the truth is that they would have done otherwise. they would have let the clerics poison the population with their hate rhetoric. however, the australian government, unlike that of england and france, have a tight watch over these clerics and the australian prime minister, howard, has already threatened them with deportation. at least australia has the balls which the resat of the countries do not have to make sure their country gets rid of filth like these clerics. howard said point blank....you entice, you leave. you won't kidnap our country and people with your comments and filth. and he meant it. this is why the islamic community is afraid. it doesn't have the same liberty as the islamic communities in other countries. in australia, they either live as peaceful citizens or they get deported and their filth is unacceptable. only wish france and england had the same balls.

Israel welcomes Muslim clerics such as Sheikh Ra'ed Salah who preach its destruction. Oh, how the world admires Israel's enlightened liberalism - NOT !

that's the simple answer; no such hussel and bussel.

it is revealing that the clerics weren't weeded out in the selection process because of their inflammatory views that are causing controversy. their inflammatory views are only inflammatory to the infidels; to the faithful islamist, these are basic tenents of faith. the only thing these clerics did wrong is lay out in the light of day the private secrets that drive the movement. but do not worry because they will get new spokespeople who share the exact same hateful convictions but are savvy enough not to state them in such clear, unambiguous ways.

Maybe Olmert and Peretz could appoint Sheikh Ra'ed Salah as another MK. Wouldnt surprise me if they did.

Don't kid yourself into thinking these are extremists - this IS the mainstream. They were asked not to speak because publicising the true message of the "Religion of Peace" is embarrassing; this is make-believe moderation. They did not repudiate what these Imams said, they just don't want them to say it so loud.

Yes, the good old Aussies. They are going to be a tougher nut for your friends to crack. They have worked out that the great ideas of integration dont apply universally - that some individuals are not there to live like them, but to cause division. Too late for UK though. Sharia is coming. Hopefully they start expelling and revoking citizenship of scum who want to destroy from within.

"Only wish France and England had the same balls." I wish America did, as well.

Why don't they go back to their home land and spread their views over there. They can say what ever they want on jews, but never in the history a jew spoke against the country he lives in

I think its good to hear out these radical muslims. they are proof that Radical islam is not about to change and join the human race. They continue to show their ivisive ways and that they want nothing to do with peace and assimilation. If we silence these evil men publicly, who knows what they will say behind closed doors? It is better to allow them to vent their hatred and show the world who they really are.

as angels, as bambis or as lamb, at the end of the day whatever their exterior attitude is, their faith, Islam, demands nothing less than total conquest and dhimmitude or the beheading of the infidel. You can slow them down but short of throwing them out the threat will always be there. It is them or us! When muslims do not conform to their host country's laws they should be sent to a moslem country; period.

They should also be charged for incitment and spreading a message of hate. Such peopel should not have been let into Australia the first place.

this is not a positive move. We should want to know what these clerics are saying. It is much better when they speak openly.

"Only wish France and England had the same balls." I wish Canada did, as well.

I WAS AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY VISITING WHILE TEACHING A POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSE AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY YEARS AGO AND WITNESSED THE CONCORDIA ARAB POPULATION (AND THERE ARE MANY OF THEM THERE) WHO VIOLENTLY PROTESTED BIBI NETANYAHOU SPEECH AT CONCORDIA. HE HAD TO LEAVE AND SPEACH WAS CANCELLED. WHAT A SHAME. I GUESS CANADA NEEDS BALLS AS WELL. YOU ARE RIGHT.

Or change will be imposed, and rather harshly, from without.

These idiots are free to spread their hatred, recruiting Jihadis by the hundreds. My sentence - forced re-education by the Kumbya liberals.

How can we punish or preemptively prevent these atrocities these people encourage without violating their human rights

Well duuuhh, by taking their human rights away from them. That said, since when is it a humans right to incite people to hurt and kill innocents in a country that's not their own? Just wait until these imams that have been breathing, teaching, and preaching hate hand you and your counries human rights back to you on the end of a kalatchnacov. Then we'll see how much of a crusader you will be to tell another country how tolerant they should be with terrorists.

You seem to believe that curtailing or punishing those who would promote hatred and genocide would violate their human rights. What about the human rights of the proposed victims of the genocide-to-be?

All are welcome if they abide by Ozzy Laws. If they are policing their own, that is terrific, the few muslims I know first hand are all law abiding, and just wish to live quietly following the tenents of their faith they find good, they do not agree with all their imams may say, neither do Christians agree with all their Pastors, Vicars, Priests say. If they do well they will be accepted , but if they mess with Ozzies, they will come off worse. Ozzieland does not brook fools easily, and most immigrants are thankful they can be here, the ones that aren't, find the next boat/'plane out of here please.

Why is it that Muslims, always cry the "victim" when the truth is told about how they behave.?? As an Australian woman, I can tell you right now that even though a "gag order" has been taken out , this will not stop these Muslim clerics from preaching in their mosques or from receiving from Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, inflammatory sermons, stirring up the jihad, and having the same result as anywhere else in the world. This ideology of Islam, as people in the Middle East know, is taught on the mother's milk from infancy. Why would any committed Muslim cleric take any notice of an "infidel" legal gag order when the superiority of Shari'a law goes one better. "Kill the infidel." How gagged is that!! These clerics will not stop saying what they are saying. They believe that they are saying is what Allah wants them to say. That the Koran is the final authority to the world, and that the teachings of Muhammad supercede all other teachings of any other religion on the planet. Good luck if you think you can gag over seventeen hundred years of tyranny. Only HaShem can stop them, permanently. shanatova

I'll stand with #1....Well said Mate.

Dear Editor, I came across this article in the (Algemeen Dagblad - www.ad.nl) in a Dutch newspaper. http://www.ad.nl/buitenland/article1155789.ece The article itself is about German clergy men comparing the Palestinian territories with the Warsaw ghetto. I think you also posted this message a few days ago. What is very annoying is the picture they attached to this article. The picture illustrates a dead baby killed (according to the subscription) during an Israeli raid. The picture has absolutely nothing to do with the article. They have used this picture several times already and this offcourse results in very angry responses from the readers which you can read below the article itself. In my perception this is totally wrong and improper use of the media. What do you think would happen if you would show pictures of the Lynch in Ramallah at every single article you place regarding terrorism... Shalom Dani

I believe in freedom of speech, and agree with others, here ,that it is then you can zero in on a falsehood and expose it. It is their own people who are censuring their speech because it is exposing Islam to direct examination makes their people start to question just what are they being taught, because it can not stand up to scrutiny.

the free world can learn a valuable lesson for the logic and action of australia. freedom of speech is a privilege that cannot be used to insight hatred or destruction of the resident country. its time that israel, u.s.a., britian, etc. put aside their overly liberal concern for peoples rights to say anything they want and to act acccordingly. the severity of a statement in such a crucial time in the history and survival of israel and western civilization does not allow the luxury of an unlimited freedom to speak hatred and destruction that is inciteful to the enemy that wants to destroy us.

it was about time that people who are not qualified to discuss in the media are left out of it. BTW, they are great scholars .... and have woked tirelessly on Muslim related issues at the community level.

in many non-islamic countries where certain persons propagate for Sharia. Australia for one. Europe is no exception. Israel is the totally wrong place!

Tragically, Israel's government, media and academia DOES NOT present Israel's case to the world - this has serious consequences for Jews and ALL NON-Muslims.