Ayten Ahmet is a 16 year old girl who wants to win the
Miss Teen Australia Beauty pageant [some links here possibly NSFW]. The problem is some of Australia's Muslim leaders, such as Melbourne cleric Sheik Mohammed Omran, have branded her entry into the competition as a "
slur on Islam". Ayten doesn't know what all the fuss is about,
saying "As long as you present yourself well, respect yourself and respect others, that's what's important. Religion's not an issue." [more inside]
posted by Effigy2000
on Aug 27, 2006 -
39 comments
An Australian Government Member of Parliament (MP) will be
trying to amend a crucial piece of legislation which, if the amendment is successful, will make it far harder (if not impossible) for Australian women to gain access to abortion drug
RU486 because of fears that making it easier for women to access the drug will lead Australia down a path of Islamisation.
"I've actually read in the Daily Telegraph where a certain imam from the Lakemba mosque actually said that Australia is going to be a Muslim nation in 50 years' time. I didn't believe him at the time but when you actually look at the birthrates... we are aborting ourselves almost out of existence." Liberal MP
Danna Vale said today. Has she been
reading Metafilter?
posted by Effigy2000
on Feb 13, 2006 -
106 comments
