As soon as Senator Cory Bernadi made his comment about Islam, saying that Islam is the problem not Muslims, another Liberal showed he misunderstood the essence of Bernadi’s comment. Shadow attorney-general George Brandis has joined a pack condemnation of those preaching division against Muslims. (reference)
George Brandis evidently did not listen to Bernadi’s comment for in it he clearly distinguished between Muslims and the essence of the real problem – which is Islam. That is Brandis’ first mistake. Of course there are moderate Muslims, but Islam itself is discriminatory and condemnatory. His second mistake is more serious – for Brandis is supporting here the very kind of thing he supposedly stands against.
Islam itself discriminates against women, homosexuals and non – Muslims in no uncertain terms. Do we want this kind of discriminatory system of thought in Australia? Islam itself is against multiculturalism. Why are Jews, Christians, Buddhists and Bahais persecuted in Islamic lands? Are they welcomed in any of the 47 Muslim lands around the globe? No.
So, Brandis has made a serious error of logic. He says he supports integration –but in supporting Islam he is against integration. So he supports something and does not support it at the same time. This breaks the first law in logic – ‘x’ cannot be ‘not x’. That is, for example, you cannot exist and not exist at the same time. It goes back to Aristotle – and is something that clear thinkers take for granted. Of course you have to get your premises right before you build an argument. And this is what Brandis has failed to do. In fact he has done the opposite of what he intended. He has actually insulted Islam. He has failed to read the Qu’ran and the ahadith, for if he had, he could not say the things he has said.
Senator Brandis, it is Islam which is bullying the host nations which have unwittingly accepted them in good will and then realised many Muslims do not want to integrate into the host society. Not only that they do not believe in democracy – it is against their religion! So you, a member of a democratic society are supporting a worldview that condemns democracy! Oh my, how did you end up there?
Senator there is a cure for ignorance of Islam. Read the Qu’ran and read an introduction to Islam such as Mark Duries’ ‘The Third Way’. Perhaps someone can send this to Brandis’ office? A gift from AIM?
Australians celebrate and revere Anzac Day on April 25th each year in remembrance of our brave soldiers who fought in two great world wars to secure our freedom. Every Australian identifies with the slogan “lest we forget” and in services held around the country people reflect on the battles and men who died to secure our freedom. Yet across the world in France, there is one remarkable battle which helped form the Europe we know today and allowed the development of civilization based on Judeo Christian principles. This one famous battle has become known as the battle of Tours and effectively stopped the Muslim advance into Europe. After the death of Mohammed in 632AD, Muslim armies exploded out of the Arabian peninsula to conquer much of the Middle East, expanding across north Africa. From there they crossed into Spain in 711AD and eventually controlled much of al-Andalus by 715AD. It was the victory at Tours by Charles Martel that stemmed the tide and eventually the Muslim marauders were expelled from Spain in 1492 when the last outpost at Granada fell to King Ferdinand of Spain. 
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born, lived, fought and won battles against religious and social oppression in the 17th century Bharat or India. He was a shining star in the Indian firmament and is renowned as a champion of the downtrodden and depressed masses. He was and continues to be an icon for the classes and masses alike and is seen as a rallying point for peasants oppressed by foreign rulers, Pathans and Moghuls alike. Sexually exploited women found in Shivaji Raje a protector, a benefactor and flocked to his Hindavi Swaraj to find solace and feel liberated under his saffron flag. 
Perhaps some readers might be interested to know that January 28 is considered a feast day among Catholics – actually 2 feast days are celebrated on the same day – one is of ST Thomas Aquinas, the great medieval theologian and philosopher who adapted Aristotle to the western Judeo-Christian worldview. . It is also the feast day of a lesser known person – St Peter Nolasco, the great ransomer of captives from the Muslims.
How often in conversation with a Muslim, do they quote Spain as the crowning achievement of Islam, where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in harmony for about 800 years?
Why do Muslims insist that Jerusalem is their Holy City?
There is a very strongly entrenched view among majority of Westerners today that the three main monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam share one common God and therefore despite the obvious differences, the core foundation of these three religions is the same. 
