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Violet_Crumble

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12. It's the assumption that having large numbers of Muslims means hello to a country ruled by Sharia..

Reply to MH1 (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 07:08 AM

Jan 2012

It's one of the arguments used by RW folk here in Australia as a boogeyman to scare people about refugees (a large portion of our refugee population over the past few years are from Iraq and Afghanistan). I mean, there's a hell of a lot of Muslims in Indonesia, for example, and it's a country where Sharia isn't the rule of law for the country.

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Ok, why is that ridiculous to say? MH1 Jan 2012 #8

It is ridiculous because there are as many Muslims advocating Sharia Law as there are harun Jan 2012 #9

ok, that may be true, BUT MH1 Jan 2012 #10

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It's the assumption that having large numbers of Muslims means hello to a country ruled by Sharia.. Violet_Crumble Jan 2012 #12