Controversy in Australia … Is it very difficult for Muslims to integrate in a predemonant Non-Muslim society.
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Muslims won’t integrate, says One Nation man
By Mark Dunn
August 27, 2003
ONE Nation MP David Oldfield believes most Muslims refuse to integrate into Australian society and that most terrorists are Muslims.
The NSW One Nation politician also said many Muslims in Australia, by nature, held “non-believers” in contempt.
On the eve of defending himself in legal proceedings against claims of being racist, Mr Oldfield yesterday said: “What is written in the Koran makes it very clear to Muslims not to integrate, to not allow themselves to be tainted by communing or by relationships with non-believers.”
Islamic lawyer Hisam Sidaoui has lodged a racial vilification claim against Mr Oldfield and One Nation for its links and sanctioning of the controversial website muslim terrorists.com. Mr Oldfield will argue before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal tomorrow that the complaint be struck out.
Mr Oldfield said he helped set up the site, permits the use of his image on its web-page and arranged its link to the One Nation website. He claimed the official content of muslimterrorists.com was factual and not racist.
Central to the accusations against him is the site’s statement “not all Muslims are terrorists but nearly all terrorists are Muslim”.
Islamic Council of Victoria president Yasser Soliman said Mr Oldfield’s integration claims were rubbish and disappointing. “If he really wants one nation, this is not the way to go about it - dividing the community,” Mr Soliman said.
He said Islamic organisations in Australia had issued a statement on behalf of all Muslims condemning terrorism.
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