The Queensland Muslim community has called for a lower threshold for arrest and increased penalties for people convicted of hate crimes that can be linked to the introduction of national security legislation.
A submission to a parliamentary committee endorsed by a large number of groups and individuals underlines how the current debate has inflamed racial and religious tension, with Muslims the main target.
[TOP RATED COMMENT] So to protect us from the terrorist problems of radical Islam, Muslim leaders want to muzzle the rest of us presumable to prevent us from speaking our minds about the problems of radical Islam.
What other religious group has demanded that in order for them to support our protection we must give up the right to criticise them?
The Government needs to do what is required to protect us irrespective of what Muslim leaders say. [The Guardian] Read more
