Guest post: The price of freedom is eternal vigilance
As readers may be aware, the Bendigo Mosque has recently been approved, despite strong community opposition. The local government has been supported in its decision to ignore its duties towards the people of Bendigo by corporate entities, the main culprit being the Bendigo Bank. It pretends to be a diverse and tolerant organisation, but shut down the accounts of the the local concerned citizens group because it exercised its...
Sharia Law or Australian Law?
We know what the law says about religious freedom in the home of Islam because the US State Department has helpfully produced a report called the 2011 Report on International Religious Freedom. And it has devoted an entire section to Saudi Arabia. And I’ve gone to the trouble of reading it. And the most important bit is this: “Freedom of religion is neither recognized nor protected under the law and is severely restricted in...
Banking on Islam
The Bendigo Bank has staked its future on Islam. And that means it has turned its back on ordinary Australians. Bendigo Bank hasn’t done this in any old way. It’s done it in the most brazen way possible, thumbing its nose at the citizens of the very town that gave birth to this company. Of course, Bendigo Bank has hypocritically used new-age buzzwords to mask its totalitarian and anti-Australian intent: tolerance and inclusiveness. So...
