Pigs’ heads staked at Islamic site
Elizabeth November 28th, 2007
The heads of two pigs have been found on stakes at the site of a proposed Islamic school in Sydney’s south-west.
About 6am today, police were called to the site, on Cawdor Road, Camden, where they found the animal remains and a number of other items, a police spokesman said.
The pig heads had been “elevated off the ground” using stakes, he said.
The spokesman would not say what the other items left at the site were.
He said he was not aware of any messages being left behind.
The Quranic Society’s plan to build a primary and high school for 600 students at the Camden site has sparked a strong backlash from residents.
This month about 1000 people attended a meeting to protest against the building of the school.
via SMH
I really hope the international community doesn’t think all Australians feel this way. I am disgusted and embarrassed that this happens in my country.
I remember when people threw rocks at a school bus on its way to an Islamic school in Brisbane immediately after Sept 11. It was full of tiny, crying children. It still amazes me that something like that could happen in my own city.
Honestly, what is wrong with people?
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That’s horrible. Can’t these people see the parallels between the way they are treating the Islamic community and the way the Jews were treated in the lead-up to World War Two?
Like you, I am embarrassed to think that the rest of the world believes we are all like this.
To be fair, I think most people realise that it’s just a stupid minority who are acting this way. Blogging has probably helped to bridge that divide a bit - there are lots of people like me who are denouncing this kind of crap when it happens.
I just wish there wasn’t a reason to protest this shitty behaviour in the first place.