polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 25
th, 2015 at 6:37pm:
Soren wrote on Feb 25
th, 2015 at 3:47pm:
You see, it's not all about you. it is also about the people around you.
Good point S - like the fact that most people around you consider your views utterly repugnant and contrary to Australian values:
Quote:A University of Western Sydney researcher has revealed the majority of
Australians are supportive of Muslim women’s decisions to wear traditional
Islamic headscarves.
Professor Kevin Dunn, a multiculturalism expert from the UWS School of
Social Sciences, has conducted an analysis of recent public opinion polls and
attitude surveys of more than 1300 people.
Quote:Research indicates that around 85 per cent of Australians support cultural
diversity and are comfortable with the experience of cultural difference. The
majority of respondents (81 per cent) were not concerned about Islamic
women wearing the hijab in Australia.
Only 13 per cent of respondents expressed the view that wearing the hijab
was inappropriate in Australia.
http://www.uws.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/63120/Kevin_Dunn_media_release...There you go S - you are a fringe dweller. You and your kind are pariah's in this country. If you don't want to accept our values piss the faark off
Meh - that was in 2009. Same lead author, two years later....
Nearly half of Australians are anti-Muslim: studyUpdated 23 Feb 2011, 12:28pm
EXTERNAL LINK: University of Western Sydney: Challenging Racism
A decade-long national study has found that nearly 50 per cent of Australians identify themselves as having anti-Muslim attitudes.
Researchers from universities across the country polled thousands of people about their attitudes to different cultures and whether they had experienced racism.
The research found around one in 10 Australians identified themselves as prejudiced against other cultures.
About one-quarter of those surveyed said they had anti-Semitic or anti-Asian attitudes, while a slightly larger number were prejudiced against Aborigines.
Anti-Muslim sentiment was even higher, at
48.6 per cent.Lead researcher Professor Kevin Dunn from the University of Western Sydney says recent political rhetoric has not helped.
"If you continue to speak about a group as a problem, whether that be asylum seekers or Muslims, that will [be] cast within the public mind," he said.
New South Wales was the state most intolerant of Muslims, with just over
54 per cent of people expressing prejudice.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-23/nearly-half-of-australians-are-anti-muslim...Do a survey today, 2-3 years into the rein of ISIL and after the Lindt Cafe seige, Charlie and a various jihadi plots here and around the world and I bet the number is now well over half. You see, the reputation of Islam has not been improving since 2009. And it's nobody else's doing but the Muslims'. Islam is getting unlovelier by the minute, before our very eyes.