69 year old occupant of a house behind the Cable Hotel) who resisted his daughter's warning about chopping wood during a gun battle, was hit by a stray bullet and killed. He was the fourth victim to be killed. The seven wounded were: Mary Kavanagh, George Stokes, Thomas Campbell, Lucy Shaw (daughter of William), Alma Crocker, Rose Crabb, Constable Robert Mills. [9]

At "one o'clock a rush took place to the Turks' stronghold" [9] An eyewitness later stated that Gool had stood with a white rag tied to his rifle but was cut down by gunfire (he was found with 16 wounds). The mob would not allow Abdullah's body to be taken away in the ambulance. Later that day both bodies were disposed of in secret by the police.

[edit] The Aftermath
The attackers left notes connecting their actions were related to the hostilities between the Ottoman and British Empires which had been officially declared in October 1914. Believing he would be killed, Gool Mahomed left a letter in his waistbelt, which stated that he was a subject of the Ottoman Sultan and that, "I must kill your men and give my life for my faith by order of the Sultan." ............

Several days before the killings Adbullah was convicted by Chief Sanitary Inspector Brosnan for slaughtering sheep on premises not licensed for slaughtering. It was not his first charge. [5] Considering the slaughter-house unions at that time had racially discriminatory policies, there was little scope for Abdullah to legally prepare halal meats for the Muslim community. In addition, he had ceased wearing his turban years beforehand "since the day some larrikin threw stones at me, and I did not like it"