Thursday, October 19, 2006

Multicultural madness needs such antidotes / The Australian, 18 Oct 2006

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Janet Albrechtsen
"A twentysomething visitor from Britain brings us the message that there should be no special rules for Muslims. IN another sign of predictable cultural capitulation, a check-in employee with British Airways is banned from wearing a small Christian cross but Muslim and Sikh employees may wear turbans and the hijab. Little wonder, then, that Munira Mirza is so refreshing. This young woman, reared as a Muslim, says it's time to scrap multiculturalism and to stop defining people as members of a minority group. Specifically, it's time for our political leaders to stop engaging with Muslims as Muslims. They are citizens; no special rules apply."